Charity Event Photo Booth

sunxsweet

Looks like it's time to step outside of my comfort zone yet again. I'm going to be shooting a photobooth at a fundraising event tomorrow in Beverly Hills.

Going to need to pick up some lighting equipment from a friend.

Talk about a pressure situation. Luckily this is not a paid gig, but I want to nail it.

I'm planning on either going w/ a natural backdrop, but white might be more professional. Thinking definitely do one umbrella w/ flash off camera right or left. Maybe a reflector on the other side or another umbrella for fill.... and then maybe one or two more flash with a flag to blow out the backdrop but keep the light away from the subject.

Fallback scenario is I just find a nice natural backdrop and shoot w/ some fill flash. At a previous event that inspired this photobooth, they used a black backdrop and simulated an ad campaign that featured Lawrence Fishbourne.

Am I getting too complicated?? Any tips?... this is so last minute.

sunxsweet

think i'm going to be okay. turns out it's going to be outdoors. i'm going to just slap some seamless white paper on the wall, find a decent spot and have fun...

sunxsweet

For those that wanted to see how this turned out, here are the pics.

http://blog.richmarphotography.com/2009/10/unicef-trick-or-treat-los-angeles.html



thanks for looking.

sweet caroline

Great job!

Caroline

divamum

Holy cow - you take shots like that and you were WORRIED about your setup??!!???. You most certainly nailed it - those are AWESOME and not only "nice" photos of the people, but totally reflect the ad style and feel (and it's not just the text which does it, it's the actual look you gave the photos, the conversion you used etc etc). Great job

angevin1

sweet caroline wrote:

Great job!

Caroline

Ya! Mee too! Picture Perfect~

sunxsweet

thanks for the love everybody. i guess i just have high expectations. i'm pretty happy with the results. but i do think they could have turned out technically better. thanks again!