Paul McCartney @ Fenway Park

[narlus]

the photo waiver i signed in order to shoot the show specified a one-time use for that specific outlet, so i can't cross-link photos here...but if you wanna see 'em, click below:

http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/paul-mccartney-fenway-park-pics/


some additional commentary can be found in this thread (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=8404091&postcount=997)and this (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=8409990&postcount=13) one

[londonblue007]

nice work tim. which lens did you end up going with?

[narlus]

500 f/4 on a 40D, last couple of minutes w/ a 1.4TC on.

so that yielded an effective focal length of 1120mm.

fwiw, i was shooting @ 1/100th mostly...

[londonblue007]

500 f/4 on a 40D, last couple of minutes w/ a 1.4TC on.

so that yielded an effective focal length of 1120mm.

fwiw, i was shooting @ 1/100th mostly...

wow.... thats rather intense.

[narlus]

so how was the video shooting? what ultimately happens to the footage? do you use the on-board mic for audio?

[johnstoy]

#'s 16 and 18 are pretty close... Lots of action and excitement conveyed in these pics... Must have been pretty intense... Good job.

[narlus]

thanks john.

it would have been nice to see the whole show.

[René Damkot]

Yep. The 70mm shots give a feel of how far away you were.

Opening image: Don't like the crop. (11 is better, cropped in post I guess)

Overall some strange framing (Paul on the left side, guitar neck cropped, plenty empty space in the right: For the watermark? ;))

Okay job for the circumstances.

[jetcode]

1.4 * 500 = 700 unless I'm doing something wrong

[narlus]

rené thanks for the comments...i pretty much agree w/ everything you said.

some of the crop choices were because i didn't have a great deal of latitude of where to shoot, trying to thread the needle of my lens viewpoint between fans' heads in front of me. also, the screen behind Paul was notoriously bad for grabbing autofocus.

in retrospect, i was probably a little *too* tight in some instances and really should have tried my 5D2 on the big lens, but there wasn't really enough time.


for comparison's sake, you can check out the shots that the pro shooters for the two big dailes got:

Globe:
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/gallery/08_05_09_mccartney_at_fenway/

Herald:
http://www.bostonherald.com/galleries/index.php?gallery_id=2863

[René Damkot]

First is okay, bostonherald not so great.

[thelightofsound]

hey now tim!! nice try under crazy circumstances!!! it almost makes me not want to shoot it even if the pass does come through. was there no platform for you to stand? did they escort you and your camera out after the time allotment? how long did you have to shoot? did you have tickets?

[narlus]

hey now tim!! nice try under crazy circumstances!!! it almost makes me not want to shoot it even if the pass does come through. was there no platform for you to stand? did they escort you and your camera out after the time allotment? how long did you have to shoot? did you have tickets?

no platform
escorted in and out
about six minutes
no ticket, was given the boot after the 2nd song.

:confused:

[thelightofsound]

no platform
escorted in and out
about six minutes
no ticket, was given the boot after the 2nd song.

:confused:

dang!!! i still haven't heard back on my pass but at this point i kinda hope i dont' get it. i already bought a ticket and it wasn't cheap. if they escort me out then am and going to have to walk home and drop my gear; by the time i make it back, the show will be over.
plus that far back with no platform? that is just crazy!
thanks for sharing.

[londonblue007]

dang!!! i still haven't heard back on my pass but at this point i kinda hope i dont' get it. i already bought a ticket and it wasn't cheap. if they escort me out then am and going to have to walk home and drop my gear; by the time i make it back, the show will be over.
plus that far back with no platform? that is just crazy!
thanks for sharing.

unless you live VERY far from the stadium, you'll make it back... its a 2 and a half hour show!

[thelightofsound]

i got denied today anyway. oh well.

[DwightMcCann]

Great job, Tim! I am clearly spoiled rotten as I don't think I'd put up with that treatment to shoot anything less than the Lord of the Universe.

[narlus]

i got denied today anyway. oh well.

well enjoy the show anyway, from all accounts i've read you will have a great time.

Thanks for the support, Dwight.

[silvex]

I think most shows are like that now. I shot Kelly Clarkson @ OC Fair at the pacific amphitheater and we were allowed two songs (2nd and third) and were escorted in/out. The guards were keeping an eye any photog that fired prior to that. We were 1/2 way and no platform.

I think all these music managers are becoming paranoid with media dudes.