I was shooting 1600 , - RAW of course, istD
I always shoot ap priority :-)
however, 1600 was much too noisy because of the low light. and the
venue was someone's loft.
The biggest problem was that the AWB let me down - and I didn't have a
way to lean on anything...
worse, the camera was noisy... and I had not brought the tripod.
The lighting was from track lights meant to light the artwork in the loft.
The light was low because they musicians were sweltering and the windows
ahd to stay closed because of the neighborhood.
wasnt fun...
Dom's girlfriend had a flimsy tripod for video shooting... when she
abandoned it I tried to use it...but it didn't help much
anyway - between my instability and the digital noise I couldn't ever
show them to you guys.
ann
Bruce Walker wrote:
Thank you, Ann.
My winning formula in these small, dark music venues:
- fast, short tele prime (eg 50mm 1.4), wide open,
- high ISO (eg 1600 on the K20),
- RAW,
- aperture priority,
- places/things to brace yourself against while shooting (chair arms,
table tops, walls),
- some noise reduction s/w in PP (LR3 is doing it for me now)
- if the brightest light is only on the musicians, use center or spot
metering; otherwise matrix should be fine.
Lastly: worst-case, be prepared to pack it in and just enjoy the
music. :-)
-bmw
On 11-05-02 9:36 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Those work well, Bruce ..
I had a disastrous time trying to shoot my friend Dominic Duval
playing bass with sax player Joe McPhee a few weeks ago... but the
music was great.
ann
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Well done. I like the warm tonality.
Paul
On May 2, 2011, at 5:16 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim
Finlayson Trio in Toronto.
K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO 1600, 1st 2 at 1/45th; 3rd at 1/60th.
Handheld, no flash.
PP in Lightroom.
http://goo.gl/dl8F2
-bmw
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