Guitarist

[minky_monkey]

I attended our annual Guitarist get together in Bristol over the weekend, I was determined to get in some practice of shooting in low light levels, to compound things there was a smoke machine working occasionally, so any use of flash made the picture a white fog.

Shooting in manual most of the time, pretty much for the first time aiming for decent results, I used my 350D with a Tamron 28-75 2.8, 580ex switched off and just using the light in the room.

Clarky, the guitarist, plays instrumentals when this picture came out it hit the mood perfectly.

Anyways, not bad for a learner!:D

http://www.minky75.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gasfest/clarky.jpg

Any tips?

[photostar_1]

I like the overal feel, but the glare from the centre of the light is a bit distracting. If you could have lined yourself up so the light was behind him, with the rays coming from his body, it might have worked better. Having said all that.....I still think it's lovely and moody. It must have been a bu**er to meter for, so well done. This is my favorite medium, but I'm a total beginner at it.

[minky_monkey]

Thanks for the comments, it was a bit of a struggle for positioning. I`ve got some more but I need to do some editing before I`m happy. This one is actually straight off of the camera apart from a slight crop.

[photostar_1]

Looking forward to more!