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I'm doing my niece's Bat Mitzvah and I already secured my friend to be an assistant. Here's the list of available pertinent equipment before my actual query.
Me: 6D, Sig 24-60 2.8, 70-200 2.8, 85 1.8, and most importantly, 430 EXII and 600 EX-RT
Him: 7D, Tamron 10-24, 85 1.8, Sig 50 1.4, 70-200 2.8 and most importantly, no flash.
I don't have much flash experience, but I will practicing from now until May when the event is. My question, is how do you recommend dispersing the lighting duties between us? I initially think that me using both flashes (600 on camera and 430 slave on pole) would give at least one shooter the best lighting scenario for the reception/party afterwards.
I'd have his gear as backup or even use the second body with a different lens so I'm not switching back and forth. I'm not as concerned with having a second person shooting the event as I am the lighting situation. Correct me if I'm wrong here. I mentioned the gear if any of you have more creative ideas than I do. I thought that if lighting is poor, I would ask him to hold the 430 on a pole as I shoot walking around the party. If that's the right idea, do I just set it full bounce on the ceiling?
Also, I have 3 sets of rechargeables (all relatively new). I guess it's prudent to use an auxiliary battery pack for the 600 and keep the 3 sets rotating in the 430 (two chargers) and have some alks for emergency use. I'll probably get a couple more sets of rechargeables since at least I can use them for other things outside of photography. I don't plan on doing this more than the occasional favor (I know you hear that a lot) so I don't want to go too crazy on the battery pack. Any recommendations? Would the Bolt CBP-C1 or Canon CP-E4 be sufficient for a few hours to boost the 600?
The reception room is obviously going to be low lit (cave), and the ceiling is rather low so bounce will have a good effect. I do have 2.8 and better speed and great 6D ISO in my favor. Since the lighting will be fairly constant I thought shooting with both flashes on manual and using an A/B group with separate settings might work. I started getting in the 600 settings and played with the manual settings for master and slave. I can't believe what these things can do! Oh, if ETTL is recommended instead, please let me know.
Thank you for your time reading this and any helpful suggestions you have!
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