![]() Nearly a year ago I began my photography job for my university’s nightclub on campus. As a New Jersey music photographer, I have experience shooting with mixed lighting as Randal mentions, but the nightclub photography you will read about here are completely different. In this article you will be learning about nightclub photography from a guest contributor and photographer, Randal Whitmore. The walls are way too far from the dance floor and it's black and the ceiling is way to high to bounce it off there.Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Email Share on SMS ![]() I can't bring a softbox or anything heavy like that in a nightclub or reception wedding, it's packed and full of people like at Natbag and I have to be mobile. I can't seem to think that people retouch those highlights in post-production, it can be over 200 photos each event. If there's something on the foreground like another person's head or hands it's really bright and not nice looking. The photos I take in nightclubs, I have the flash on-camera, not backwards, head straight up with built-in diffusion panel and bounce card out, TTL, 1/60, ISO~800, 24-70mm 2.8, and there are these nasty highlights on my subject's noses, foreheads and cheeks. There's no unflattering highlights on people's noses and foreheads. Also there's no wall or low ceiling to bounce light.ģrd photo below with clapping hands on the foreground: considering inverse square law and light fall off, why aren't these hands overexposed if it's on-camera flash? To get these results, is the flash really tilted back 45 degree angle without built-in diffusion panel or bounce card out? I don't understand how on these photos it seems the light is coming from left or right and the shadows are so soft on their necks. We could ask her, but that seems a little intrusive. I'm thinking on camera flash, I'm thinking some sort of modifier on the flash (dome diffuser like stofen, Lumiquest 80/20, something like that). to me that seems completely unrealistic. I really don't think she has a big entourage of assistants and light stands, softboxes, etc. I think simplicity is part of the shooting. Could be from high ISO / noise reduction or even due to sharpening. ![]() Some of the photos seem a little noisy, or there are JPG artifacts visible in the darker areas. These are people at the club, not models brought in for a photoshoot (at least I don't think so). Near the DJ, bar areas, dance floor, you name it. They are not super posed or in a particular area of the club setup for a shoot - they're all over the club. Based on a quick search and a browse through some Natbag dinner club Facebook photos, my speculation is that she walks around the club, talks to people, gets them to smile for the camera, and she gets great shots. ![]()
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