Going to be shooting an event tomorrow. This will be my first event. What mode do you recommend I shoot in?
Pic related is what I dont want to shoot in.
I was thinking of shooting in aperture priority so I can capture motion or freeze the action as I see fit.
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>>2729750
>Aperture priority
>to capture motion or freeze action as I see fit
>Aperture priority
I was also considering shooting in P mode so I dont have to worry about settings.
>>2729756
youll always worry about settings. believe it or not: it feels better when the photo is badly exposed because of you, than when some little computer chip fucked up for you.
>>2729766
No matter what mode you are in, if the photo is fucked up, it is your fault. Priority modes are completely predictable, and completely reliable. Blaming a priority mode for your exposure is like blaming your car for crashing.
> not shooting everything in manual
>>2729802
>Not realizing speed and little room for error are big parts of event photography.
>>2730031
then dial in the right manual settings and leave them there.
>>2730033
But then any time you want to change the shutter speed to say capture people laughing without it looking blurry yo have to change the aperture and or ISO too. Much quicker to be in a priority mode and let it do the compensating for you.
>>2730034
then those are the right settings.
>flash
Set ISO to the lowest, with my flash I set the highest flash sync shutter speed and stick to one aperture, if you have a modern flash you might have more flexibility.
>no flash
Set ISO to auto and use whatever other settings you want.
Unless people are posing they move around and your hands move a bit too so keep the shutter speed at least at 1/60, preferably at 1/125 or 1/250 if photographing little kids.
Spend the beginning shooting a lot of useless shots just to get the settings how you want them. I don't know where you will be shooting but most environments don't chance so often. If you spend the entire event messing with your setting you will have a bad time.
If you are struggling go Auto everything. Having a nice picture is more important than feeling like a pro and taking a bad photo.
>>2729802
sarcasm or newfag?
>>2730070
You really don't get it, do you?
>>2729750
Well it depends what sort of event it'll be. I shot ChromaCon and DocEdge (smaller events here in NZ) indoors at daytime. I kept ISO on 800 and shot manual (because it wasn't too dynamic) which got me at f5.6 smallest and 1/120s at fastest (the place was lit with candle-like bulbs and shut in four walls like /b/ fags, despite it being for well-known celebrity artists and designers) and I got decent shots, posted to website and referred for more jobs so I think that went well. Now I'm not sure if you have a Canon (pic) or Nikon D800 (as it says in EXIF). But either way if it's a full frame, it should be perfectly fine with such ISO, as I was shooting on a D5100 with kit lenses (18-55 55-200). And, no flash.
I also posted the same thing you did, 2 years ago for my first event :3
I don't really get the question, OP. If you're a competent photographer then you wouldn't be asking this question. Are you ready to do an event?
Put in P overexpose by a stop call it a fucking day.
event photography is purely documentation not art and in the end the quality wont matter.
>>2730131
Relax it was for a friends family.
