Band at a Bar

Here's a few photos that POTN user "picturepages" suggested that I post here and elsewhere. I like them. The light was low and not a lot of stage lighting so I fired up the 20D with a 24-70 L lens and a 580EX II Speed lite. I bounced the flash off of a 14 foot ceiling and some walls behind me to get these shots. Except for one where I just used the available light. The power and quality of the 580EX II continues the amaze me. A little cropping... a bit of exposure compensation in Lightroom and B&W conversion was all I did.

My first visit to this forum..this is cool.

Just curious to hear your comments.

yep...

Looks like they were having fun

Band appears to be working their collective butts off. It's so tough to get decent band shots at a small club. The other side of the coin is trying to get good shots at large (pro) venues. If you're not close enough you can forget getting anything good as well.

I've been playing live for the better part of 30 years now and have seen a small handful of photos people have taken at our shows are are even decent over the years. And people have taken LOTS of pics!

Tough setting and you did a pretty decent job! Keep shooting and posting. Maybe you'll hit on a really good recipe for small club band shots.

dave

Welcome to POTN! Nice looking shots...nice flash/ambient ratio. You've got to love those cluttered backgrounds at these tiny little bars.