Some quick advice, Walt.
Switch away from matrix metering; go with center-weighted or spot.
Chances are the stage lights are focused on the performers, so they're
the brightest things in the room.
If you go spot metering, meter off of faces. They are close enough to
18% grey so the meter is about right.
Raise the ISO higher than you think is reasonable. :) Either the
camera's ISO is great (eg K-5, K-x etc.) or you can use Lightroom or a
noise-reduction plugin, or simply go black and white and call the grain art.
Take the fastest lens(es) you've got. Learn to like (or at least get
along with) their field of view.
If the action is too fast for manual focusing, pre-focus on a point and
snap when the action gets to that point. Be prepared to have a very
small keeper rate.
-bmw
On 11-08-15 8:06 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
You got some great shots in there, Larry --
<http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/6044114689/>20110813-LRC24134.jpg
<http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/6044114689/> has to be my
favorite of the bunch and20110813-LRC24174.jpg
<http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/6044666818/> is a close 2nd.
I really need to learn how to work better in mixed lighting
situations. I've lost some potentially nice shots because I don't
know what's going to freak out the metering.
I wish I could've stayed out in CA a while longer. There's just so
much to photograph out there.
-- Walt
On 8/15/2011 12:10 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
For the past two years there's been a weekly dance in SF called The
Rent Party. Lindy hop in one room, Blues in another. For various
reasons, they decided to close up shop and last night was their final
night, with two live bands.
The lindy room had a couple of lights in the middle of the room aimed
at the floor, but the musicians were primarily illuminated by a
couple of lights aimed at the wall behind them. The blues room was
light by four clamp lights, with red bulbs bounced off the walls. Two
of which were behind the musicians.
I also didn't want to use flash, because it's rather obnoxious when
you're dancing in a dark room to have a strobe go off in your face.
So, all in all, the lighting was quite challenging. There were a few
shots where I just took the bad lighting and tried to see what I
could do with it, pushing it even further over the edge in post
processing.
Not everything is quite as sharp as I'd like, but I think I got some
fun shots out of it:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627311775827/
--
Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
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