Would you give your customers such photo?

[coffee3in1]

song alpha? song liao lor...

if he is holding a cam thinking of using natural light, good luck to him and his pop up flash buddy.

:bsmilie: funny comment. I think the pg was thinking of using natural light. The key light seems to be the sun.

It's not easy to get such a number of pple arranged for a group shot. Not every pg travels with full battle order. :nono: Exotic lens or not, it would be a real challenge to shoot @ f/11 and a pop-up flash. Joe Mcnally would have brought 15 pcs of SB800. :think:

 

[Catalyst]

Don't think that the photos are really that bad.. but i do feel that some of the subjects in the centre looked fake (especially their size), maybe due to the arrangement. Again, if the company had chosen and insisted the shoot location, i don't think it is the photographer can do much.

 

[bobdoom]

this photo reminds me of something from the 70s/80s. It more like expired film rather digital.

 

[m3lv1nh0]

Ok. I think we should move forward. Let's discuss how to tackle this situation if you were the photographer. Any events pro here can teach?

First scenerio, you were told well ahead that the client needs a group shot. What should we do or use to get a great shot?

Second scenerio, you were told last min that the client need a group shot. What can we do to get a good shot?

 

[JayKay]

Ok. I think we should move forward. Let's discuss how to tackle this situation if you were the photographer. Any events pro here can teach?

First scenerio, you were told well ahead that the client needs a group shot. What should we do or use to get a great shot?

Second scenerio, you were told last min that the client need a group shot. What can we do to get a good shot?

For such a large group - above all, the client must be prepared to pay for shooting with medium format and other equipment as well as accept instructions, especially pertaining to timing and selection of location. :bsmilie: Impromptu - definitely no.

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

Ok. I think we should move forward. Let's discuss how to tackle this situation if you were the photographer. Any events pro here can teach?

First scenerio, you were told well ahead that the client needs a group shot. What should we do or use to get a great shot?

Second scenerio, you were told last min that the client need a group shot. What can we do to get a good shot?

hmm, simply said, would a pro here wanna break their ricebowl to tell ppl how they achieve their accumulated experiences?

its all about what you pay and what you get.

you want ultra sharp pics with great details and print it up to A0 or you want a 4R pic?

like above have said, if its impromptu shot, impossible to get a decent shot just like that. its like going to a school graduation, you see all the lights are stationed properly, bench/chairs placed with markers on the sides to indicate the width... the camera doesn't move, the strobes are calibrated with light meter... every class come and go, consistency is maintained.

having said that, i've also seen before inexperienced event shooters shoot at events, althou i don't shoot these kinda stuff as i'm not a photographer, i do use my cam to shoot if it needs be, you have to understand the camera, the location and conditions.

for eg, i went once, a charity thingy, the FOC photographer was using a 400D with a wide angle probably 10-20 or 12-24, and wanna take group shot indoor. she thought using f5.6 or f8 would give her the focus sharpness of row 1-5, but she got no idea that she is using 1/4sec instead, and the group shot have handshake, on top of that, the focusing is off as well. on the final day, for the group shot, i told her to use my 1.5x crop camera with a 16mm fisheye, which becomes a 24mm slight distortion lens. and i told her to use f2.8, why? cos 1, it will shoot at about 1/30 or 1/60 with iso400/800, 2nd, no need to focus, cos a fisheye to infinity is about 3m, so in group shot of say a 100 ppl, everyone will not be within a 3m radius. and we all have the super sharp pics with everyone's smiling face inside. of course, the composition need working on...

 

[Reportage]

just my opinion since i also do such impromptu shots.

1) Take in Raw so the white balance does not come into play.

2) Too much background.

3) Should have separate into department shots and then have the department heads pose together with executives. Final shot will be everybody together but explain that due to the ad hoc arrangement the overall picture may not be very crisp. Most of the time having department pics and exec pics are enough to please even the most discerning corporate clients.

cant really blame the photographers if they dont know a group pic of such scale would be needed. but out of so many should have a few experienced who more or so expected it but i am guessing if they are the paid ones then such size group pic is not in the job focus for the amount. My solution for such a adhoc shot without strobes would be quite an eye opener.

 

[J e d I]

We had a South East Asia Company conference and the event organizer hired a group of photographers to take pictures of the three days event.

We also took a group photo and the print out we received looked like this (i scan it at 75dpi)

Is it me or am I to demanding to find the picture totally unacceptable. So far everybody on my team is complaining about the pic. The photog used a song alpha I think but the fact is even any PnS could take good photo in that morning light. Also, there were at least three of them taking at least a total of 30 photos and this is what we got.

Any feedback is appreciated, is it me or is this supposed to be some sort of digital art that I failed to see?

Thank you

its a photo, not softcopy. did u managed to take a look at e softcopy? cos I thought another issue is e print job is not gd. color a bit off leh... compare with e softcopy n c....

 

[blurry80]

hmm, simply said, would a pro here wanna break their ricebowl to tell ppl how they achieve their accumulated experiences?

The above quote should be left out as it does not promote sharing of knowledge which is what the forum is meant for.

Please enlighten me if i'm wrong.

 

[Danntbt]

The above quote should be left out as it does not promote sharing of knowledge which is what the forum is meant for.

Please enlighten me if i'm wrong.

the real pro probably has no time to come onto the forum, but unfortunately...many so called 'pro'.....are here to promote themselves by talking down and ridiculing people whom they think might steal their rice bowl.....