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Hi Everyone, I shoot food photography and travel with great success via my X-T1 (35mm 1.4, and 18-135mm WR).

 

I have been invited to the Boston Seaport World Trade Center, an indoor convention space illuminated with energy efficient LED lighting. Most shots will have to be handheld since there will be little space for a tripod on the floor space. I find myself a little intimidated by the low lighting aspect present during the event action.

 

I am desperately seeking advice on photo recipes and best practices for capturing some great images with my X-T1.

 

Thanks!

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There are others that will be able to tell you more about shooting such events, but a few thoughts from my side:

 

- LED lighting does not have to be dark. This market segment is slowly picking up after being pretty bad in the last years. But it brings other problems with it. Without going too much into detail, most LED powered lighting technology only emits narrow bands of color, most of them in the yellow and blue frequencies. This could lead to ugly looking images, while your eyes and your brain would work together to make it look almost normal to you.

- I guess you are not planning to buy new equipment, but I think you are good anyway. The 35 is fast, and the travelzoom has a great OIS.

- Think about a monopod. Not as big as a tripod, but still helpful for dimly lit scenarios.

- I'd set the aperture manually (+shutter speed for the real action stuff) and let the camera do the rest.

 

Aaaand... have fun!

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