fairground rides?????

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hi all.

the fair has come to town and I would like some low light/night shots of the rides.
what sort of settings should I start with?
 
Agreed - it depends what sort of effect you're after. Also just be careful - you get some unsavoury types around fair grounds at night - often the worse for booze, and if you're photographing kids on rides you'll be viewed with the utmost suspicion. Sad I know, but that's the way it is these days.
 
CT said:
Agreed - it depends what sort of effect you're after. Also just be careful - you get some unsavoury types around fair grounds at night - often the worse for booze, and if you're photographing kids on rides you'll be viewed with the utmost suspicion. Sad I know, but that's the way it is these days.
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That's good advice CT, but I did the fairground recently and had no trouble at all. In fact there were three of us with tripods which was quite funny really, and the neither the fairground peeps nor the punters batted an eyelid. I got the distinct impression they were used to it. Some folks even played up to the camera when I used flash as well. Be careful who's waiting for you in the car park though ;)

Thank heavens for digital is all I can say. Shoot and chimp, shoot and chimp. I wanted blurry swirly lights etc and the shutter speeds you need for the big wheel (several seconds) and then the waltzer are completely different. Exposure levels were all over the place too. If you can get close, flash works well with frozen faces amongst the streams of colour. White balance to tungsten.

One thing I missed out on was the sky - it was black. It looks magic if you can get there around twilight when the sky is just deep blue :thumbs:
 
hi and thanks for the advice so far.

I would like the light trails mostly, and as for the unsavory types, plenty of police around last night.
 
are the police unsavoury round your way then :p

something to think of with flash is mebe gel it to match the lights with a cto ;)
 
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