After doing this project ,when photographing the actors in their dressing rooms. I came up with many problems other than trying to not get myself in the mirrors. But when they allowed me to photograph the actual shows happening from the sidelines, this is when I came up with sum problems.
I found that in a high key act where there are lots of scene changes and props like the full Monty, they were constantly changing the lighting.
A long explanation short:
Aperture?:
Because the lighting was so dark I was having to set my camera to use a very low aperture 3.5. And because I was using such a low aperture my photo’s weren’t as crisp as I would have liked them to be.
Shutter speed?:
Again because there was such little light as explained above I had my aperture set very low and wide to allow as much light in my camera as possible, but yet I was still not getting enough light in my camera so I was having to set my camera to a relatively long exposure (shutter speed). I also found that with the shutter speed I was using because the actors were running around and dancing, they were coming out unfocused and blurry.
Light meter readings?:
Because I was photographing within a theatre obviously the lighting changed rapidly all the time, I kept having to take light meter readings, and constantly adjusting the settings in my camera for my images to come out relatively decent.
ISO?:
Because I wasn’t sure how to change my ISO depending on the lighting situation I kept my ISO set to automatic, because to be honest I didn’t want my images to come out to grainy. But after talking to my teacher I now reflecting on what I did I should have set my ISO to manual on the highest setting possible to allow as much light in my camera as possible.
After having a discussion with my teacher about these problems that arose he suggested some setting I should use:
1/25th second exposure-So contents come out un-blurry and focused.
ISO 800- to allow as much light in my camera as possible.
And in desperate situations set my camera to shutter speed priority, so all the setting in my camera are fully automatic besides the shutter speed which I control.
(I must state here that when it got to about half way through the show I did mange to figure the setting and the majority of my images came out fine but the ones with quick movement were a little unfocused)
He also suggested that I contacted the local photographer who shoots the shows that happen in the civic theatre in Darlington, and ask there advice on the settings that they use. So when I went to organise my next trip with Peter Tate( the show the tart and the vicars wife, the show I’ve just shot), I asked him if they had an organised photographer who came and did the shows.
He told me they didn’t have a photographer but they regularly got photographers from the northern echo (in Darlington) to shoot the shows they held, for articles in the northern echo.
So what I haven taken from this is when I am next in town I will visit the northern echo and ask to speak to one of the photographers and ask there advice, and include the information on my blog.
I also noticed when I was doing research on KEZZ they had good images from the performance from a photographer. I think what I am going to do is try to get into contact with this photographer(his name was placed under the images he had taken), ask his advice and include it into my research.
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