Untitled

Hi,

 

First let me thank Steve Mirarchi for providing tutorial in photo.net

(http://www.photo.net/concerts/mirarchi/concer_i). I had no idea about

concert photography and this is my first humble try to photograph a

concert. The pictures in this folder are taken without flash and

completely following the guidelines provided by Steve Mirarchi!

 

Please see all the pictures present in this folder and provide your

feedback. I would really appreciate any comments/suggestions that all

of you have to make.

 

thanks,

I'm new to this too, so I looked through your folder. You've suffered from overexposure and blown highlights in a lot of these. Unfortunately you're limited by your kit if you can't use flash - the investment in faster lenses will be really valuable and I assume you have a spot meter on that EOS 300, so you need to spot meter facial tones quite precisely. I'd also suggest you buy yourself some Fuji NPZ 800 - its far better than the superia 400 and you could rate it at 1200 or 1600 quite acceptably. I'm not being critical at all, this isn't a bad first effort but its a hard genre to get to grips with. I'm only starting to get there myself, but the investment in 28-70 and 70-200 f/2.8's has paid huge dividends. Keep it up and good luck. I am self taught along with Steve's guide and much advice from excellent photo.netters too. I've posted a link HERE - you can go into my folders for Sepultura, Levellers, Fun Lovin Criminals, Jools Holland, 3 Colours Red or the Wildhearts from there. Cheers, Neil

Hi Neil,

 

Thanks for the feedback. Will keep these in mind! I do understand the need for a faster lens and the neg! Probably I will next buy a Lens, Tripod and Fuji NPZ 800 negs!

 

thanks again!

Hi Vignesh,

 

Although I've got a long way to go with my concert photography, what Neil has said is very good information. NPZ 800 is fantastic.

 

If I can add just one detail: If you're shooting small shows and can get close enough to the performers, you might want to consider using an old fashioned 50 f/1.8 lens. Of course, a fast zoom would be better, but a 50 f/1.8 will give you some more light than what you're using.

 

Regards,

 

James

Hi james,

I suppose you are suggesting prime lenses... well I do agree to what you are saying. Seems like they provide an extra stop of exp :) Thanks for bringing this up!

 

thanks,