Welcome to the world of reportage photography. 99% of the time that's
all you do and it's good enough for a paycheck. 1% of the time or less
you get something great and that's for the satisfaction. Unfortunately
you're not getting paid.
On 4/9/2012 12:22 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
I attended a concert last week. It was the first time I've ever had a chance
(that I knew of) to see Thomas Dolby. He's still putting out albums and I
still find them fun to listen to.
I got to the venue early enough to score front-row seating (general admission).
I've got the gear in my bag, batteries charged, I'm ready to go.
The show was great, I had no problems with the lighting... everything went
wonderfully!
So, I get up the next morning and sort through the images. Yup, a lot are
out-of-focus, as is to be expected when people are moving around and you're
shooting at 1/15 of a second with a telephoto lens. I finally boiled down to a
set of images which capture what I saw and posted a gallery.
Then I looked at it a few times to pick out "a winner" to share with friends
who were there, and I realized I didn't really care for the lot. What I've done is
successfully documented that I was at a show, and who was there, and what they did -
without a single (to my eye) compelling image.
Fascinating. How'd I do that? Almost every time as I'm leaving a show, someone will see me
buttoning up the bag of gear and ask "did you get any good shots?" and my
self-deprecating response is usually "I have no idea, we'll see if anything looks good
tomorrow". But this time I truly think I didn't quite succeed.
With that out of the way, if anyone is curious to look - am I full of it, or are these
just too... "static"?
http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2012/Thomas_Dolby/index.html
-Charles
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Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthily search.
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