Tag Archives: Events

Storytime

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Michael Willems

When you shoot an event, say a party, remember to tell a story. That means you also shoot, in addition to the “grip and grin” happy faces, the following background shots: Where? – an “establishing shot” What? Is it a … Continue reading →

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Party recipe

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Michael Willems

There will be many parties in the next few weeks for many of you, so I would like to give you a few tips and reminders for better event photos. I shall illustrate with a few pictures of an event … Continue reading →

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Accountants of the wild frontier

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Michael Willems

Today was a good example of n event shoot. Colleague Joseph and I got to the Metro Toronto Convention centre to shoot a few hundred accountants pointing laser pointers at the ceiling. A very un-accountant-like event! So we set up … Continue reading →

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Eat.

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Michael Willems

OK, do not eat quite yet. I shoot events. All the time. It is what I love to do. And these events are organized by corporations, or wealthy people, or governments, or charitable organizations. You name it. People like to … Continue reading →

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Now what?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Michael Willems

I shot a corporate event the other day, and it taxed me. I shall explain how, and how you can get good (meaning sharp, well lit and well exposed ) shots in bad light. When I walked in to the … Continue reading →

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Site of the day

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Michael Willems

I see that this site is today’s Site of the Day at http://www.1001noisycameras.com/ – that’s great! Welcome, 1001 Noisy Camera fans. As you will see, on this blog I teach daily – a teaching post every single day. Enjoy, and … Continue reading →

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Piecing it together

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Michael Willems

Sunday, I shot a Bat Mitzvah party. Great fun, and wonderful people: this is why I love photography. Happy people celebrating a life event, and I get to shoot it: a privilege, and I get to do it for a … Continue reading →

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Shooting an event: choice of shots

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Michael Willems

A few tips, on and off over the next few days, about shooting events. Events such as parties, clubs, openings: lots of people and they are camera aware. Today: What to shoot. I recommend that you shoot “all three views”: … Continue reading →

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Dark trick

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Michael Willems

A trick from the dark side. When you have to shoot in low light, and I mean super-super low light (think f/1.4 at 1/15th sec at 3200 ISO), you can underexpose and pull up the image later. This introduces nice … Continue reading →

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Wide

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Michael Willems

What lens to put on your camera? Sometimes it is difficult to decide. But sometimes it’s easy. Social events are easy. When shooting such events, where there are people socializing, eating, drinking, I recommend a wide angle lens between at … Continue reading →

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