I volunteered to take photos at a local fundraising event called Bowl For Japan, with proceeds going to the Canadian Red Cross relief effort in the earthquake devastated region of Japan. At the end of the event, the organizer wanted to get a LARGE group shot done. Of course, I obliged, despite the fact that my widest lens is the 24-70mm. I wanted to get up higher than the group so climbed up on a counter (w/ spinning ceiling fans very close to my head
) to do a 3-shot stitched panorama.
Too bad the counter I stood on wasn't centered but overall, I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out considering I've never done this type of shot with people as the main subject, and did it so quickly too. Because of the numerous people, I thought that maybe the stitching software would have trouble with it but it did a pretty good job. In retrospect, maybe I should have tried fixing the distortion in PS. Next time I need to do this type of shot, I'll know what needs to be done (in camera and in post).