Hi Bill:
One idea I would add would be to find a venue where the band would play,
perhaps solving two things, it shows them in their environment (all large
groups of people in bleachers look the same, and a theater is a natural for
finding the right perspective, you get to pick the best seat in the house.
Gord
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Subject: [OM] Re: Anyone with tips on shooting a large group?
>
> I'm coming in on the end of this thread, so if this is a repeat, I
apologize.
> In another life, part of what I did for the university where I was
employed
> was to take pictures of the summer band and cheerleader camps. I would
> photograph late in the day to get more pleasing lighting, use a several
strobes
> which had slave triggers on them for fill and would photograph from a
coaches
> stand at the football field. Now that may not tell you much, however I
would
> elevate myself either on a ladder or perhaps from the roof of a one story
building
> with a flat roof (like a walkway maybe). Spending all summer doing these
> camps and then having to print the hundreds of prints of the groups and
the
> individual teams is part of the reason, I pursued a career in sales. So
my best
> piece of advice is to not get too good at this, it might drive you away
from
> your photography, but then today I would shoot it digitally & print the
image on
> a printer. Hey, that doesn't sound too bad, maybe I ought to give it
another
> go . . . not! Bill Barber
>
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