Questions tagged [event-photography]
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Signature logo on photos by hired photograph
In Canada, if an event organizer hires a photographer for a private event, can the organizer ask to get the photos with exlusive publishing rights without a signature logo? Thus denying the ...
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Any tips for photographing a political rally?
I'm photographing a Bernie Sanders rally for my school newspaper soon, and I was wondering if I should do anything to prepare. I'm comfortable shooting in crowds, even if they get rowdy, but I'm ...
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How do I prevent hotspot reflections in portraits when using lighting modifiers?
I was hired to shoot red carpet style portraits when guests arrive at an event. I elected to use a Profoto umbrella (m- white) with their diffuser added, and two flash units on the only umbrella as ...
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How to nail every aspect like white balance, exposure, focus, during run and gun photography?
I am an amateur photographer dwelling in Calcutta. While I enjoy landscape and nature photography very much but I am not finding the same inner satisfaction when I see my images during run and gun ...
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Doing an engagement party [duplicate]
So, I'm doing an engagement party for my sister-in-law's sister. Now, I haven't picked up my camera in probably 3 years... just kinda fell out of it. They ask me to do it as I won't really ask for ...
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How can I use a Yongnuo YN-568EX for fill on-camera together with YN-560 III flashes off-camera?
I’m new here so apologies if this is a really stupid question:
Here’s what I have:
Nikon d750
4 Yongnuo YN560 III flash speedlites
1 Yongnuo YN568EX
1 Yongnuo YN560-TX lcd flash trigger
I started ...
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My Camera responds slowly to my external Flash. How can I synchronize my Flash light response with my Canon 4000D?
I bought a speedlight for my 4000D Canon camera. A "Digitalmart" Canon flash to be precised. Fortunately, they work hand in hand, both devices interact with each other. The camera reads that a flash ...
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What foods stave off hunger particularly well during long events? [closed]
When photographing events, I prefer to minimize the time I spend eating because stuff doesn't stop happening just because I've decided to take a break. I've noticed that sometimes, I feel hungrier ...
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How to compose photo with un-posed groups with four or more people?
This question (How to shoot nice shots in indoor nightclub?) made me think about composing arbitrary groups of people. Usually a few people is manageable, but with more people, I don't know what to do ...
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How to take pictures of a moving speaker in a dark room with accent lights?
I’m taking pictures this Sunday at my church of the youth pastor preaching and in the youth room is a semi-lit type of room with a lot of accent colour lights. He’s going to be moving and I want to ...
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Lens for cosplay shooting at events on DX sensor
I know this question is searchable in Our Lord Google, but I find most answers over there assumes a FX sensor, and still I don't have things very clear.
Well, I'm just a beginner photographer that I ...
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Quiet mode on my DSLR is not quiet enough. How can I make it quieter?
I know that general shopping recommendations are off-topic, and I will try to be as specific as possible, so please comment/edit if this question is not specific enough for this site, or if I can ...
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Camera for Couple and Event Photography [closed]
I have Nikon D5300 camera with two lenses ( 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G & 55-200mm f/4-5.6G), please let me know if my camera and lenses work for Couple and Event Photography? if not , what Camera and ...
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How can I salvage photos from a party in a dark room?
I'm a professional photographer. I mostly photograph cars and the outdoors. Recently I was asked to take pictures at a one year old's birthday party. These things are not ideal but I've done them ...
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Dance photography [duplicate]
I want to take photos of my son who will be dancing at a theatre. The lighting will be changing according to the scene. I need help with the setting in my camera. What settings should i use? I have a ...
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What camera settings should I use for ice hockey?
I will be shooting some ice hockey actions this week for a fundraiser and was wondering what the ideal camera settings are for a Canon EOS 6D and Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM.
I am planning to set ...
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How can I take photos during a school dance?
I am a beginner photographer, and I am on our school's yearbook committee. We have school dances. There are lots of strobe lights, lasers, and UV lights. So basically, the worst conditions for photo ...
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How Much Should I Ask for Photographing [School] Groups at an Outdoor Center and How Much Commission Should I Pay to the Outdoor Center?
I've been thinking and researching about this for weeks now. I went through some similar posts like How much should an amateur charge for a portrait session? or How do you determine how much to ask ...
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What settings should I use to shoot an event (greyhound protest)?
