KENDAL CALLING [My First Official Job]

[Rogan]

Well today i arrived home from the 3 day music festival in the lake district in england

Kendal Calling

over the 3 days of the festival after i had been given my press pass (the silly woman forgot to cross off my greenroom access, score for me ) i managed to take over 500 photos most of which are pretty terrible especially from the first day

as this was my very first time officially taking live music and arts photos it was a steep learning curve and the photos from day 3 are MUCH better than from day 1

i also realised that my Fuji Finepix S5600, no matter how much "gear doesnt matter" doesn't cut it in low light, i had to use flash for almsot every shot and i was shooting at ISO 400 most of the weekend which is pretty noisy when enlarged on this camera.

so here are a few of my faves, some are fashion shots from the weekend and some are live shots!

http://flickr.com/photos/25808153@N0...7604716165161/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2923672...7606545371265/

The bands are as follow, The Youth Gang (young boy and girl), Jack and Paddy (two guys with guitars), The answering machine (two young lads on an electric and an acoustic guitar with mics), Brandon Steep (5 piece progressive rock/indie style [end of first link start of 2nd]) and the final lot are British Sea power (containing a cornet/synth player, violinist, guitarist, bassist and a drummer [2nd link])



Nick Delap, The Youth Gang


Nick Delap and Ki Jeal, The Youth Gang


Jack And Paddy


Paddy (or Jack, cant remember xD)


The Answering Machine


The Answering Machine



Thanks much for looking!

Rogan

[DwightMcCann]

Would be nice to have a few embedded so one would know if it was worth venturing off to somewhere else (I personally avoid Flickr) if you'd like comments.

[Rogan]

yeah i just realised that
100 views and no comments

i guess ill do that now!

few smore
British Sea Power:






Brandom Steep:

[DwightMcCann]

Got a little smokey at night, eh? They all seem young and pretty clean cut ... was this a religious festival? Your captures are good but it would be nice to have them a little bigger ... the max allowed is 1024 pixels on a side. You might want to read the FAQ which, among other things, suggests you number them to make it easier to comment. The first two in the second group block all the faces.

[Rogan]

yeah its just flickr is a pain to work with sometimes
i need to figure out how to work it better

it wasnt a religious fetival at all its just a smaller festival in the UK, for mainly just signed and upcoming bands and only a few "bigger" bands playing.

and yeah there was lots of smoke
some of the best shots i could of had was in the "traffic" (or dance) tent but it was so hot in there my lens just fogged up and i cudnt get good pictures

[DwightMcCann]

Well, your "first official" ones are so much better than mine it would make you laugh until you pee'd yourself (there's a thread in here somewhere with images from my early band shoots at the Ghostriders Tavern but it's probably a couple of years old) so just keep plodding along, posting here (if you really want comments then again, read the FAQ) and you'll get tips from time to time.