my first (unofficial) role as live music snapper....featured on the bat for lashes website woo! such a lovely gig. i think this is one of my secret (less so now) career aspirations....taking pictures of live acts is one of my favourite part of going to gigs. would love to actually take all those great intimate shots of the bands...
hmm, guess i'll just have to watch the other photographers with their fabulous cameras and triple a's whilst i lean over the barrier as much as i can to sneak a shot (after hustling my way to the front!). i have a few ok pics i've managed to get this way, there's a picture of the noisettes that i'm really pleased with, must try and find it and post it here.
anyone else got live act images to share? would love to see 'em!
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You most diffidently could be a live music photographer. This is very professional...and would make an awesome CD cover too. I'm impressed...and not easily so.
aww thanks victoria thats really sweet!
I'm absolutely in love with your blog....so glad you found me so I could find you.
You have the most wonderful finds...they are imaginative, curious, and all together beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed Bats for Lashes and congrats on your photo appearing on their website. Yay!
I went to see Goldfrapp last year but didn't get the opportunity to take any pics.
I imagine it would be exciting but challenging being a live music photographer. I should imagine that you have to take hundreds of shots just to gain the best ones.
A terrific shot!
Thanks for your visit, GUGAW. Yes, they really are sharks teeth from Tiger sharks, Mako's, Lemon sharks, Dusky, and a giant Megalodon there too. They are from 15 to 25 million years old. I pick them up off a beach in North Carolina called TopSail Island. For some reason, the waters off this coastline were teeming with sharks (still are) and the area became a sort of shark burial ground. Each shark has hundreds of teeth which fall out and are replaced constantly in its lifetime. The tide brings them in. It is mostly a residential island. Nothing to do, really, but look at the ocean and search for these teeth. It's my idea of fun!
I once took some photos of Iggy Pop which turned out really well but I'm saving them for a future project, so I'd rather not post them.
Best of luck to you. I love your followers photo, too! Many thanks.
Catherine
thanks ennui! i adore your blog too, really looking forward to reading more of your thoughts...
would love to get some photos of goldfrapp carol - can imagine that you'd get some awesome shots from the gorgeous alison...
i'm am actually really suprised that sharks teeth are real Catherine - its so cool that you found so many!
this picture is fantastic!!! i hope you do it!!
Nice shot! Shooting live isn't easy, especially when the lighting designers aren't giving you any love. If it is a small venue you might ask the artist to stay on for a few seconds after the show and have the venue people turn on some more light. Sneaky but it can work. I also recommend getting seriously fast glass and a camera that won't puke at high ISO levels. I use a D90 and a Sigma 30mm/f1.4 and a Nikon 85mm/f1.8. There are faster lenses but prices go up and up and up from there!
Also, if you prepare before hand and know where the artists will be you can sneak some flashes onto the set and have them remote controlled via your camera. Or, in the case above, have an assistant hold a reflex board below the artist outside the picture frame.
It is easy now with digital but let me tell you that it was 1000 times more difficult back in the days when all we had was Kodak TMAX400 film and Nikon FMs! Phew! A vestige from that era is why you still sometimes see scores of photographers at a gig. I went to a Coldplay gig in Kobe this year. They had ONE photographer. Times are achanging. But then Coldplay can afford seriously good lighting. Keep it up!
i'm definitely starting to look into getting a 'proper' camera, at the mo i just have a bog standard one but want to buy my first DSLR. tips like these are great as i just dont know where i'm starting! and kudos on the sneaky flashes!
Any digital with an f stop lower than f1.8 would do the trick! A DSLR is just extra candy. Second hand D90s should be cheaper the moment the D5000 hits your shores. And I do recommend Sigma lenses. They are the dogs bollocks!
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