Photography Post Vol. 2

[corter]

I was asked to shoot promo shots for my friends' new hardcore band last night. Shot these at around 10:30pm, so late haha. Ended up having to use a really ghetto lighting setup: two halogen lamps. Really surprised with how well they worked though.

your first shot is great for a promo. 2nd and 3rd seems like you clipped a wall or something, just watch out for shadows. the 3rd is still really nice tho, i'm sure for a start up band they'll be super happy with your photos.

boston.- 2nd and 4th shot look super over exposed and contrasty to the point where detail is completely lost. this might work for posters and self-advertising, but for a magazine or album cover, i dunno. 1st and 3rd are kinda blown out and the white balance is off.

still, nice concept, i think you just need to reprocess.

[yupsterism]

[joelz]

[eplsoccer7]

Does anybody in here do concert photography? What sort of lens do you use? Ive done it in the past with a Nikon 85mm 1.4 but am looking for something that I can use for low light concerts and portraiture on a budget. Any suggestions?

[Dex_star]

I've used a tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 and a 50mm prime for shows before... Id say stick with a zoom, and f/2.8 should be good enough, if you time it right

It was so hard to shoot with a prime at a show, as its hard to move around at em

Just shoot a lot, try and time the lights... and you should come out with a satifactory amount of shots...

[sidneylo]

I used a 70-200 2.8 for Canon, if you can find a Nikon equivalent you'd be pretty set.

[kenthenoob]

Boston., isn't that the new "GOT MILK?" guy?

[Guest Methimphibian]

took this for a photo assignment came out pretty cool

and this on haight st. over the summer

[flex0r]

i need a real scanner for scanning negatives...does anyone having have any tips for scanning my prints in the meantime? or know how to scan negatives with a regular scanner?

[soonami]

I used a 70-200 2.8 for Canon, if you can find a Nikon equivalent you'd be pretty set.

The Nikon 70-200 2.8VR is pretty damn expensive, $1500+, so that's not really gonna cut it if you are on a budget. The 80-200 2.8 is more affordable at around $900, which is about the same price as the 80 1.8. Of course these prices are for new lenses, but either new or used, still fairly expensive.

If you have a crop camera, the 50 1.4 or 1.8 has the same width of field as a 75mm on 35mm film or FX so that might be something to consider.

[bibipuerk]

[ko]

[Boston.]

boston.- 2nd and 4th shot look super over exposed and contrasty to the point where detail is completely lost. this might work for posters and self-advertising, but for a magazine or album cover, i dunno. 1st and 3rd are kinda blown out and the white balance is off. .

That was kinda the point, but hey, thanks anyways.

These are from a wedding I did - apologies for the weird black borders - its just cause these were printed on full pages for a book and I was too lazy to reexport.

[wisie]

Boston can't rep but wow

[sidneylo]

Does anybody in here do concert photography? What sort of lens do you use? Ive done it in the past with a Nikon 85mm 1.4 but am looking for something that I can use for low light concerts and portraiture on a budget. Any suggestions?

To answer your rep (thanks): yeah the 70-200 2.8 is fine for portraits albeit very dramatic…

Zoom helps during events because sometimes you don't have the luxury of smashing through a crowd for the perfect frame. YMMV though depending on the circumstances.

[jebeebus]

I've been loving my Sigma 30mm 1.4, got it at the same with with my Canon 10-22mm but have been using the Sigma way more... perfect versatile lens I think, great for low-light concert settings if you can get somewhat close.

example:

sidney: which Canon do you have? I have a 40D and I've always wondered if there was a better way to set the focus for doing self-portrait/waywt type stuff with a tripod, kinda like the Nikons that auto focus right before the timer goes off.

[sidneylo]

5D.

Is it weird that I'm a lazy motherfucker…I haven't bothered doing research for any sort of remote. I just plain ol' prefocus then autotime.

Though, I haven't bothered because I stopped doing waywts seriously.

[AKMetal]

eh couple more

[sidneylo]

Red to green. (for the first photo)

Is it just me that watermarks (albeit small) are annoying as all hell? Just saying.

[AKMetal]

yeah. it was for a class. I dont really put it on anything anymore. and thank you

[Boston.]

Don't mind the watermarks, their at least tasteful. But was this photo taken on a lightbox? There's really good colors and reflections for each different level of light - its a great experiment with full and back lighting it looks like - was there a specific assignment for your class?

[bibipuerk]

My new 5D :

And the old 450D

[AKMetal]

Don't mind the watermarks, their at least tasteful. But was this photo taken on a lightbox? There's really good colors and reflections for each different level of light - its a great experiment with full and back lighting it looks like - was there a specific assignment for your class?

It was actually taken on one of those flat boxes that you use for viewing film slides. There was no specific assignment, I just decided to try a product shot. It was lit with a single small softbox.

[C0C0]

[joelz]

Annnd a video: Light Sculpture

[braid]

In keeping with the Deerhunter theme...

35mm f2.0

ISO 1600

f2.0

1/60 sec

[thaiison]

love this thread, nice job guys.

I recently found my dads old minolta xd7 and i want to try it out.

Any recommendations on film, i'd like both B/W and color, iso 400 or 800 would be fun...

Thanks!

[jewbagel]

Does anyone know what the difference between Canon's 430EX & 430EXII besides recycle time is?

[jeepster]

c&c always welcome

[superdupersang]

hey jeepster,

were those photos taken with a filter or though some glass.

either way, they look great, but on the second one, did you try manual focusing on the stuff outside as well?

just wonder what it would have looked like.