Comments on: My First Gig Shoot (And What I Learnt) http://www.learningthelight.com/2010/03/05/my-first-gig-shoot-gregor-and-the-martians/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:35:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: My First Photo In The Paper! | Learn Photography Tips Blog http://www.learningthelight.com/2010/03/05/my-first-gig-shoot-gregor-and-the-martians/comment-page-1/#comment-19 My First Photo In The Paper! | Learn Photography Tips Blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:06:00 +0000 http://www.learningthelight.com/?p=251#comment-19 [...] you can read my full Gregor and The Martians Gig Shoot post, including info on what I learnt, if you feel like it. var addthis_language = [...] [...] you can read my full Gregor and The Martians Gig Shoot post, including info on what I learnt, if you feel like it. var addthis_language = [...]

]]> By: Amy http://www.learningthelight.com/2010/03/05/my-first-gig-shoot-gregor-and-the-martians/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Amy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:07 +0000 http://www.learningthelight.com/?p=251#comment-9 Ahh your sweet! I think yours are awesome! You captured some really great emotions. The one of the drummer directly above is my favorite. The way the light comes across the front as she whispers something (most likely in a noisy room) in the background. Makes me want to go see another show and give it another go. This was another tip I was told - try shooting on manual not auto focus when the lighting is such since your auto focus will have a hard time focusing. So next time I go it will be the 50mm on manual and try manual focus for the first time! Ahh your sweet! I think yours are awesome! You captured some really great emotions. The one of the drummer directly above is my favorite. The way the light comes across the front as she whispers something (most likely in a noisy room) in the background.

Makes me want to go see another show and give it another go. This was another tip I was told – try shooting on manual not auto focus when the lighting is such since your auto focus will have a hard time focusing. So next time I go it will be the 50mm on manual and try manual focus for the first time!

]]> By: learningthelight http://www.learningthelight.com/2010/03/05/my-first-gig-shoot-gregor-and-the-martians/comment-page-1/#comment-8 learningthelight Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:59:21 +0000 http://www.learningthelight.com/?p=251#comment-8 Thanks, Amy - your band shots are great too! I actually saw your photos before I took mine and wrote this article - seeing some of your quality images really inspired me, actually. Yeah, I thought I would be shooting in Aperture Priority all night, but the lighting was so tempermental, my shutter speeds were so vastly varied - so just thought I'd give it a go in manual - am really happy with the results. I was actually that close to the band, right at the front, so these photos were hardly cropped at all. Thanks, Amy – your band shots are great too! I actually saw your photos before I took mine and wrote this article – seeing some of your quality images really inspired me, actually. Yeah, I thought I would be shooting in Aperture Priority all night, but the lighting was so tempermental, my shutter speeds were so vastly varied – so just thought I’d give it a go in manual – am really happy with the results.

I was actually that close to the band, right at the front, so these photos were hardly cropped at all.

]]> By: Amy http://www.learningthelight.com/2010/03/05/my-first-gig-shoot-gregor-and-the-martians/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Amy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:19:24 +0000 http://www.learningthelight.com/?p=251#comment-7 Thanks! That was a great article!! I wish I read that before I took my band pictures the other day!!! Especially the part about setting your camera to manual! I had my camera on Aperture Priority the whole night so of course my shutter speed was changing like crazy, but I didn't think to change it:) I also have the 50mm, and love it! Were you actually that close to the band or did you zoom in and crop later on? Thanks! Thanks! That was a great article!! I wish I read that before I took my band pictures the other day!!! Especially the part about setting your camera to manual! I had my camera on Aperture Priority the whole night so of course my shutter speed was changing like crazy, but I didn’t think to change it:)

I also have the 50mm, and love it! Were you actually that close to the band or did you zoom in and crop later on?

Thanks!

]]> By: learningthelight http://www.learningthelight.com/2010/03/05/my-first-gig-shoot-gregor-and-the-martians/comment-page-1/#comment-6 learningthelight Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:54:04 +0000 http://www.learningthelight.com/?p=251#comment-6 Thanks a lot for the kind words and tips, drecart. I perhaps should've tried a few at ISO 3200 as well. Shooting Suicidal Tendencies must've been cool! Thanks a lot for the kind words and tips, drecart. I perhaps should’ve tried a few at ISO 3200 as well. Shooting Suicidal Tendencies must’ve been cool!

]]> By: d_rec http://www.learningthelight.com/2010/03/05/my-first-gig-shoot-gregor-and-the-martians/comment-page-1/#comment-5 d_rec Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:00:10 +0000 http://www.learningthelight.com/?p=251#comment-5 Well done for your first Gig. Getting permission to shoot Gigs can be the hardest part. Manual is the way to go, shoot in Raw and sometimes the under-exposed shots(by your metre) can be good. I had a gig shooting Suicidal Tendencies(with 400d +17-50f2.8Tamron)and knowing the band new Mike moves pretty quick. Camera hack of ISO 3200 did help. 5Dmk2 would be better. Well done for your first Gig. Getting permission to shoot Gigs can be the hardest part. Manual is the way to go, shoot in Raw and sometimes the under-exposed shots(by your metre) can be good. I had a gig shooting Suicidal Tendencies(with 400d +17-50f2.8Tamron)and knowing the band new Mike moves pretty quick. Camera hack of ISO 3200 did help. 5Dmk2 would be better.

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