Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a month, I will be photographing plenty of candid shots of attendees in a wedding bridal shower at night in a private home. I also plan to use available lighting. Using a flash would be too intrusive and would cast an unnatural glow. Not the Leica way!?! FYI I will bring my M6 & 35mm f/2.0 and a manual SLR 55mm f/1.2. Everything is pretty much manual and limited to these two lenses, though I'd love to have a 75mm or 90mm to work with. From memory of the private home where the bridal shower will take place, it is evenly lit from the ceiling with recessed fluorescent lighting all around the edges. Carpeting and walls are whitish. Overall brightness is difficult to know unless I'm there metering. At least I know it's not dimly lit (yellowish glow) with low ceilings. I think I'll need to shoot mostly at shutter speeds of 1/125 or 1/250 to mostly freeze facial expressions / movement. And since I'm still getting use to my new M6 & 35mm f/2.0 ashp (2-weeks-used) I prefer to have a large DOF (f11 or 16) so that I can shoot subjects from the desired hyperfocal setting. That way I can be sure most subjects will be in focus. I suspect I'll need a very large DOF since with a 35mm, I'm anticipating to shoot subjects within 5-7 feet for either single perosn or a small cluster of people. Having never been to a bridal shower myself, not sure what activities take place. I can only come prepared! ;-) Who would recommend Ilford's or Kodak's iso 3200 colour print film? OTOH, if anyone has experience using the following print films (FUJI NGH II 800, Kodak GTMax800) I'd like to know whether these can be pushed twice, in case I need to shoot at iso3200. Pros and cons on this versus using the NGH or GTMax 3200 film. I will also shoot B&W film - any comments or recommendations on pushing TriX400 (3 times) or would you recommend other B&W film for better pushing capabilities? I REALIZE the question of high speed film preferences will result in many personal opinions, but I'm game for comments since I have no experience with this project. BTW if anyone has experience shooting in this environment, please share your thoughts. Much thanks in advance for enlightment. ;-) ;-) Sorry if posting too long but trying to cover all bases.