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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · 99th Floor of Sears Tower Venue


I'm shooting a formal for my school for the first time. I've never really had experience with a big event before. I've got a Canon 5D Mark III. Lenses that I could potentially use are my Canon 24-105 f/4 (maybe to slow in a dark room setting) and my Canon 70-200 f/2.8 (too zoomed for a room?).

I don't own a softbox or a remote trigger. I do have a Yungnao external flash though. From others, people have said I could just bounce the flash off of the ceiling because they are pretty low.

Should I purchase a soft box with a stand and some triggers? Or should I just buy a dimpy little softbox that goes over my flash while it is on my camera? I guess it's worth mentioning that the venue is the top of a sky scraper with windows everywhere.

Also, should I rent 24-70 f/2.8?

Thanks!

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Mar 18, 2017 at 12:47 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · 99th Floor of Sears Tower Venue


Bounce of the ceiling, watch your angles to avoid reflections in windows
24-105 is ideal
Get a backup body, lens and flash



Mar 18, 2017 at 04:22 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · 99th Floor of Sears Tower Venue


InSanE wrote:
Bounce of the ceiling, watch your angles to avoid reflections in windows
24-105 is ideal
Get a backup body, lens and flash


What is the ideal angle? And just shoot at f/4 the whole night?



Mar 18, 2017 at 04:46 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · 99th Floor of Sears Tower Venue


It depends what you're shooting. If you're doing portraits then you certainly need a softbox or umbrella or some kind of diffusion. If you're running and gunning just shooting candid around the room, then you want a medium-wide lens and bouncing off the ceiling or walls will be good.

If it were me, I'd probably go with the 24-105. Set your exposure for the ambient that you want behind your subjects. f/4, 1/160, ISO 800 would probably be a good start. Set the flash to TTL and bounce it off the ceiling and you'll probably be good.

You can run into problems shooting subjects who are a long distance from you when bouncing flash of the ceiling right above you. Inverse square law.



Mar 18, 2017 at 04:48 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · 99th Floor of Sears Tower Venue



What is the ideal angle? And just shoot at f/4 the whole night?



f4 iso 1600 1/160 all night long
45.674 degrees is ideal
position yourself to where you would not be able to see the ceiling in a window reflection



Mar 18, 2017 at 05:03 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · 99th Floor of Sears Tower Venue


BSPhotog wrote:
It depends what you're shooting. If you're doing portraits then you certainly need a softbox or umbrella or some kind of diffusion. If you're running and gunning just shooting candid around the room, then you want a medium-wide lens and bouncing off the ceiling or walls will be good.

If it were me, I'd probably go with the 24-105. Set your exposure for the ambient that you want behind your subjects. f/4, 1/160, ISO 800 would probably be a good start. Set the flash to TTL and bounce it off the ceiling and you'll probably be good.

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Thank you for your help!!



Mar 19, 2017 at 11:17 PM
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InSanE wrote:
f4 iso 1600 1/160 all night long
45.674 degrees is ideal
position yourself to where you would not be able to see the ceiling in a window reflection


Thank you!!



Mar 19, 2017 at 11:17 PM
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bring extra flash batteries!


Mar 22, 2017 at 03:43 PM





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