http://rising.blackstar.com/advice-to-event-planners-turn-up-the-lights.html Professional Photography Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rising.blackstar.com/advice-to-event-planners-turn-up-the-lights.html/comment-page-1#comment-17272 Robert Gunter Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:07:09 +0000 #comment-17272 I do a wide variety of events throughout the year that include corporate presentations to awards events and almost every one of the events is done in almost total darkness. Occasionally a good production company is hired to light the event for the speaker and the awards presentations and they provide enough light that enables me to create some decent images. Of course the audience is in the dark, so flash is necessary to photograph them. My client always asks for a wide shot of the audience using no flash in a dark room. I try to explain to them that if they bring the lights up briefly, I can get the shot, but they always tell me it would ruin the atmosphere and disturb the audience! I use a Nikon D3, so I can shoot in low light situations, but I still need some light to get a good image. Wish I had the answer to this problem, but it is challenging to educate clients. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I do a wide variety of events throughout the year that include corporate presentations to awards events and almost every one of the events is done in almost total darkness. Occasionally a good production company is hired to light the event for the speaker and the awards presentations and they provide enough light that enables me to create some decent images. Of course the audience is in the dark, so flash is necessary to photograph them. My client always asks for a wide shot of the audience using no flash in a dark room. I try to explain to them that if they bring the lights up briefly, I can get the shot, but they always tell me it would ruin the atmosphere and disturb the audience! I use a Nikon D3, so I can shoot in low light situations, but I still need some light to get a good image. Wish I had the answer to this problem, but it is challenging to educate clients. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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