Shooting a church service

I may be shooting a church service this week. The primary lighting will be
candles and I'm pretty sure flash will be a no go. I was planning on
shooting with my Canononet G III QL 17. I'm thinking of going right to 3200
speed B&W and just under exposing by 2 stops (Meter tops out at iso 800).

Any advice is welcome.

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In article ,
Roger writes:

Good luck and I hope everyone is holding a candle. If so be sure and
situate yourself so you can get some faces in the picture.

Candles with magnesium wicks?

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In article ,
Roger writes:

Good luck and I hope everyone is holding a candle. If so be sure and
situate yourself so you can get some faces in the picture.

Candles with magnesium wicks?

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http://www.petezilla.co.uk

In article ,
Roger writes:

Good luck and I hope everyone is holding a candle. If so be sure and
situate yourself so you can get some faces in the picture.

Candles with magnesium wicks?

--

http://www.petezilla.co.uk

"Ray Creveling" wrote in message
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I may be shooting a church service this week. The primary lighting will
be
candles and I'm pretty sure flash will be a no go. I was planning on
shooting with my Canononet G III QL 17. I'm thinking of going right to
3200
speed B&W and just under exposing by 2 stops (Meter tops out at iso 800).

Any advice is welcome.

--
Ray Creveling
http://www.blackcatblog.com


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Ask the
Priest if you can restage. Then shoot NPS or Portra @ 100 with flash. Set
the aperture by the flash and drag the shutter to get the candles and use an
81B or something like that to make it look like candle light. Fast film will
mostly give you a fuzzy shot and tripods won't do it in church.
Bob Hickey

"Ray Creveling" wrote in message
...
I may be shooting a church service this week. The primary lighting will
be
candles and I'm pretty sure flash will be a no go. I was planning on
shooting with my Canononet G III QL 17. I'm thinking of going right to
3200
speed B&W and just under exposing by 2 stops (Meter tops out at iso 800).

Any advice is welcome.

--
Ray Creveling
http://www.blackcatblog.com


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Ask the
Priest if you can restage. Then shoot NPS or Portra @ 100 with flash. Set
the aperture by the flash and drag the shutter to get the candles and use an
81B or something like that to make it look like candle light. Fast film will
mostly give you a fuzzy shot and tripods won't do it in church.
Bob Hickey

"Ray Creveling" wrote in message
...
I may be shooting a church service this week. The primary lighting will
be
candles and I'm pretty sure flash will be a no go. I was planning on
shooting with my Canononet G III QL 17. I'm thinking of going right to
3200
speed B&W and just under exposing by 2 stops (Meter tops out at iso 800).

Any advice is welcome.

--
Ray Creveling
http://www.blackcatblog.com


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Ask the
Priest if you can restage. Then shoot NPS or Portra @ 100 with flash. Set
the aperture by the flash and drag the shutter to get the candles and use an
81B or something like that to make it look like candle light. Fast film will
mostly give you a fuzzy shot and tripods won't do it in church.
Bob Hickey

In article ,
Roger writes:

Candles with magnesium wicks?

Well, if they are magnesium wicks, I hope they are not holding them.
Might be a good way to get a tan (in the UK?). Sounds like you've been
on one too many underwater salvage missions :-).

No, I've never dived.

I have managed to get sunburnt in both Wales and Scotland!


I was serious about the candles, our church holds candle light vigils
for some of the religious holidays and the light from 300 candles
(each person holding one) allows for some remarkable photographs.

Must be impressive.


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In article ,
Roger writes:

Candles with magnesium wicks?

Well, if they are magnesium wicks, I hope they are not holding them.
Might be a good way to get a tan (in the UK?). Sounds like you've been
on one too many underwater salvage missions :-).

No, I've never dived.

I have managed to get sunburnt in both Wales and Scotland!


I was serious about the candles, our church holds candle light vigils
for some of the religious holidays and the light from 300 candles
(each person holding one) allows for some remarkable photographs.

Must be impressive.


--

http://www.petezilla.co.uk

"Ray Creveling" wrote in message
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I may be shooting a church service this week. The primary lighting will
be
candles and I'm pretty sure flash will be a no go. I was planning on
shooting with my Canononet G III QL 17. I'm thinking of going right to
3200
speed B&W and just under exposing by 2 stops (Meter tops out at iso 800).

Any advice is welcome.

--
Ray Creveling
http://www.blackcatblog.com

This is an example of a situation where a DSLR can be of GREAT use.
You'd be able to gage your images on the spot, and adjust.

My dad just got a 10D a while back, and even though he didn't know
much...came back from Romania with some nice candle-light photos in a church
there.

Here are a couple of his shots:
http://www.sendpix.com/albums/04091418/lb0aow8r1s/
(Click thumbs, then click again)