On May 27, 2008, at 14:36, frank theriault wrote: > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Charles Robinson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Back when I was a young whippersnapper of 16, I was shooting concerts >> like nobody's business. I did the math once and figured that over a >> two-year period, my brother and I averaged just over a concert a >> month. >> >> Some were good, some were bad, and some were great. >> >> From one of the good (almost great) ones, a nice shot. >> >> Freddie Mercury of Queen. May, 1982. Hamburg, W. Germany. >> >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/1982/queen/content/Scan_080526_0023_large.html >> >> (Tri-X 400, Pentax K-1000 w/ Takumar 135/f2.5 lens shooting wide >> open. Approx shutter speed 1/125 of a second or less) > > The whole gallery is incredible! How did you get such close access to > the stage? Those are certainly pro-quality (that's meant as a > compliment) photos! > > More, please... >
It was Germany... if you look at the first of the color photos, that's the view from the back of the hall. No reserved seats. I was up there on stage right for the whole show, front row. I had a Vivitar 28mm for the wide shots, the venerable M50/ f2 for the normal shots and a Takumar 135 for the closeups. That's it - nothing magical about the access other than being in the right place at the right time. The really cool part afterwards was finding the torn-off half of my ticket stub on the ground outside the hall - so I have my whole ticket still! As time goes on I'll have my stuff from Ultravox, The Rolling Stones, Squeeze, David Bowie, Genesis and others online too - I'm having fun scanning this old stuff! (Thanks for the compliments, btw) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
