Hello fellow CSers,
I covered some gig event at a pub last night for my friend. they were performing, so i offer to take photos of them for coverage. However, during shooting, i faced a few problems, so i wonder if any pros here who have done gig coverage to shed some light to me. Would appreciate for all constructive comments given.
problems i faced:
#1. Before the gig starts, the people i see in my VF are too dark, I used AF and realised, it keeps hunting. Don't think MF will help because me myself can't see the subject in the VF.
#2. When the gig started, I used flash to take the shots, and it literally cover over the ambient light which is red in colour. So all the photos are almost like in a dark place with just my flash and some white light. During the shots, i was considering if i should take the shots with the ambient lights but blur photos, or without the ambient lights with clearer photos. you know, without the ambient light, it doesn't feel like a gig. :\
Thanks for all comments that will be given.
I covered some gig event at a pub last night for my friend. they were performing, so i offer to take photos of them for coverage. However, during shooting, i faced a few problems, so i wonder if any pros here who have done gig coverage to shed some light to me. Would appreciate for all constructive comments given.
problems i faced:
#1. Before the gig starts, the people i see in my VF are too dark, I used AF and realised, it keeps hunting. Don't think MF will help because me myself can't see the subject in the VF.
#2. When the gig started, I used flash to take the shots, and it literally cover over the ambient light which is red in colour. So all the photos are almost like in a dark place with just my flash and some white light. During the shots, i was considering if i should take the shots with the ambient lights but blur photos, or without the ambient lights with clearer photos. you know, without the ambient light, it doesn't feel like a gig. :\
Thanks for all comments that will be given.