Timeline for How can I take photos during a school dance?
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| Apr 22, 2019 at 23:24 | comment | added | Michael C | When another is about to starve to death, you give them a fish first so they don't die while you're teaching them how to fish. | |
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| Dec 15, 2017 at 17:23 | history | edited | user50888 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 28, 2016 at 5:10 | comment | added | user50888 | @MichaelClark If it's easier to hand them a fish and easier is a priority, then that's entirely appropriate. | |
| Oct 28, 2016 at 1:38 | comment | added | Michael C | @benrudgers Here's what i was responding to: "...and shooting manual flash is easier if one can calculate their way to the neighborhood of useful settings. At an event like a dance, manual flash when appropriately set is likely to produce better photos than the 18% gray using TTL." A newb with 20 minutes to learn isn't likely to be able to calculate their way to the neighborhood of useful settings or appropriately set manual flash in such a fluid setting. In my opinion it's much easier to tell such an individual to use TTL and dial the flash back 1-2 stops. | |
| Oct 28, 2016 at 1:26 | comment | added | user50888 | @MichaelClark I think you're disagreeing with something I didn't say in response to a question that wasn't asked by a person who asked something else instead. I could be mistaken. | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 5:23 | comment | added | Michael C | Set the camera on Av exposure mode with the shutter time limited to 1/60 or faster, the aperture wide open (assuming a kit lens), the ISO at what is needed for the ambient light to be about a stop or two dim and use TTL with the flash dialed in at -1 1/3 to -2 stops FEC. | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 5:23 | comment | added | Michael C | I do disagree that a newb is likely to get better results at an event like a dance by trying to us flash manually than by using TTL with the flash dialed back a stop or two using flash exposure compensation. Sure there are times and places for both approaches, but if a kid comes up to me 20 minutes before showtime at a high school dance and asks "How should I set my flash?" I'm going to say... | |
| Oct 26, 2016 at 23:20 | comment | added | user50888 | @MichaelClark I don't disagree that modern cameras have all sorts of controls. Their use could be part of the learning and practicing that form the context of my remark. The results of that avenue for learning and practicing could easily be an improvement on 18% gray that will result from naive use of TTL. My gut feeling is that the starting point for better TTL results closely approximates learning manual flash mechanics, and as we agree, it is possible to produce good results using manual flash and that might be what fits the OP's style. YMMV. | |
| Oct 26, 2016 at 18:17 | comment | added | Michael C | @benrudgers Asking whether to use manual or TTL flash at a dance/event is like asking which is better: Canon or Nikon? There are many successful practitioners of both approaches. Modern cameras have separate settings for overall exposure compensation and for flash exposure compensation so using the "18% grey" argument against using TTL is kind of a red herring. | |
| Oct 26, 2016 at 9:20 | comment | added | Manu H | I think "experiment" and "have fun" are the two more important advices in the list. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 14:02 | comment | added | user50888 | @null "Learn how to perform manual calculations." is under the same bullet point as "Learn how flash works". My intent was to encourage going beyond just learning how to turn it on. Note that the following bullet point encourages practice using TTL and Manual modes and shooting manual flash is easier if one can calculate their way to the neighborhood of useful settings. At an event like a dance, manual flash when appropriately set is likely to produce better photos than the 18% gray using TTL. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 12:50 | comment | added | null | "Learn how to perform manual calculations." I doubt that performing manual calculations is applicable in an environment that's changing so rapidly like dancing people. | |
| Oct 20, 2016 at 13:17 | history | answered | user50888 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |