Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/30
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adam asked:
>Since Kyle posted the two photos I pondered the difficulty of getting
>reasonable photos of people speaking. I've been doing more of this lately
>and I seem incredibly talented at getting transient expressions which run
>from ludicrous to slanderous. Seldom do I get one that reflects the person
>who is talking.
>
>So what's the secret. Just lots of photos and then sort out for the good
>one? I'll have to buy a motor-M I guess.
since basically this is what i do at work i can offer the following
suggestions:
1) use you 85 f2 or 75 1.4 and get up close.
2) shoot as much film as it is important to get a good shot of the speaker
3) wait for pauses -- if the speaker is moving his/her hand up, wait until
the hand reaches it's apex and there's a brief pause before it comes
down.
4) often the folks your shooting for will want their logo in the shot. be
conscious of that.
5) use a monopod if you need to and crop vertically
6) if you can, make sure there's enough lighting on the speaker. this may
involve adding a clamp lamp of your own or such.
all my advice.
kc
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