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I have been commissioned to shoot an evening Christmas Parade. I have never done one. Any tips? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by LightpointSoftware@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am going to shoot an evening parade with Christmas trees and Santa and the like. Do you have any helpful tips?

I have a 50 1.2 and an 85 1.2 , 70-200mm 2.8 and a wide angle which I am going to bring. I have other lenses.

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[–] LightpointSoftware@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you so much! That helps a lot.

I don’t have many options for the part of the parade that happens after sunset. I just went to the site at the time I am supposed to shoot and it was very dark. Hardly any light. No street lights, just some Christmas lights wrapped around some trees.

I am going to go much earlier to capture as much as I can when there is available light.

I saw similar events from the paper and they were all earlier in the day.

I won’t provide previews. I just have a deadline, which I can easily meet.

They are on site, so it is a great idea to tell them I have finished and if they want anything more.

They did say they want close ups of people, but they did not say anyone specific. Just people I find interesting. That is one of my strengths.

[–] shootdrawwrite@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Whenever you can, get different angles, different framing tight to wide, landscape and portrait, of the same scene/subject, work it thoroughly to give your client options. Frame a little loose for flexibility in cropping.

If some of the event is during daytime definitely get all you can then, it sounds like it might be a challenge to get good stuff after dark, but the parade itself might provide something you can work with.

If you have to use flash, try off camera with a cord or wireless, held as far away from the camera as you can reach either above or at 45 degrees or to the side and pointed back at the subject, whatever makes sense, always higher than their nose (nose shadow should always go at least slightly downward, never up).