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well i attended a show on sat nigth with some local bands at anu bar. It was good to be shooting some differant bands apart from my mates for once. here are some of the results.








the rest of the photos can be found at
http://www.jamesthomson.net/thumbnails.php?album=10

not as pleased as i would like to be with them as i was using my brand new sb 800. but i am pleased at the fact that i had had the flash for only 24 hours and managed to pull of some ok results.

i must say that an sb800 is the best investment for your camera and thanks to birdy for supplying it at a great price

I really like these Thommo, especially the 3rd! Although a tad on the softish side!

You don't often see female guitarists.......good for her!

Would love to take some band shots, but always tricky when trying to sing or play percussion at the same time

Congrats on your new purchase...it's on my wanted list! Great stuff, keep them coming!

cheers for the reply stormygirl. the 3rd is a little soft as it was shot without flash at iso 1600 with a pretty slow sutter speed, but i still like it for the colours.

also re female guitarists. they blew me a away, both were of a reasonable standard of skill but they were such awesome singers. they are a sydney band called sharmber. i suggest seeing them if you ever get the chance.

added a couple more pictures to the gallery

Thommo, post some more exif data and kit gear, so we can help.
I'm gathering that you have the kit lens?

Preferably to shoot in low light you want something like the Nikkor 50MM 1.4, which I must say is a fab lens for these sort of conditions. I've shot in fairly low lights at BBQs with <500W floodlights the only source of lights and these lenses do the job. Gary (The Boss) might be able to help you out more as he shoots jazz bars (I think) in low light conditions with the 50MM F1.4

most were shot wide open at 1/60-1/100. iso 200, sb800 dialed back about 1 1/3 - 2. i did a couple at iso 1600 no flash, of which the first pic is an example.

most were shot with kit lens, some with 50mm 1.8

They are great Thommo. You have completely avoided the overbrightness that flash can cause which kills the atmosphere, well done.

The ISO 1600 shot is great too.

I like these, and I reckon you continue to produce better results from when you started shooting bands.

Greg B wrote:They are great Thommo. You have completely avoided the overbrightness that flash can cause which kills the atmosphere, well done.

The ISO 1600 shot is great too.

I like these, and I reckon you continue to produce better results from when you started shooting bands.

cheers greg.
i was pretty unsure to start with when using the sb800, but i am please under the circumstances. however this outing did break my trend of better images everytime.

Very nice pics, Thommo. I shot Mark Knopfler concert a couple of months back and the lighting was much better there than what you had to deal with. I didn't have sb800 and was a bit far away and shot mostly iso1600.
You've got some great stuff there considering the difficult lighting.

Cheers
Alex

Alex wrote:Very nice pics, Thommo. I shot Mark Knopfler concert a couple of months back and the lighting was much better there than what you had to deal with. I didn't have sb800 and was a bit far away and shot mostly iso1600.
You've got some great stuff there considering the difficult lighting.

Cheers
Alex

yeh i saw your work alex. very good considering the distance and low light. i must say i am not a fan of high iso shots, i just dont like noise no matter what. i prefer to shoot with flash, even if it does take away some colour from the lighting set up, then resaturate in ps. this is the case for most of these pics