MarkBarbieri
Semi-retired
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2006
A local Hindu Temple is celebrating Holi this Saturday. I have volunteered to photograph the event for them. My wife will also be shooting the event. I've never been to a Holi Festival and I'm a little vague on what to expect. I know that there will be a lot of colored powered, probably some water, and everything will be festive and messy.
I'm working on my gear options. I think I'm going to bring my 28-70mm f/2 as my primary lens, but I'll also bring a 70-200mm f/2.8 and a 15-35mm f/2.8 in case I want to zoom in tighter or get wider. I thought about bringing my 85mm for portraits, but I think the 70-200 will cover that well enough. My fear is that I won't want to change lenses often with all the color and water everywhere. My wife is going to bring a 24-70 f/2.8 and a 15mm fisheye.
To protect our cameras, we'll cover them in rain covers. I'm also sticking either cheap polarizers or UV filters on the lenses. I don't want fear for my equipment to scare me away from the action. Obviously, the fisheye can't be protected and will need to get insanely close to the action. The 28-70mm is a crazy lens. It's heavier than the 70-200mm and the filter size is an astounding 95mm! I'm worried that my arms are going fall off if I shoot with it for four hours straight.
We're also thinking about wearing GoPros and shooting 4K video while we take pictures. I've found that, in the right conditions, 4K frame captures from an action camera make for pretty decent images, especially for basic online use. I'll look dorkier than usual carrying an enormous camera while also wearing a GoPro on my head, but looking like a reject from a live action Dr. Seuss casting call has never stopped me.
Should be a fun event. Hopefully I'll have some pictures to share at the end of it.
If anyone has an experience with these festivals or shooting advice for one, I'm interested.
Thanks,
Mark
I'm working on my gear options. I think I'm going to bring my 28-70mm f/2 as my primary lens, but I'll also bring a 70-200mm f/2.8 and a 15-35mm f/2.8 in case I want to zoom in tighter or get wider. I thought about bringing my 85mm for portraits, but I think the 70-200 will cover that well enough. My fear is that I won't want to change lenses often with all the color and water everywhere. My wife is going to bring a 24-70 f/2.8 and a 15mm fisheye.
To protect our cameras, we'll cover them in rain covers. I'm also sticking either cheap polarizers or UV filters on the lenses. I don't want fear for my equipment to scare me away from the action. Obviously, the fisheye can't be protected and will need to get insanely close to the action. The 28-70mm is a crazy lens. It's heavier than the 70-200mm and the filter size is an astounding 95mm! I'm worried that my arms are going fall off if I shoot with it for four hours straight.
We're also thinking about wearing GoPros and shooting 4K video while we take pictures. I've found that, in the right conditions, 4K frame captures from an action camera make for pretty decent images, especially for basic online use. I'll look dorkier than usual carrying an enormous camera while also wearing a GoPro on my head, but looking like a reject from a live action Dr. Seuss casting call has never stopped me.
Should be a fun event. Hopefully I'll have some pictures to share at the end of it.
If anyone has an experience with these festivals or shooting advice for one, I'm interested.
Thanks,
Mark