As an aside, the specific request was photos showing the band playing to a large crowd. I was particularly encouraged to shoot from the stage, looking out over the crowd. As it got dark, and the band had stage lights on them, and the crowd didn't, I came up with an interesting solution. I made a snoot out of newspaper and tape, put it on the flash and aimed the flash to illuminate the crowd and not the band. I also put the flash up on my monopod, holding it as far above my head as I could.
One thing that I found myself wishing for, was something I came up with an idea for a couple years ago. A fresnel lens that is designed to throw most of a flash's light close to horizontal, and less down, to counteract the inverse square exposure issues when you're trying to photograph out over a crowd. On Aug 16, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I was asked if I could take photos of a friend's band playing a street fair > last night (Murphy Ave in Sunnyvale). > > During the last song, I noticed something far more interesting than the half > dozen middle aged guys up on stage. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7798334124/in/set-72157631103380792/ > > For them that want to see photos of middle aged rock and rollers: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631103380792/ > > While processing photos, I started playing with the clarity slider on a few > of them, and was having fun with it. Then I remembered that graph of a > photographer's evolution, showing skill, perceived skill etc, and remembered > "the HDR hole". > > -- > 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.
