Toys for Tots Benefit: Taylor Swift @ Chumash [Warning: Cute 16 Year Old]

Chris, perhaps I misspoke ... I was aiming about two feet to the right of the microphone stand waiting for her to shift over as she always does. And as always I was watching her face waiting for the right look. but when she leaned forward a tad and smiled that smile she also shifted farther than usual to the edge. Even on the tripod I use the IS as there so much vibration and the exposures do get a little slow so I can't simply swing the camera. You may be right that I will get a lot of mileage out of the 5D with the 400mm with the extra croppage ... and my wife is once again talking about coming and shooting if she can use the tripod mounted camera. It will also free up a 1D MII body. We'll see how it goes.

gardengirl13 wrote in post #2424182
Great shots!! Not looking at the girl but the guitar, great lighting and exposure on that wood grain!

For those who are interested, the wood is Koa, which grows only in the mountains on the Big Island of Hawaii. It's becoming more scarce these days, and finding wood that's "figured" like the wood on Taylor Swift's guitar is getting to be slightly more challenging...

That is some exciting action planned from you guys...I can see it now...Dwight and his wife get the whole place covered with all this fantastic state of the art equipment...Way cool, Dwight...

DwightMcCann wrote in post #2424881
Chris, perhaps I misspoke ... I was aiming about two feet to the right of the microphone stand waiting for her to shift over as she always does. And as always I was watching her face waiting for the right look. but when she leaned forward a tad and smiled that smile she also shifted farther than usual to the edge. Even on the tripod I use the IS as there so much vibration and the exposures do get a little slow so I can't simply swing the camera. You may be right that I will get a lot of mileage out of the 5D with the 400mm with the extra croppage ... and my wife is once again talking about coming and shooting if she can use the tripod mounted camera. It will also free up a 1D MII body. We'll see how it goes.

That does make more sense....

One of the things I like about the 5D is a can "step" back a bit and crop more and still get as high a pixel count as the 1DMark IIn even though I did a more severe crop.

With as much burst mode as you shoot I think you will find yourself really waiting on the 5D...it will be a great "back of the venue" body.

P.S. You get my emails?

Steve Parr wrote in post #2424886
For those who are interested, the wood is Koa, which grows only in the mountains on the Big Island of Hawaii. It's becoming more scarce these days, and finding wood that's "figured" like the wood on Taylor Swift's guitar is getting to be slightly more challenging...

Yep Steve you are right....

The challenge is to find one this pretty that actually sounds good as well. You know Koa can be hit and miss with tone.

I did play a Koa SCGC yesterday with a German Spruce top that was amazing. Of course it had a price tag of about 2 914's, which is way cool that I can say it was about $7k. LOL, Steve will get the little inside joke of not being able to talk price on a forum!

Hey Dwight, how slow a shutter speed can you go with the 400 IS and still hand hold or monopod?

Since I'm a member of the Canon CPS they will send me one to use for 2 or 3 weeks at no charge, I've just been waiting for that right show to try it out.

taygull wrote in post #2424923
Yep Steve you are right....

The challenge is to find one this pretty that actually sounds good as well. You know Koa can be hit and miss with tone.

I did play a Koa SCGC yesterday with a German Spruce top that was amazing. Of course it had a price tag of about 2 914's, which is way cool that I can say it was about $7k. LOL, Steve will get the little inside joke of not being able to talk price on a forum!

OK...what's this secret code talk?

taygull wrote in post #2424923
Yep Steve you are right....

The challenge is to find one this pretty that actually sounds good as well. You know Koa can be hit and miss with tone.

I did play a Koa SCGC yesterday with a German Spruce top that was amazing. Of course it had a price tag of about 2 914's, which is way cool that I can say it was about $7k. LOL, Steve will get the little inside joke of not being able to talk price on a forum!

Hehehehe... great, now I'm having flashbacks...

johnstoy wrote in post #2424926
OK...what's this secret code talk?

I could tell you but then I'd have to ban you for life!

Steve my husband is a huge guitar gear head and now I look at things like grain and head stocks more then I'd like to admit. We lived in SD for a while. He worked for Guitar Trader. I sure miss going to NAMM. I got many great shots there back in my film days!

taygull wrote in post #2424932
I could tell you but then I'd have to ban you for life!

Oh, somebody make him stop...

gardengirl13 wrote in post #2424967
Steve my husband is a huge guitar gear head and now I look at things like grain and head stocks more then I'd like to admit. We lived in SD for a while. He worked for Guitar Trader. I sure miss going to NAMM. I got many great shots there back in my film days!

When did he work at Guitar Trader??

His name?

I worked there from 2001 until mid-2004...

Steve Parr wrote in post #2424989
Oh, somebody make him stop...

I PM'd him to try and get him to decipher the code...No "give" yet...

Jeremy, he worked there in 1998-99, he did the website with Eric's girl friend (now wife??) and helped with the rentals in the back. I think he kept doing the web site from here until 2001 or so.

Steve Parr wrote in post #2424874
We did make her a nice pink guitar, though...

I was hoping you were lurking! [Edit: Whoa, I didn't even notice this thread was in high gear! I'm working my day job too much!]

johnstoy wrote in post #2425005
I PM'd him to try and get him to decipher the code...No "give" yet...

Chris and I were members of a particular internet guitar forum.

Discussions of pricing was taboo. There were good arguments for and against that idea, but the owner was firm on it.

After a while, and after a particular “incident” with a particular guitar maker, the owner had a meltdown. When all of this happened, I was still in his good graces. As soon as I began working where I do, the guy banned me forever. I had, I guess, gone to the “dark side”.

Anyway, that’s all there is to it; nothing much to make of it and it’s no big deal. But Chris and I, I’m sure, could spend the better part of a week with inside jokes from that place.

Pretty funny stuff, actually.

Hey, Dwight, sorry to hijack the thread. Now back to your regularly scheduled discussion…