Us & Them (concert pics)

[d2creative]

Here's a few shots from a Pink Floyd cover band at a local club.
I thought a few came out nice but I gotta remember to get the lens off f2.8 once in a while.
I was just trying to get as much light as possible, even had the camera set at iso 1600.

[Walter Moss]

Sweet. Love the sax photo. All are very good.

How do you adjust for lighting (WB)?

[Alice Morrison]

These are natural light, obviously. Which lens (camera) were you using? How do you find clients?

[d2creative]

Thanks!

let's see... WB I'm still fiddling with. So far I have had the most success with using auto wb. Mainly because the light is constantly changing. But i need to experiment more with setting up a preset wb with gray card before the show starts.

The camera is a nikon D70 ( i need to create a sig! ) and the two lenses i used here were my 70-200vr and the 18-70 kit lens. I would really like to pic up a fisheye for this kind of thing.

Clients? lol, I wish. This is only the second show I've ever shot. It's a lot of fun and I'd like to practice a bit and build up my portfolio and get a better ratio of keepers to duds. I shot over 340 shots that night and ended up with about 2 dozen decent ones. But I would also like to know the answer to that question.

Here's a couple more I kinda liked...

[AlbertP]

Yet another example of why it's not the camera but the photographer.

Good work.

[d2creative]

Originally Posted by AlbertP

Yet another example of why it's not the camera but the photographer.

Good work.

Wow, thanks! That's a very nice compliment.

[Gaelan]

Fotographer uber camera every time! You are so right Clyde! Great display although the shot of the tilted stage caused me to flinch. I like to keep it level. Personal quirk.
I especially like the cutaways, closeups of the fingers on strings, turntable; these make good transitions from the portraits of the performers.
The lighting was great for the subject. I wouldn't think of messing with the white balance.
It was a concert. I hope you got a good selection of audiance images as well.
Photojournalism is telling a story with pictures. There has to be a beginning, an opening shot to establish the scene/story and an ending. The middle will usually take care of itself if those other two photos are sufficently strong. Your experience. Tell it in your own pictures.
Don't be disappointed about your shot/success ratio. I can show you a half-hundred negative/proof sheet albums from my half century of photography. Culling out the close-no-cigar photos I averaged 3-8 exceptional pictures on a 36-exposure roll. This was with real film not the media we have (d)evolved toward. OK, I'm an old fogy. Deal with it!
Anyway, just do what you are doing and be happy. You are your worst critic anyway.
What are you planning on doing with these images?
Might I suggest that you take these as well as the semi-rejects and combine them on a DVD for a slide show presentation of your experience.
Get a recording of their performance and let the music/beat/lyrics dictate image changes.
Storyboard and produce a show for your TV. Invite the neighbors over. Lock the doors.
Entertain them. The will look at you and marvel.
You can trust me---I'm a druid