That's an easy one, Larry. Just aim your flash upward and use the moon as a big reflector. You'll also get great catchlights in the audience member's eyes. (This wouldn't have been possible before the K-5.)
Some excellent shots in there, Larry. I'm sure they'll be very pleased with these. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
