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..MD..

05-07-2007, 19:51

well went out last night to a gig in ludlow .
never tried this sort of thing before , well actually i felt like a fish out of water. but ill have a go if nothing else.
i know one of the band members
thanks to ed34 for coming with me hope he enjoyed the night as much as me i would go again " even without the camera"

no 1
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/861/D-_-R--GARY.jpg

no 2
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/861/D-N-R.jpg

no3
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/861/D-N-R-_2.jpg

no 4 http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/861/D-N-R-_3.jpg

tfl as always
dave :thumbs:

Moos3h

05-07-2007, 19:53

Not a bad set for a first timer!

I'd have been tempted to try and isolate the band a touch more - get in a little closer, keep the backgrounds dark, and possibly bump the ISO a touch to keep things sharp. These aren't always practical OR desireable though.

Hey, if you're ever near London, you're welcome to come and practise on my band - no-one has got a decent shot of me yet!

Cheers,
James

photomad

05-07-2007, 19:53

love number 1

others im not sure but im noooooooooooooo expert

..MD..

05-07-2007, 20:13

cheers for the fast response...:thumbs:
here is another can you guess which band member i knew....:shrug:

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/861/gary.jpg

as for getting closer when the light had dropped enough to be consistent enough to be any good the crowd where bouning about like there lives depended on it .. i was going nowhere near them with my kit :naughty:

paulc

05-07-2007, 22:47

They look ok to me, I did my first gig last month and I'm doing another one this month, so I can sympathise about the crowd and stuff, although the one thing that I will be most mindful of next time I do a gig is the microphones...I just didn't give them a second thought until I got all of the images onto my pc and discovered that the peoples faces were all hidden by the microphones and couldn't even be cloned out...but its all about learning and i think that you have done a good job!

gwocni

05-07-2007, 22:53

Interested to know which lens you used.....

David.

petemc

05-07-2007, 23:30

Not bad for your first go. The compositions a bit off on some with mic's blocking faces and things. Gigs are tricky. If you've got spot metering use that or your camera will try and meter for a very dark room so you have to use M to get nice shots.

InaGlo

06-07-2007, 07:18

#1 for me too Dave.
It is an odd feeling isnt it, shooting the first gig.
My first & only try with gig photography using a DSLR was at Cat Daddy's Skinny Molly gig.
I did enjoy it though and would love to do it again.
Btw, who are the band?

..MD..

06-07-2007, 16:43

Interested to know which lens you used.....

David.

good old nifty 50 cheers

#1 for me too Dave.
It is an odd feeling isnt it, shooting the first gig.
My first & only try with gig photography using a DSLR was at Cat Daddy's Skinny Molly gig.
I did enjoy it though and would love to do it again.
Btw, who are the band?

band are called D.N R. "do not resuscitate"

cheers for all the feed back pete not got spot metering on my 10d but cheers for advice..

ed34

06-07-2007, 20:04

thanks for a good night mate :thumbs:
1st one is the best i think :thumbs:
well done

natjag

06-07-2007, 21:42

..MD..

06-07-2007, 21:47

Hey MonkeyDave,
These arn't bad. I have to say (and I mentioned it to petemc, although he does it all the time) I'm in a band playing backing some named 60's performers, and I have seen really bad pictures compared to these, by people that claim they are photographers. Just hope none of them are on here.

:embarrassed: thanks mate means alot . the lad on the guiter that i have 2 pics of saw these tonight and really liked them ..: " askes if we would go to there next gig"
again thanks