RE: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-03 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker http://goo.gl/dl8F2 very nice - I'm just back from an evening at Ronnie Scott's watching Pharaoh Sanders and his band - awesome. B Lucky you! Pix or it didn't happen. :-) no pictures allowed,

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-03 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Ann. My winning formula in these small, dark music venues: - fast, short tele prime (eg 50mm 1.4), wide open, - high ISO (eg 1600 on the K20), - RAW, - aperture priority, - places/things to brace yourself against while shooting (chair arms, table tops, walls), - some noise

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I was shooting 1600 , - RAW of course, istD I always shoot ap priority :-) however, 1600 was much too noisy because of the low light. and the venue was someone's loft. The biggest problem was that the AWB let me down - and I didn't have a way to lean on anything... worse, the camera

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-03 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim Finlayson Trio in Toronto. K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO 1600, 1st 2 at 1/45th; 3rd at 1/60th. Handheld, no flash. PP in Lightroom. Terrific shots! cheers,

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-03 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-05-03 11:19 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim Finlayson Trio in Toronto. K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO 1600, 1st 2 at 1/45th; 3rd at 1/60th. Handheld, no flash.

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-03 Thread Bruce Walker
Ann, I've found it best to select a manual WB. I usually have mine set to Cloudy or Daylight. Then you just select a more appropriate WB during PP. Sometimes I shoot something gray in the room (backs of many keyboards are good) so I can use the LR (ACR) magic eyedropper later. But if you can

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I started out shooting digital using manual white balance, got out of that habit because the AWB on the Canon was great... and the AWB on the istD in the variety of outside light one might encounter has worked well... (all the photos you have seen of mine in the past three months were shot

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread David J Brooks
I like the second and third shot. Dave On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim Finlayson Trio in Toronto. K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO 1600, 1st 2 at 1/45th; 3rd at 1/60th. Handheld, no flash. PP

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Dave. Sent from my iPod On 2011-05-02, at 5:47 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I like the second and third shot. Dave On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim Finlayson

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Larry Colen
I like the drummer shot. I know how hard it is to get good photos of drummers, they're always hiding back in a dark corner. On May 2, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim Finlayson Trio in Toronto. K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO

RE: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim Finlayson Trio in Toronto. K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO 1600, 1st 2 at 1/45th; 3rd at 1/60th. Handheld, no flash. PP in Lightroom.

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Ken Waller
So it ain't Broke ! First email from the list in several days - thanks Doug. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate I like the drummer shot. I know how hard

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well done. I like the warm tonality. Paul On May 2, 2011, at 5:16 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim Finlayson Trio in Toronto. K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO 1600, 1st 2 at 1/45th; 3rd at 1/60th. Handheld, no flash. PP in Lightroom.

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Bruce Walker
This drummer was no different, but the club is intimate and the audience was small, so moving around wasn't a problem. You know that saying about rock being 3 chords being performed for thousands and jazz being thousands of chords being performed for three? It benefits my shooting but

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-05-02 7:10 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim Finlayson Trio in Toronto. K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO 1600, 1st 2 at 1/45th; 3rd at 1/60th. Handheld, no flash. PP

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Paul. I actually had to reduce saturation of the reds quite a bit in the pianist shot, it was so warm. What lighting there is in that room is from red, yellow and orange tungsten floods. *And* reflections from a copper ceiling! :-) -bmw On 11-05-02 8:37 PM, Paul Stenquist

Re: GESO Jazz at the Gate

2011-05-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Those work well, Bruce .. I had a disastrous time trying to shoot my friend Dominic Duval playing bass with sax player Joe McPhee a few weeks ago... but the music was great. ann Paul Stenquist wrote: Well done. I like the warm tonality. Paul On May 2, 2011, at 5:16 PM, Bruce Walker