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Question from Matty: “Ok. So I’m going to do a photo shoot for an interior of a nightclub thats not well lit and has multi coloured lighting. I was thinking of doing high dynamic range shots, but I really want to do this properly for a good friend of mine that owns the place. What suggestions are reccomended for amazing shots of the place that will require as little post production as possible. Much appreciated. Thanks :-)”
Christy: Tripod. Slow shutter speed to capture more ambient light. If you can do off camera flash, add some opposite you to light up the back end. If ceilings are white you can bounce off them. Just be sure to adjust your flash output and aperture so the flash is just a tad of fill and not overpowering.
Crystal: ^^^^what she said lol
Shannon: I’d still try a few hdr images, they are really not that much work to produce. If you have a the newer versions of photoshop cs or you can get photomatix for around $100. I think you’ll find it much less work while your their & much easier to get a good quality image after.
Shannon: Up your ISO also, it will add a little noise, but in a dark environment it will help.
Tracey: Open up shutter speed..don’t be afraid, have fun with it!!
Suz: Def monopod or tripod so u can use longer shutter speed do some with a flash and some without it so u can see the difference and have fun
Melanie: I would def do HDR, but you’re going to spend a lot of time in PS fixing the different color casts that the different light puts out. I got great advice from a friend of mine once. He shoots a set of bracketed shots for each of the color temps in the room, let’s say 3 exp for tungsten, 3 exp for florescent, 3 exp for daylight. THen he’ll go into PS and blend the HDR images that were created for each set of brackets. It’s a lot of work but it can be done
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