Asa @ Lutakko, Jyväskylä Finland (Finnish Rap)

[kmb]

This was a gig for a music magazine. I have no understanding on rap so I was a bit worried if I could get interesting pictures. But my new fisheye seems to make any concert interesting ;) - at least for now.

I thought the hand waving seemed to be important, so also because of that I used wide lenses to emphasize the hands.

Pictures are somewhat basic visually, but I think they will serve the purpose well (no need to go wild on PP stage for this kind of music).

1
http://kuvat.huumakuva.net/albums/userpics/10002/_MG_3037.jpg

2
http://kuvat.huumakuva.net/albums/userpics/10002/_MG_3112.jpg

3
http://kuvat.huumakuva.net/albums/userpics/10002/_MG_3162.jpg

4
http://kuvat.huumakuva.net/albums/userpics/10002/_MG_2940.jpg

[DwightMcCann]

It is hard for me to imagine "Rap" with no black faces!

[narlus]

It is hard for me to imagine "Rap" with no black faces!

it's hard for me to imagine Finland w/ black faces. :D

Kalle, no offense intended but i like yr metal shots a lot more. #4 isn't bad, and for #3 i'd clone out the bass guitar neck coming from out the guy's butt.

[livewire-photography.com]

Agree with Narlus shots are not bad as such but you well you dont need me to tell you but u excel in metal shots. i do like 3 but as narlus pointed out, the bass neck is a bit distracting.
Cheers

[René Damkot]

Seems like a 'mellow' show: Acoustic guitar?
Not too energetic images either... I guess you can't photograph what isn't there :)
I would have liked the first one, if the left-most guy weren't behind the mic stand...
Any 'alternative' shots there?

[kmb]

I actually never noticed the bass guitar neck in #3 :confused: - would have cloned it out.

Here's a (sort of) alternative shot of #1 for René:

http://kuvat.huumakuva.net/albums/userpics/10002/_MG_3025.jpg

Things keep sticking out of his butt. I'll have to pay more attention to that in the future - I thought I was rather picky with those sort of things, but I guess the fish eye-effect fooled me, or something.

[René Damkot]

Better, but indeed, he's in pain with that guitar coming from there :lol:
Yup, shooting wider angles is more difficult because of this then shooting, say a 80-200... If you get everything right, then it pays off though.
When up close with a (U)WA, I tend to activate 'spray and pray' mode when things look good in the VF...

[kmb]

When up close with a (U)WA, I tend to activate 'spray and pray' mode when things look good in the VF...

Not sure I'm able to verify that things look good in VF at a given moment when there are so many performers on stage... Somebody is bound to be up someone's butt :D. But I see what you mean with the spray and pray part. I, however, have slightly different priorities - most important to me is that the main performer is where he should and that I catch an interesting moment (hand waving or some other gesture). Of course, if the hand waving continues for a longer time, spray and pray might be feasible. Anyhow, I got positive feedback from the images I sent to the magazine, and I'm pretty happy myself, given the start point I have for photographing this sort of music - I don't understand rap and the show consisted mostly of, well, rap and hand waving.