[[Shizo]]

I got two questions abotu photography today.

1. I noticed how at the World Cup stadium there were constantly flashes from cameras. I wondered WHY? The distance is too large for any flash to cover, and especiallyduring daylight (!).

2. I had to take some photos lately of bands playing at a club. Some came out good but most were smudgy, which i expected.
Pictures at 800 ISO are a bit grainy (hehe) and shutter speed was like 1/6-1/15 at wide angle.

That is i didn't use flash. I guess i should have tried but i thought it would only make close objects bright and actual band people even darker in contrast. Plus i've seen some photos by other people that were made without flash and were sharp.

[Impaler]

Use 400 film, and keep your aperture wide open.

Zoom in very close to the subject to get a proper exposure. You should care less about the audience or the background of the stage, if they're both underlit.

Flashes do work at fairly large distances, up to about 75 feet or so. Flashes in stadiums can be attributed to novice photographers who are getting light from the poorly lit audience, and so feel that they must compensate, and from people who have point-and-shoot cameras who would rather leave it on auto then mess with f-stops.

Take your film to a photolab and get pushed processing.

Unless this is all digital, in which case you're screwed in every hole.