School Photography Help Please

smilephotographysmilephotography Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
edited December 16, 2008 in Accessories
Hello all,

Has anyone got any ideas on where to hire/buy staging for seating to photograph 100 pupils in a class shot? I cant find anything on the net, but dont really know how to phrase it!

Much apprieciated, Helen

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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited December 16, 2008
    Do you mean risers? A party store/rental may have them...but then nearly every school music room has a set, and many church choir practice rooms do as well...maybe you can borrow?
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  • smilephotographysmilephotography Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited December 16, 2008
    Thank you perhaps I do mean Risers
    cmason wrote:
    Do you mean risers? A party store/rental may have them...but then nearly every school music room has a set, and many church choir practice rooms do as well...maybe you can borrow?

    Thank you for replying, I am not sure if they are called risers - but worth a shot. I need to do a year photo of 100 pupils, without the panning camera (mines a canon 5d with 24 - 105 lens) so I need to position them all in about 3 or 4 rows and stand well back!

    Helen
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,130 moderator
    edited December 16, 2008
    Helen,

    Remember to also suitably elevate yourself and the camera with respect to the students.

    How are you handling lighting?
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited December 16, 2008
    why nt use the schools auditorium? If the seats are done on a slope then it would work wonders....

    If your town has a theater in which choral groups regularly perform then look there......also is there a college near by that has a choir.....look there as these places will usually own their risers and may not charge you much to rent.....


    Lastly a movie theater with the pupils seated in the middle and you on the stage just in front of screen to elevate you a bit.........talk with manager, who may donate or ask for a small donation from you for electricity and his/her time...............
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  • smilephotographysmilephotography Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited December 16, 2008
    Thank you
    Hi Guys

    Thank you for your inspirational ideas! I am not sure I can take out the whole year to another location, but worth asking. The school only has 350 pupils in total, so they dont have an auditorium. I have a friend who is an ex funeral director and knows loads of vicars, I shall ask him for choral risers.

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