Advice needed please

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Hi all,
On the rob for a bit of advice (again).
A couple of friends have asked me to take some photos over the bank holiday weekend.

Friend 1
Wants some portrait shots of his daughter.
Will be a very basic set up in his living room and the kit listed in my sig is all I have (plus a big white sheet and a flash diffuser).

Friend 2
Runs an in door Go Kart track and it's the final of a tournament.
He wants a few action shots of the guys racing and a couple of them giving out awards and such.

Not charging for either, want the practice as for the most part, I have only shot landscapes so far, but still want to be able to give them some good shots at the end of it all.

So to the point, anyone got any advice/tips/tricks etc....

Anything at all would be greatly appreciated.

:wave:
 
Rather than try to do the portraits in a living room (you may be hampered by a lack of lighting kit) you might be tempted to do some location shots instead. Local park perhaps? Your Sigma will provide plenty of fill flash, should you need it.

The second one is difficult to advise because I have no idea what the lighting will be like on location. Make sure you allow for the location lighting in your colour temperature when shooting though. If your flash has a bounce card you could consider using it to fill in the trophy presentations, just watch out for mixed lighting sources.

Have fun.
 
Cheers Ali,
Hadn't thought about the lighting issues at the go cart course.

That's a cracking idea about the park....

Cheers
 
andrewc said:
indoor karting - presume a high bay warehouse, so lighting will be poor. Hi-ISO I'm afraid. Can you visit for a trial run?
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not necessarily... just get the hang of some slow shutter speed shots and lots of panning..
for the podium stick the flash on.

if its indoors then chances are the lighting will confuse the auto white balance, so i either shoot in RAW and fix it later, or take a piece of white card, take a shot of it under the lights and then tell the camera to sort the white balance from that photo.
 
If you use flash, consider the "Black Hole " effect. . When you do the presentations pics, be careful of the background. The flash will probably only illuminate the foreground ( The important bit). You can look as though the recipients are in standing in a dark cellar at midnight . Try to use a shutter speed/ aperture that gives an idea of the environment. Doesn't have to be perfectly exposed, but it puts the picture and the people in context
 
Thanks very much for the advice guys....

I am going to take a few test shots before the main even kicks off.

I am going to be around all day so I think I will give all 3 methods a go (White card, Long Exposure, High ISO).

Forgive what is probably a very stupid question....
What is "Panning"? :thinking:
 
Slvrbck said:
Forgive what is probably a very stupid question....
What is "Panning"? :thinking:
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searching for gold in the river.. once you found some you can use it to go to the Bahamas and forget all about photography :)

or more serioulsy
'Panning
Technique for photographing a moving subject. While the shutter is open, the camera is swung following the moving subject. This creates a blurred background, but a sharp subject. The technique works best with slower shutter speeds.'
 
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