On Aug 16, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> That's an easy one, Larry. Just aim your flash upward and use the moon
> as a big reflector.
That would never work. It takes light 2.5 seconds to get to the moon and back,
and the time delay would make shutter lag a huge problem. Not only that, it
was (nearly) a new moon last night, so it wasn't there to bounce off of.
> 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.
Thanks. They have said that they like them.
Larry
>
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> 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".
>>>
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