1 - The available light will be the main light in the shot. The background and the machine will all be lit by the available light.
2 - I want the background to be thrown out of focus. I pulled back as far as I could which allowed me to go up to 55mm. The machines directly behind the subject are pretty crisp, but everything beyond that is out of focus. I'll try shooting at 3.5 the day of the shoot and see if I can keep my subject sharp enough with that and if the trade off is worth it.
3 - Oops, I just covered the f-stop. My bad. Overzealous?
4 - I'm going to shoot at 1/60th sec. My light meter gave me a reading of 1/80th with the my chosen ISO and f-stop, but I know my camera shoots darker than the meter suggests. If I end up shooting at f/ 3.5, I may be able to get away with 1/80th. Even if it's dark, it won't be too dark that it cannot be fixed in lightroom.
5 - The settings were chosen with the ambient light in mind.
6 - The settings are pretty high. So I'm using speedlights instead of strobes. The spread of the speed lights is easily controlled so I can really focus the light on the subject's hands. And I have fluorescent gels to balance the colour temperature.
7 - Definitely not much light. Not an issue in the mech tech lab.
8 - My main problem with the shot, which is probably the same as many other people, is the lack of wiggle room. Not much space to move around.
9 - A shot with a gray card and then balancing my speedlights with gels should keep everything happily balanced.
10 - On the day of, I shall have with me:
Camera
24-70 mm f/ 2.8 lens
memory cards
Camera batteries
tripod and clip
3 light stands
3 Nikon speedlights (if I can't get my hands on a third, I'll borrow a non-Nikon flash and a peanut slave)
many AA batteries
SU-800 wireless trigger for flashes
3 umbrella mounts for speedlights
Laptop for viewing
card reader (because my old camera doesn't get along with lightroom
lens cloth
clamps
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