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i would assume you would bring what you normally shoot with. i can't imagine its all that different from anything else.

---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Shooting indoors - camera that is great at high ISO, wide angle lens like a 24mm that is capable of wide open aperture. Tripod or mono pod if they let you.

it depends also on when you are going to be shooting and where, and what.

I normally shoot a Sony A6300 with a 16-70 f4.0 lens........I seldom use flash but do have a Nissin flash rated at GN 50.

I have never been to Mardi Gras World so I'm not sure how dark it might be and if I might need to use a wider lens. I guess the floats are pretty large and not too sure how wide of a lens would be necessary to get a good shot of the floats.

A fast lens if you are going for the carnival would come handy. Otherwise New Orleans is not much different from other cities. The roads are tide a wide angle lens could serve you well. Location would be my biggest concern. Book a room with a balcony over the parade route.

Iris,

He is not talking about going to NOLA to watch a Mardi Gras parade.

He is going to a tourist attraction that shows how floats and decorations are made, etc. That's why Edward was talking about shooting indoors.

https://www.mardigrasworld.com/

if its an indoor museum, you'll want a flash and a diffuser of some kind.

the best thing to do is go to youtube, and look for videos of the place. i do that all the time. finding out how the layout looks, darkness etc. the other way is to look it up in flicker and view the EXIF, and you can see how long the speeds are, iso etc, and get a good idea that way. assume it will be dark in spots and choose from that.


if this is the place, you have tall ceilings, so a bounce flash would be useless. but the walls are bright, and it doesn't seem that dim. just flat colors. but if there are people building things, they may not want the flash. so i would go with a mid range zoom, whatever is the fastest. you can shoot things as a panorama to get the entire item in. i do that all the time.


the lighting looks pretty consistent though.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

i do wonder though, would those things be considered art, and are they copyrighted? if so, can it be sold here?


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Thanks Mike

Great advice just what I was looking for.

youtube is often a friend, you can get a lot from it, like how large a place is, people film everything. if you have something to bounce a flash, i'd bring it just in case.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Great advice from Mike, researching ahead. As a non photographer I would bring a pen and paper and draw as fast as possible.

It was a very nice tour (nearly two hours) flash was not allowed. Most everything was large and close so the wide lens worked out best. It was difficult to try to isolate the individual pieces of art.

it may be best to cut the art out and put it on a neutral background anyway. since the background will just look like a museum.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com