--- Chip Louie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > The problem you are going to have is that the band members are all > bouncing > around on stage, this limits your shutter speeds. Granted if YOU are > being > bounced around the IS may help get better images. I think that > shooting > slower than about 1/60 sec. you are going to get too much motion blur > from > the musicians moving on stage. Some is motion blur is interesting > but much > more than this and if they are ALL motion blurred makes for images > that > nobody will want to buy. Use faster film (my shooting partner > regularly > shoots live jobs with Fujichrome ISO 400 pushed 2 stops with good > results), > or crank up your ISO on your digital body. > > Trust me, having pit access is not all it's cracked up to be. > Usually here > in the States at a major venue or with a well known band performing > they > give you 2-3 songs and boot you out of the pit! So you must fire for > effect > without any range shots. Most people are shooting with 70/80-200 2.8 > lenses > in the pit and shooting pushed chrome films here. This is what works > under > these short access conditions and stage lights. > > HTH
Thanks for the response. Well, I must say I'm quite familiar with this field of photo, did a few gigs (though not an international multifamous stars), know the rules. My recent endeavor was among the toughest I tried so far - a local rockability band (intensive rock'nroll) - the band went crazy on the stage - very impressive and great music, but a hell for the photographer. The only technique could be applied is tracking the artist through the finder waiting for the right moment (a momentary freeze in movement or song picks), then, again, hoping the final exposure reading is right (at barely acceptable shutter speeds or sometimes even bellow that) squizing the release button in a human-machine-gun manner (hopefully to get several pictures to warant you may or may not a single worthy shot). So, since the artists are supposedly be more or less still while I'm pressing the shutter release, the only non-stability factor is the photographer, i.e. me. And here IS may come very handy saving otherwise lost shot. I usually shoot Fuji Press 800 pushed to 1600, but this time even at 1600 my usual (face spot metered + 1 stop exp. comp.) readings where at 1/20-1/40 (mostly 1/20-1/30). This is with 70-200 at the renage of 100-150mm at constant f/2.8 . I would be hoping have I had IS that may save the situation. Regards, Alex __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
