Wish my 10D (and me) luck...

[RichardtheSane]

Well, scary day for me and my 10D today, we are going to an indoor rock concert together :)
It will be loud, hot, incredibly busy and I plan on shooting the band from the crowd.
I must be nuts!

Wish us luck! :D

[sigler]

Good luck...WHo are you seeing?

Post pics when you get back!

Rob

[RichardtheSane]

I'm seeing The Quireboys - going now :)
Pics will be posted, it is my first digital concert!

[mapdealer]

Good luck to you and your 10D. If you get nervous just sing the words 'me and my 10D' to the tune 'me and my shadow'.;)

[Jyoti]

Good luck, mate! I got this shot last week at Bunker Hill, Notts:

http://www.bzangygroink.co.uk/galleries/hawnay_troof/image/hawnaytroof_bunkerhill_05.jpg

Now, that was a crazy gig! :)

I think gig photography is what I most enjoy at the moment. It's so unpredictable, in terms of lighting, movement, framing, access etc. Challenging but enormous fun!

[CyberDyneSystems]

mapdealer wrote:
Good luck to you and your 10D. If you get nervous just sing the words 'me and my 10D' to the tune 'me and my shadow'.;)

I was thinking more along the lines of "Me and my RC" for the tune...


".what's good enough for other folks,. ain't good enough for me,....."

[RichardtheSane]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone :)
We survived, just :)
It was a difficult gig to photograph. All the house lights were down, the stage lights were minimal, so I did what I could.

Link below to the gallery. Some of the images I though would be for the bin came out well once desaturated :)

http://www.richardlindley.co.uk/photogallery/index.php?d=rockconcert

Enjoy

(also posted in share forum)

Jyoti, is that Notts England? Good shot :)

[Jyoti]

Ooh, nice pics! I haven't been to well-lit gig in ages! I envy you..

Yep, the above pic was from Nottingham, England. The Bunker Hill pub, just down in Hockley. I've started doing colour gig photos recently, going for an over-saturated look mostly. Before, I'd convert everything to b&w and squash the dynamic range, which gives more conventional rock'n'roll photos like this:

http://www.bzangygroink.co.uk/Galleries/HFT_26_6_2003/image/killyourself_hft_09.jpg

I'm torn between the two. I love the warmth and involvement of colour but for gig photos, b&w always seems to have more drama and is more in-your-face.

[RichardtheSane]

It was a great gig too, the band just *know* how to perform live and play great music - no doubt you'll know the venue well - Rock City :) :D

Hopefully going to photograph more bands in the future. The Darkness is next on my list :)

Thank is a really nice looking photo, I am going to try that with a few of mine, but the original images just don't have the clarity to do the style justice.

Oh for a 135mm 2.8 lens, that extra stop would have helped the camera shake :)

[Jyoti]

RichardtheSane wrote:
It was a great gig too, the band just *know* how to perform live and play great music - no doubt you'll know the venue well - Rock City :) :D

Ahh, yep! Never taken any photos there, mind.

Hopefully going to photograph more bands in the future. The Darkness is next on my list :)

Heh...they should be good for plenty of rock antics. Scissorkicks, monitor-straddling, gurning solos.

Thank is a really nice looking photo, I am going to try that with a few of mine, but the original images just don't have the clarity to do the style justice.

Cheers! The look I was going for was classic hardcore punk photography, like this great one of Minor Threat:

http://sxepro.infoseek.livedoor.com/minor%20threat.gif

(Sadly, I don't know who took that shot)

As you can see, these kind of shots are often very noisy/grainy but I love the raw, immersive quality they have. I've got close to that with this shot I took:

http://www.bzangygroink.co.uk/Galleries/HFT_26_6_2003/image/killyourself_hft_17.jpg

The good thing about small gigs is that I'm able to get right up to the band. But I always make sure I ask each band's permission before I start snapping. Most performers love being photographed but I have had a couple of mardy buggers. Don't really want my 10D knocked out of my hands!


Oh for a 135mm 2.8 lens, that extra stop would have helped the camera shake :)


For the b&w shots, I used my Canon 28-135IS. Lately, I've been using my Sigma 17-35 and I'm enjoying the width for close work (the first colour shot was taken with the Sigma). All the shots were with my 550EX which I love using, apart from it rips through batteries! Good thing I use rechargeables :)

[RichardtheSane]

Here is a modified shot from the gig, looking little more like I intended.
http://www.richardlindley.co.uk/images/quireboys0010tw.jpg

My problem is I don't want to use a flash, so I need teh fastest lens I can get :)

Another good shot there, very nice :)

[Jyoti]

I prefer the modified shot but of course that's just my personal taste - maybe others would prefer the original. I just think with the conversion to b&w, it adds a little sparkle and makes the pic seem more...live?

I like the angle you've got there - I know how difficult it can be when you haven't got on/near-stage access. But some great shots can still be done, like this one of the Dead Kennedys:

http://www.vinylrev.com/dkgroup.jpg
(Again, there's no photocredit for this shot :( )

I also think your website is lovely - there's some beautiful shots there! I showed my mrs. the one with the otter being held and she was cooing for ages :)

[RichardtheSane]

IT certainly has added a bit more to the image. I showed a few of my collegues the pics today, and in every case the adjusted b+w was favourite. It just has more of a rock feel to it.

Thanks for your comments on my site. If you want a little story about the otter have a look back at the pic on the site now :)

wait for a while, I broke my gallery :(