Low light is the biggest problem. With the performers moving, slow shutter speeds (a technique for letting more light through the lens) aren’t possible as the images will end up blurred. The only other option is to dramatically increase the ISO, which means the images become “noisy” or “grainy.” However, by dropping them into black and white, the grainy quality can help make them look a bit more like music press photos.
Here’s a wee selection of the images I took, but you can find more on my Flickr or Facebook pages here:
Flickr
Alasdair Roberts
Samba Sene
Finding Albert
Sally Campbell
Shiznitz
Shooglenifty
On the Sunday afternoon, the band I’m in, Scruffy Buzzards, was performing, but as I was playing I was unable to take any photos. If, however, you’d like to keep up to date with Scruffy Buzzards performances along with videos and photos as they appear, then please visit our Facebook page and hit “like”
www.facebook.com/scruffybuzzards
2. Very dramatic
ReplyDelete4. Very real.
5. Young Paul McCartney?
6. Just right.
They're all good by the last one is my favorite. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThese came out great despite the low light.
ReplyDeleteAgain, awesome job!!!! And CONGRATULATIONS to 1.000 fans!!!!!
ReplyDeletePat, Hope, Allen and Conny - thank you for your kind words :)
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, somehow I seem to have hit the 1,000 mark with fans, even though Sitemeter tells me less than 4% of them actually visit...