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I have been commissioned to shoot an evening Christmas Parade. I have never done one. Any tips? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by LightpointSoftware@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am going to shoot an evening parade with Christmas trees and Santa and the like. Do you have any helpful tips?

I have a 50 1.2 and an 85 1.2 , 70-200mm 2.8 and a wide angle which I am going to bring. I have other lenses.

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[–] pdaphone@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what you have committed to, but I think you will almost certainly have to use flash if there isn't some unusual lighting going on. Parades are moving. It is dark. I would not think they have lighting even as good as a high school gym for indoor sports. The lighting is the key. Have you used flash before? You will need to understand how it works at distance. You will need to understand flash sync speeds, etc. You really need to do some testing beforehand, but I doubt you can recreate exactly what a parade will entail... slow moving vehicles will people standing on it moving around... bands marching down the street, etc.

[–] LightpointSoftware@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

There is some Christmas lighting over the road. I am going to visit the site tonight to see how much. There will be cars on the road, so I can test on them. If I can do them, I can do the parade :)

I have a light meter I will use.

I do have a flash and have used it before. I have a Magmod diffuser I will use.