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...............but not a band at a gig.
My partner plays drums in a rock band with a few mates. They don't gig as they only get together four times a year when my partner goes 'home' to the Motherland (Scotland). He has a whole drum kit in Scotland that I've never seen as I don't go up there with him. Soon there is a Significant Birthday in the family so I'm going, and while we're there the guys are organising a session in the rehearsal room. Then the inevitable 'we'd love it if you came along (I'm taking ear plugs! I love rock music but I have sensitive ears) and since you'll have your camera (never leave home without it) it'd be great if you got some photos of us playing'.
I don't do people photography. I've never photographed a band. I've never been in a rehearsal room. I don't do photography indoors. I'm a landscape, wildlife and astro type. At least not being a gig there isn't going to be any flashing coloured strobe lighting but I don't know what type of lighting the rooms have. I have a Canon 550D and as I have the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 I guess that would be the best lens to use (it's the widest and fastest lens I have). Any hints and tips would be very gratefully received as really I don't know where to start. I'll shoot raw to I can easily correct the white balance if necessary, but any advice on aperture, shutter speed, what to meter off, focus mode etc etc....................? Something to bear in mind is the 550D's high iso performance isn't great.
Oh yes, and I haven't been able to figure out how to make the built in flash work in anything other than full auto mode and I want to work in full manual..............
Thanks in advance.
My partner plays drums in a rock band with a few mates. They don't gig as they only get together four times a year when my partner goes 'home' to the Motherland (Scotland). He has a whole drum kit in Scotland that I've never seen as I don't go up there with him. Soon there is a Significant Birthday in the family so I'm going, and while we're there the guys are organising a session in the rehearsal room. Then the inevitable 'we'd love it if you came along (I'm taking ear plugs! I love rock music but I have sensitive ears) and since you'll have your camera (never leave home without it) it'd be great if you got some photos of us playing'.
I don't do people photography. I've never photographed a band. I've never been in a rehearsal room. I don't do photography indoors. I'm a landscape, wildlife and astro type. At least not being a gig there isn't going to be any flashing coloured strobe lighting but I don't know what type of lighting the rooms have. I have a Canon 550D and as I have the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 I guess that would be the best lens to use (it's the widest and fastest lens I have). Any hints and tips would be very gratefully received as really I don't know where to start. I'll shoot raw to I can easily correct the white balance if necessary, but any advice on aperture, shutter speed, what to meter off, focus mode etc etc....................? Something to bear in mind is the 550D's high iso performance isn't great.
Oh yes, and I haven't been able to figure out how to make the built in flash work in anything other than full auto mode and I want to work in full manual..............
Thanks in advance.