I have a Nikon D3100. I'm attending a greyhound protest soon and I need help with the settings, such as ISO, aperture, and focus mode, etc. There will be a lot of people and dogs there, moving about. ...
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Best way to photograph a LED wall (that has people in front of it)
The LED wall is interactive and the challenge is to make pictures that show both the wall and people interacting with it, without having the banding or moire effect, that often happens when taking ...
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What are my legal rights when shooting a public event?
I've been reading some online information about selling event photos online and I can't seem to get to a conclusion with the information I found.
My question is if, for example, I take photos of a ...
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Why don't event photographers release non-touched up images?
I'm currently looking for an event photographer for my upcoming wedding. It seems that most photographers do not want to release any images that they haven't touched up or edited. On the other hand, ...
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Which of these lenses should I take to a motor racing event?
At short notice, I'll be going to a motorsport event (in a purely non-professional capacity, for what it's worth). In addition to a medium telephoto lens, I'm considering taking a lens with a shorter ...
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How could I have counteracted purple lighting?
I recently shot an event using just a standard Nikon D3200 with kit lens. Nothing special, but it did the job.
The only obstacle was that the event made heavy use of a strong purple lighting which ...
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How to overcome auto-focusing problem in event photography?
The biggest issue for event photography I have noticed is camera not getting auto-focus at correct time. The moment you have to capture the camera is still focusing. If it would be landscape ...
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How do I prepare for my first event shoot (large corporate gathering) tomorrow?
I just got a call from my brother asking if I could help him out with a work thing... he needs someone to take a good photo or two of a corporate group (about 250 people).
The photo will be in a ...
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Shopping system for event photography [closed]
What are some recommendations for a system that I can sell my photos on?
For example I go to an event and take picture and give my card to people who want to see their pictures...then in my site I ...
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How can I get barcode-scan information into my photo metadata, onsite, untethered?
I need a DSLR camera with a barcode scanner for on-site tours photography, which means it needs to be untethered! The image would have to contain the barcode scanned information in the image metadata ...
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Technology stack for event photography with multiple photographers
What I want to do is cover an event with at least 2 (but probably more) photographers, have the clients view the photos as quickly as possible, choose which ones they want and have them printed on-...
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How do I take flattering photos of people with acne (scarring)?
Occasionally I'll find myself as the photographer for a professional event at my Alma mater. As a natural consequence of the demographic, there's quite a few people there with severe acne and also ...
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Do professional event photographers commonly require payment in full before a shoot?
I am trying to hire an event photographer for my company to shoot a series of public open houses.
I photographer that was recommended to me has contacted me with pricing information and she is ...
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Best practice in charging batteries before an event?
I don't photograph in a commercial setting at all, but sometimes I get asked to photograph at a small private gathering like a graduation ceremony, farewell reception or birthday party.
Although ...
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Workflow for managing, organizing and sharing a large number of "photos of strangers"?
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I'm going to be in a public area taking portraits of many people (for example, at a themed, public event, or while doing a 100 Strangers Project, etc..)
After taking someone's portrait, I ...
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What to look out for in indoor restaurant photography?
I'm tasked with documenting a company event we are hosting in an restaurant. As you can see the place is lighted but I'm sure it's still consider dark for photography. I'm not a professional ...
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Online hosting and printing service, preferably UK-based?
My wife is running a charity event in the summer and a photographer has kindly said they will photograph the event and provide us with the original images to sell.
Is there an online service (Ideally ...
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What's the fastest way to get thousands of photos from camera resized and uploaded to web?
Currently, for shooting sports events, my workflow contains following sequential steps:
shoot at location (JPEG for smaller files and minimum post-processing);
batch resize all photos into a size ...
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What are the important criteria in selecting a DSLR camera for conference photography?
We are looking to upgrade an old (ancient? 2006 Nikon D80) camera that is used for taking pictures at a conference (mostly for website). It is not mission critical photography, so value for money is ...
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Software to keep track of pictures taken
For two different, but similar purposes I need some software to assist me.
In the first case I need to take pictures of a lot of swimmers (could be anything - in this case it's portraits). I have a ...
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Is there a ticket system available for photographing the general public?
This is something I have been looking to do for quite some time. When the royal wedding happened last year(2011) we went into the centre of town where there was a big street party.
I started taking a ...
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