Why shooting in a Disco Club is great
Saturday, May 21st, 2011When shooting standard situation you typically do standard things. More craft than art. Skills and equipment are there so you simply use them in the fashion you are comfortable with and you know that works. Therefore, to not get too boring, it is a splendid idea to do not so standard things in photography from time to time.
Two days ago I had the opportunity to shoot in a disco club with ten models, two make-up-artists, my full set of equipment, some time, and no force that kept me from experimenting. Now, if you ever worked in disco club with a party going on you know that due to the people moving, the light show, the dry ice fog etc. there is nothing you really can prepare for or count on. You more or less have to let go and simply try your best in every situation. Which simply means: having fun.
This is how I found out for example, that you can actually picture laser beams flashing through a group of people dancing. Never thought this could be done yet it can. I’ll have more of that later I think.
