Video Games Live concert, June 21st

[Don Komarechka]

Here are a few shots while at a concert last month. Video Games Live is an orchestral concert that re-creates popular music from video games into a spectacular show. This was a free concert held at Yonge/Dundas Square in Toronto, Canada.

I am still quite new to photography in general, but this hobby of mine continually gains more and more interest from me. Any and all comments would be greatly appreciated.

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/potn/vgl1.jpg

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/potn/vgl2.jpg

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/potn/vgl3.jpg

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/potn/vgl4.jpg

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/potn/vgl5.jpg

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/potn/vgl6.jpg

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/potn/vgl7.jpg

All photos taken with my Rebel XTi and either the kit 18-55 lens or my Sigma 70-300 APO Macro lens.

Please tell me what you like and how I can improve my shots :)

[johnstoy]

I think your angles are real interesting...and you managed to get a lot of faces into your shots...which is always a good thing...

Keep posting... we would love to see some more when available...

[ilantis]

Wow...I am glad there is an army of nerds ready to attack should Sega ever decide to release the Saturn II. :-P

I *LOVE* #3 and #4! Good work! I am only 7 hours from Toronto..wish I had know about this. >.<

Oh, by the way...how far away from the stage were you when you got those close up conductor shots?

[Rukes]

I always wanted to take pics of the VGL, but every time they do it in LA, it's at the Hollywood Bowl, and being allowed to take pics there is impossible :(

[Mr.P]

Excellent shots!

I think #1 might have been better with a wider angle to give it more sense of depth...nice job getting above the crowd though, I often can't manage that. I told my wife (only half-jokingly) after a street event on the weekend that I am going to start bringing my own ladder from now on!

As for the others, I might have liked them just a touch sharper/more IF. Very nice though!

[Don Komarechka]

Thanks for the positive feedback!
The conductor shots were taken at the swag booth quite a ways away, at 300mm (effective 480mm on the XTi I think). Since I volunteered with them most of the day they let me put my tripod up on one of the tables so I could be more level with the stage and above the crowd.

The crowd shots were taken holding my tripod up above my head as far as I could and I used a remote shutter to take the pictures.

[Stefan A]

I like #3 with all the faces pretty much the same direction and spacing. Kind of unusual.

Stefan