On Aug 15, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > 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.
This is all great advice. > > -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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
