The shoot from hell!

[Hacker]

On Tuesday I did the first of a series of shows for the British Equestrian Federation which are running nationwide throughout August, Moomike and dod have very kindly stepped up to the plate to assist with the ones that are a long way.

After a few days of glorious sunshine Tuesday morning was really gloomy and murky, not the best scenario when shooting indoors and my heart sank when I arrived at the venue as it was an old dark building with horrible orange sodium lamps. Hey ho! Most of the day was spent shooting at ISO6400 or ISO5000 with some of the portrait shots of dark horses going as low as 1/50th, f/2.8 and ISO6400 on the 70-200mm VR. :shake:

I can easily say this was the most challenging and tiring shoot I've done to date, not just because of the light but also because of client expectations as I was called in after last years 'togs made a bit of a hash of it.

So what has been your most challenging shoot?

 

[JumboBeef]

The shots look good

I had a really difficult shoot about two weeks ago now. Up on t' moors in North Yorkshire working for a large corprate client.

Sunny days either side of when I was there but the day I went it was foggy to start with, followed by wind and rain.

The location was more than two miles from the nearest road, and the only access was over a very poor bridlepath (see, 4x4s do have a use )

The downdraft from the chopper just added to my woes:

(This picture has already been posted elsewhere so sorry to any who has already seen it).

Don't forget, I use elevated photography, so my camera was higher than that one tonne bag (and there were lots of bags!)

 

[Tyke Tiler]

I think you've done really well there mate,
I totally understand, I 've been in a similar situation with an Ice skating show, the two pre pubescent teens doing the lighting had no general washes or general cover, pretty much all the scene changes were specials and colour washes only, the main characters had the occasional follow spot which helped.
I had such a job trying to get good shots. ISO 1600 and 3200, aperture's of 2.8 and shutter speeds at the minimum to attempt to freeze the action.
There's so many bad images that I'm ashamed of but then there are the odd few that really suprise me.
see gallery here

Anyway, luckily my clients loved the photo's and they continue to hire me. Phew!

 

[Yv]

well done colin, welcome to the world of indoor shooting in rotten lighting....and Mr LL can't work out why I want something with better high ISO handling Those look great, like it was well lit all along