Tips for indoor shooting (specifically a pub)

[bobalog]

Heloo,

I will be shortly going to a pub that I know the pub/staff/owners very well to take some shots for our company brochure (most of our stuff is export, so playing on the "Sussex countryside" thing a bit). It's a proper "country" pub, so is quite dark and i'd imagine, difficult to take photos in. Chances are, the fire will be going etc.

Anybody have ideas on how to make it a good shot? Or suggested setting etc?

Have just got a D SLR and am slowly learning my way around it.

Thanks,

Rob.

[stevegreen]

If the light is low then you will either be needing to get artificial light in there or use a longer exposure. If you are going for a longer exposure you will more than definitely benefit from using a tripod (which I didn't see you mention)

A lot of publicity brochures tend to use nice 'arty' shots with little relation to the actual place they are promoting, maybe a few shots of the bar pumps etc would fit in well.

Just thinking off the top of my head here by the way

[bobalog]

THanks for the quick reply, will definitely be using a tripod. And to be honest, I just want it to look like a very "cosy, Englishy pub", rather than to actually resemble the actual pub! lol.

[stevegreen]

Originally Posted by bobalog

THanks for the quick reply, will definitely be using a tripod. And to be honest, I just want it to look like a very "cosy, Englishy pub", rather than to actually resemble the actual pub! lol.

Photoshop is your friend then

Get an old bloke and a small dog to sit in the corner too

[ush flynn]

Haha yes! Pose all your shots! grab some extras!, Long exposures are good, If there is an "englishy" looking bar person then if they are standing fairly still you might want to use them as your focal point on a long exposure. The other people in the pub might be blurred from their movements which will emphasise the focus on said bar person, The other option on longer exposures is to use flash features such as rear sync, where the shutter will open for say 1 second, and at the very end of that second the flash will fire, result is you get your subjects illuminated enough but they will have slight motion trails around them. Worth a try if your going for the kinda "hustle and bustle" feel