taken in harlem

[greygoose]

raheem devaughn

comments needed. i am going to another free show on thursday to see chrisette michele at the seaport. any critique will be helpful so i can apply when i am shooting at that show.

thanks


1/800
f/ 4.5
iso 400
70-200mm 2.8L IS @ 200mm

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/gs_greygoose/auugst2007/IMG_8690-E.jpg

[viewing-the-invisible]

Good exposure and sharp. The mic in the face is a bit distracting. A closer shot may have been better.

[greygoose]

yeah i was at 200mm already. wasn't too easy shooting artists. they move too much.

but thanks. i agree with you 100%

[narlus]

a side shot would work well if he's constantly got the mic in face syndrome.

[Palladium]

I would probally fade your logo border from very light on the left side to dark on the right side. IMHO it's too heavy.

[Jonni]

yeah i was at 200mm already. wasn't too easy shooting artists. they move too much.


I treat them kind of like shooting sports. Get them in viewfinder, follow, and when you see THE shot, take it. If they did not move around, I'd get bored!:wink:

[greygoose]

Jonni - in a situation like that would you have the focus on Servo or One shot? and im assuming you would have the viewfinder on the face and then snap? or would you have it on the face and then at the right moment recompose and shoot (One shot focus on that one)

when im shooting and following the action i find it easier to use the servo focus but then i cant recompose.

any suggestions to help me?

[Jonni]

I'm finding I do things very different with my "concert" photography as I myself have been asking questions. I come from shooting action photos of horses. Usually moving quick, but in erratic movements, such as turned loose in an arena, and moving in no specific pattern. So, I have bought that with me to shooting bands on stages. So, I rarely use One shot. Some bands are fairly stagnant, and don't move much, while others are all over the stage. Because I have a very shallow depth of field in most cases, I try to be as dead on with my focus to the face as possible (or what ever part I am wanting in focus) My 100-400 lens is pretty quick with its focus, but I have an older lens that is really slow. But I follow the subject, and keep them in focus, and wait for that right moment. I also try to watch background, not have a beam or pole running out of their head, or some bad flare of back light. I am horrible at post production, so I try to get things as close to as I wanted them right out of the camera.

The cool thing is with digital, it costs us nothing to try different things, and shoot a lot, and see what worked!