My First Live Gig Photo

[supernova74]

I took this at the Grace Emily hotel on Thursday night. My first attempt at live music photography. Your thoughts please ?

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/supernova74/IMG_2342.jpg

[supernova74]

Hmmm 58 views and no comments. Is it that bad :(

[NY Irish]

Nice shot, good lighting but the arm is overpowering IMO

[blackshadow]

Pretty decent for a first attempt but as NY Irish noted the arm is a little distracting. I hope it's not your last attempt!

And it's great to see another Aussie here.

Who's the performer?

[supernova74]

Thanks guys. She grabbed the mic a fair bit so was hard to get a pic without her arm in it. Will post a couple more. Her name is Alicia Vega, very acoustic mellow style. Very good vocals. Id like to get into live music photography so gonna start with a few local bands.

[supernova74]

A couple more from the night:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/supernova74/IMG_2284.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/supernova74/IMG_2467.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/supernova74/IMG_2409.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/supernova74/IMG_2388.jpg

[BJWOK]

hmmm, the grace emily is pretty hard to shoot in at the best of times. almost no stage "front" and very poor if consistent light. i'm thinking these could do with a sharpen? not sure at 100% but they look a little soft to me. were these with the nifty fifty?

good job for a first gig as a whole. i'd be happy with this as your first time.

i haven't shot at the grace for a while but if i do i am thinking of bringing my own lighting.

shooting bands is good fun isn't it? :)

[supernova74]

Wow these pics look a whole lot warmer on the work PC. BJWOK, I started out with my nifty fifty and used my 17-55 for most of the show after that..

[René Damkot]

Difficult lighting.

Not too bad, but a bit soft. Might be the slow shutterspeed, might be OoF, might be processing. Hard to tell at this size.

Some could be improved by a simple crop.