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What I have learnt Shooting a comic convention

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So I had the chance to shoot a photobooth at a comic convention that happened here in Kuwait few days ago and it was a valuable experience shooting it with the XT-2 with the kit lens.

The shoot went smoothly as I took over 300 photos (supposed to be 1500 according to the organizers[emoji28]) and haven't felt the weight of the camera or had any issues whatsoever. The camera was tethered to a MacBook pro with lightroom cc and had 2 canon speedlights with softboxes triggered via pocket wizards.

So what I have learnt is:

1. Always try out your set-up at home, record the time you need to set-up and try different lighting effects beforehand.

2. Make the photo as quick as possible and count to 3 to minimize blinking eyes photos.

3. Have a small chat with the subject as he/she will feel more comfortable with you and might give you some of their time later on to do some personal work (photos of that below).

 

I know that these are simple and basic rules but I just felt I needed to remind myself and share the experience with you guys.

 

So after the shoot I made some headshots of the celebrities that attended and I was very happy that they loved the photos. It took me between 30 seconds and 2 minutes to make these photos so excuse my choice of camera settings.

 

All photos : 1/250 sec. ISO 800 f/5.6.

One flash in a 2ft softbox approx. 45 deg.

REUBEN LANGDON

TOM WLASCHIHA

PATRICIA SUMMERSETTba1f88c1de175b031e0ce7bedd5b75a6.jpg

 

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Is that the in-camera film sim B&W? Looks like a slight sepia tone. Very nice.

Thank mate.. it was converted to black and white in lightroom and some minor editing in lightroom..

I guess my phone camera is too warm or something as the prints doesn't have that sepia tone.

 

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