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Anonymous
First try at gig photography. I'm using a D70s, 18-55mm kit lens, and 70-300 f/4-5.6 zoom tele. Still saving up for a 50mm 1.8.

It was low light so I just maxed the ISO to 1600 and had it to shutter priority for some shots cause I'd rather have underexposed shots than blurry shots. Also used an old flash with a homemade tupperware diffuser and the onboard with a fujifilm diffuser but I preferred the ambient lighting they had.

Then I just shooped them up.

Here are some picks. CC and tips for this sort of thing please.
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>> Anonymous
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Also trying to learn how to manual focus quickly enough. The AF went straight for the mic.

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>> Anonymous
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Getting a shot of the drummer was hard cause she was behind a plastic sound bouncer thing and off in the back with little lighting. I thought she was the cutest one in this band too, dammit.

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>> Anonymous
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The place is mag:net at Fort Bonifacio btw. There were lots of bands playing, all students.

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>> Anonymous
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>> Comment Project_Dash

http://www.flickr.com/photos/synthonics/

10/10 A++++ favorite

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>> Anonymous
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Lighting on the wall behind him was harsh so I had to burn it off.

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>> Anonymous
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>>188474
Haha, yeah.

Anyway, this band is Nanay Mo which in English means "Your mom".

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>> Anonymous
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Lead singer kept moving around. Had a hard time following him with my tele. I like the motion blur though cause I had his hands and the mic stand as an anchor to keep the whole pic from looking just plain blurry.

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>> Anonymous
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There was an ugly bright red spotlight on his face in this one so I just went with b/w. THIS IS ART

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>> Anonymous
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took another one after the light came off

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>> Anonymous
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Moar ART.

Tsinelas and faded ripped jeans, hell yeah.

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>> Anonymous
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Eh, the mic disappeared here. I had to get over to the side for this. I've learned to seize any opportunity of getting a different perspective. Away from the D40 and Rebel fags up front.

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>> Anonymous
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And that's it.

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>> Anonymous
was flash allowed at the venue? i tried shooting a gig once, but then again that was with a friends band...so lol
>> Anonymous
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>>188498
Yeah but all my shots with flash ended up plain. This is the best photo with flash I have. I was using an old Canon Speedlite 188A which couldn't swivel so no bounce as you can see by the ugly shadows behind them.

The other photogs with entry level dSLR's were using full front onboard. Ewww.. I did see one guy with a 40D and a 580EX pointed upwards though.

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>> Anonymous
slow sync motherfucker

use it
>> Sicko !L3HRY/miC.
>>188493

Quite like this one. I can't stand people using flashes at gigs though, surprised they allowed it.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
bump
>> eku !8cibvLQ11s
Nothing seems to stand out. All are a bit dull, and they miss that something.

>>188626
This one would be my fav if it would be more sharp. Otherwise they are a bit dull, and lack that something.

Did you do any post processing to these? What ISO did you use?
>> Anonymous
in before eku's super amazing band shots with iso pushed to 25600, etc
>> Anonymous
http://rockrollphoto.com/galleries.html
poke around, he's done a lot of gig photos with big bands.
>> eku !8cibvLQ11s
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>>188872
Better push than sorry.

>>188894
Too much mediacore photos around there. Like almost twenty photos of Tina Turner with only very little variety between them. Same with others. Almost makes think every technically succeeded photo is put there.

But this one I like.

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>> Anonymous
>>188905
on this board: eku is the master of all gig photography. WHAT HE SAYS GOES.
>> Anonymous
>>188905
not every shot is great on his site, but theres always a diamond in the rough.
>> Anonymous
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>>188870
ISO was at 1600, highest I can go. This pic is from a different gig the next night at a different place. Lighting was fucking shit. They only colored spotlights so I shot in raw at shutter priority and here's the best I can salvage with photoshop.

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>> eku !8cibvLQ11s
>>188982

This one I kind of like. Very nice film looking grain. Framing could be better, but still, I like.
>> Anonymous
>>188984
that does not look like film grain
>> Anonymous
>>I'm using a D70s
>>Canon Speedlite 188A

wait, what? did I miss something?

also, did you try turning down the Flash Exposure Compensation? and since the head couldn't swivel you should have used something like masking tape or paper taped onto the flash head, just for diffusion...
>> Anonymous
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>>189060
This is what I used. It's a manual flash and I'm still trying to figure it out though I know it exposes well at f/5.6 and ISO 200..

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>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
>>189062
Correct flash exposure is based on subject distance. Past that I'm not quite sure of the specifics so you might want to look up your flash's guide number and some guide number tables.
>> Anonymous
>>189063

this, also i really don't think thats opaque enough to diffuse the flash...
>> Anonymous
Hmm, so what other household items can I use to make diffusers? I'm thinking tupperware.
>> Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH
>>189203
Ebay Diffuser built for the flash in question £2 ~ £4.
>> Anonymous
>>189062
just try putting some cooking paper around the inside of that tupperware tube thing. that should help.
>> Anonymous
needs less flash and more interesting ambient light
>> Anonymous
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Ignore this post. Just checking exif and dust.

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>> Anonymous
>>189245
Then you should've at least saged it, faggit.
>> Anonymous
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