
Playing live
At a bash in Alyesbury last night I had the chance to "play" with balancing flash and ambient and movement all on manual and on the fly.
There was not room to shoot with my 50mm 1.4. - I needed a wide angle lens. You can see that the band were playing right in with the audience!!! And since that is my only fast lens - shooting ambient was out (at least for me) . So I really had to use flash - but wanted to avoid "cardboard cut outs".
At long last I'm getting a feel for what works and what doesn't - so looking for more excuses to practice!
I did not know what to expect of this young, Nottingham based band "Dog is Dead".
I thought they were really great!!!
Their MySpace site is:
www.myspace.com/dogisdeadband
:-)
Strobist stuff:
SB800 on camera - bounced almost vertically off the fabric roof, with the white "pop-up" deployed, iso500, 1 second, f7.1
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Looking up
I've been meaning to upload this for a little while!

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Michael Jackson tribute
The West Wycombe Festival was the day the news about MJ's death broke (at least in our time zone).
They quickly organised a tribute to him, including this act, which everyone there really appreciated.
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Clare
A last shot of Clare - at least for now!
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I'm forever.....
Festivals would not be the same without
1) wigs
2) bubbles
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