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<blockquote data-quote="Erin Blair" data-source="post: 104746" data-attributes="member: 12507">I'm a club photographer. Doing it professionally is fairly new for me but I do have experience. I've been having problems taking pictures in one particular club that I will be shooting at every week. The problem is that it's completely dark (no house lights on, ever) the only light sources are the LED lights that trail all over the room very fast and large strobe lights positioned in every corner. It's so dark that I am forced to use auto focus because I can't see the subject with my eyes (view finder is totally dark). The focus does a good job finding the subject that I want but refuses to release the shutter because of the flashing lights. My little trick that I resort to is to let it auto focus, then, with my other hand I switch the lens switch to manual and hope the subject doesn't move too much or that I'm fast enough. I've actually gotten fairly fast at it and am having some luck. I guess the problem is that it is quite a carnival trick and by the end of the night all my fingers are sore. I feel like there should be an easier way. I feel like i'm missing something. Is there a trick that I've over looked? Tips? Tricks?I appreciate your feedback. Thank you in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Erin Blair, post: 104746, member: 12507"] I'm a club photographer. Doing it professionally is fairly new for me but I do have experience. I've been having problems taking pictures in one particular club that I will be shooting at every week. The problem is that it's completely dark (no house lights on, ever) the only light sources are the LED lights that trail all over the room very fast and large strobe lights positioned in every corner. It's so dark that I am forced to use auto focus because I can't see the subject with my eyes (view finder is totally dark). The focus does a good job finding the subject that I want but refuses to release the shutter because of the flashing lights. My little trick that I resort to is to let it auto focus, then, with my other hand I switch the lens switch to manual and hope the subject doesn't move too much or that I'm fast enough. I've actually gotten fairly fast at it and am having some luck. I guess the problem is that it is quite a carnival trick and by the end of the night all my fingers are sore. I feel like there should be an easier way. I feel like i'm missing something. Is there a trick that I've over looked? Tips? Tricks? I appreciate your feedback. Thank you in advance. [/QUOTE]

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