I need advice from good photographers!
Here's the deal:
About my gear: Canon Digital Rebel XT with Canon Speedlite 580EX. Three crappy lenses to choose from: 50mm prime @ f/1.8, 18-55mm zoom @ f/3.5-5.6, 70-300mm zoom @ f/4.5-5.6.
About me: new photographer with fairly strong technical understanding of how it all works.
About the job: so a friend of mine works for a small denim company that does kind of a travelling jeans sale, primarily on college campuses. They're pretty popular and getting bigger all the time. In about a week, they are doing a small runway fashion show at a nightclub in Orange County. She asked if I could do some photography at the event.
The runway is probably about 15 feet long and about 3 feet off the ground. The platform I'll be on is at about the same height, about 5 feet from the end of the strip.
My understanding is that lighting will not be ideal. Clubs are already lacking in good direct lighting, so my guess is that I'll have some slightly raised house lights, and that's about it.
The ceiling is about 20-30 feet up, so it's not a good place to bounce light from.
My questions:
If you were in my shoes, what would you use for a lens? My gut is that I need to pick up a wide angle prime, something like 28mm @ f/2.8 or lower, and move the ISO up towards the high end. I don't have a tremendous amount of cash, but I might prefer a faster lens over a lower f stop to at least make sure I can get focus in low lighting. My experience has been that cheap primes don't move fast in anything but great lighting.
Will that flash light the place enough? I'm not excited about the head on lighting, but I probably don't have much choice. Would a diffuser be recommended?
Thanks in advance. Greatly appreciated!
Here's the deal:
About my gear: Canon Digital Rebel XT with Canon Speedlite 580EX. Three crappy lenses to choose from: 50mm prime @ f/1.8, 18-55mm zoom @ f/3.5-5.6, 70-300mm zoom @ f/4.5-5.6.
About me: new photographer with fairly strong technical understanding of how it all works.
About the job: so a friend of mine works for a small denim company that does kind of a travelling jeans sale, primarily on college campuses. They're pretty popular and getting bigger all the time. In about a week, they are doing a small runway fashion show at a nightclub in Orange County. She asked if I could do some photography at the event.
The runway is probably about 15 feet long and about 3 feet off the ground. The platform I'll be on is at about the same height, about 5 feet from the end of the strip.
My understanding is that lighting will not be ideal. Clubs are already lacking in good direct lighting, so my guess is that I'll have some slightly raised house lights, and that's about it.
The ceiling is about 20-30 feet up, so it's not a good place to bounce light from.
My questions:
If you were in my shoes, what would you use for a lens? My gut is that I need to pick up a wide angle prime, something like 28mm @ f/2.8 or lower, and move the ISO up towards the high end. I don't have a tremendous amount of cash, but I might prefer a faster lens over a lower f stop to at least make sure I can get focus in low lighting. My experience has been that cheap primes don't move fast in anything but great lighting.
Will that flash light the place enough? I'm not excited about the head on lighting, but I probably don't have much choice. Would a diffuser be recommended?
Thanks in advance. Greatly appreciated!