Critique Welcomed Playing At Work

[Allan Batchelor]

I got asked to do a wee photo shoot at my works open day the other week. First time Ive done anything like this but think did ok. Never used a flash as thought it would annoy the customers so used tripod and shutter speedof around 125. I kno wthere are probably things I could have done better so please feel free to say whats good or bad

 

[Dan Cattermole]

I think you've got a good bundle amongst those Allan. Well done

 

[Brian Moore]

Well done, Allan. You have some really good shots in there I think. I like that you shot with available light, but I wouldn't have thought a tripod was necessary at that speed. But hell, what do I know? You've created a fine set of images.

 

[Allan Batchelor]

Cheers guys.
Im not the steadiest at times when shooting freehand and as they were moving thought id half the chances o failure and use the tripod

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Would have been very challenging to light those big spaces with flash Allan - so you'd have had nicely lit people and a dark hole backdrop most likely

You could have balanced fill flash with ambient, but even then you'd have a color balance issue between subject and background.

Natural light worked well I think - you could always experiment bumping up the ISO a bit to get a faster shutter speed if you felt it was needed to freeze movement in people?

 

[Allan Batchelor]

Ah didnt think of that Chris will keep ISO thing in mind as dont do much PEOPLE photoging hehe

 

[Pete Askew]

A damn fine set Allan and I agree with Chris' comments on the lighting. There a few where I'm not sure where the focus should be and it might be worth thinning a few out with an ultra-critical eye to tell the story that you want to tell. And what a clean place and I'm impressed that someone has thought about the colour scheme of an industrial space. Super stuff.

 

[Kev Pugh]

Good job Allan ISO is always a good tool to have in the box

 

[Allan Batchelor]

My gaffer wasnt exactly sure what HE wanted P ete so thats why its a bit of a mixed bag of everything. It was all last minute stuff so no planning went into it just walk around shooting stuff that was my instructions lol

 

[Pete Askew]

A nice set even if unplanned though.