Lulu and EltonJohn - DPChallenge Forums

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

06/03/2005 12:24:44 PM · #1

Just scored myself a photographer's pass and a ticket for Lulu and Elton John tonight, I hope it's more successful than my last big gig (publicity manager hadn't informed tour manager).
I'm only allowed to photograph the first two songs of each performer!
Tickets are really expensive though, cheapest are Â£35 and I think I have the Â£70 ticket... shame I'm not really into either performer. Still, it's a big event for our town (Huddersfield) so it would have been a shame to miss it. I'll also be reviewing the event.
Watch here for photos!

crabappl3

06/03/2005 12:38:50 PM · #2

Look forward to seeing the shots! Good luck!

-danny

coolhar

06/03/2005 01:56:51 PM · #3

Originally posted by BobsterLobster:

... shame I'm not really into either performer. ...

Fake it!

But not being a big fan should make it easier to write an objective review. Nice capture.

Picture This

Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8-4 Compact High Speed Zoom for Nikon

06/03/2005 02:04:32 PM · #4

I love Elton John :)
Not sure who Lulu is though.

bpickard

Fujifilm FinePix S3000

06/03/2005 02:16:50 PM · #5

Originally posted by Picture This:

Not sure who Lulu is though.

Imagine Elton John with hair and no bitchiness.

GoldBerry

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

06/03/2005 02:23:41 PM · #6

Originally posted by BobsterLobster:

I'm only allowed to photograph the first two songs of each performer!

Congratulations! That should be a great show with lots of cool lighting. The standard here is 3 songs, so you're getting short-changed but it'll still kickass!

RonBeam

Minolta DiMAGE 7

06/03/2005 03:15:25 PM · #7

Originally posted by Picture This:

I love Elton John :)
Not sure who Lulu is though.

sang "To Sir With Love"

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

06/03/2005 03:34:46 PM · #8

Buy earplugs and concentrate on the photos :P

kiwinick

Sony DSLR-A550

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

06/03/2005 03:41:44 PM · #9

she is fantstic she headlined the Mission Estate concert a couple of years ago and tickets sold out in a couple of hours. This is one ofNZs top concert venues

Originally posted by Picture This:

I love Elton John :)
Not sure who Lulu is though.

twm122

Olympus E-3

Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Zuiko Digital

06/03/2005 03:45:23 PM · #10

Good luck and can't wait to see your shots.

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

06/03/2005 04:18:11 PM · #11

You might be a redneck if your first reaction to Lulu was an image of the plus-sized lady who used to be on Hee-Haw years and years ago. ;)

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

06/03/2005 04:23:36 PM · #12

Originally posted by laurielblack:

You might be a redneck if your first reaction to Lulu was an image of the plus-sized lady who used to be on Hee-Haw years and years ago. ;)

Doh! Color me a redneck!

Way to go B-b-b-bobster (and the jets)! ;-)

06/03/2005 05:36:49 PM · #13

Wow, that was intense!
We had a very over-enthusiastic tour manager who sheperded us like a sheepdog. This was my first really big gig, I can't believe the amount of huge (and I mean massive) L-glass lenses that surrounded me. It was a gig in a football stadium, and it was raining (grmph), which meant I had to change lenses to get one with a decent lens hood.
Lulu was great (only 2 songs allowed), but Elton John only allowed one(!) song, so it was pretty intense trying to capture that one... especially with a lens change. I MUST get another camera body. Maybe when the 5D comes out. Once he sat at his piano, there was only really one place to take photos from, so half a dozen of us photographers suddenly got very friendly.
What did I learn tonight?
Get another body.
Only use my 75-300mm out of my available lenses during a gig.
My shower cap from holiday is very handy when it rains for my camera.
Calm down, don't let the adrenaline make me get carried away... time my shots more carefully instead of taking several a second.
1/90s is NOT fast enough. I thought it would be. I've still got some sharp shots, but loads of really well composed shots are just a little too blurred.
I found one of the photographers taking crowd shots later, which I thought was not allowed... apparently he asked and was granted permission for crowd shots only after the 1st song... I must ask for this in future.
I do have some great shots though, I'll try and post them to this thread tomorrow, but I am unbelievably busy.
BTW, I have to say that I've never been an Elton John fan, but some of the songs were just incredible, especially when he let rip and embelished Jools Holland-type stuff. Great musicians, but the drummers in both bands were just a little too solid for my liking, lacking the energy needed to get the crowd on it's feet.

06/03/2005 05:38:35 PM · #14

I should add that I shot a massive wedding in Italy last week, no expense spared (except the photographer it seems!)... and that was a piece of cake to take great shots of compared to this gig! Gig photography is tough!

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

06/04/2005 02:38:14 PM · #15

Here are a few pics from the gig! I have to say I'm quite pleased with how mine turned out, having had a look at my competitors' photos in the paper today. ;-)

There are quite a few more, but I'm up to my eyeballs in photos (thousands from my holiday and a wedding, with loads of other shoots piling up!).

Sunniee

Canon EOS-40D

06/04/2005 02:42:12 PM · #16

Excellent shots Bobster!!!

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/04/2005 02:42:44 PM · #17

Great stuff !! They seem to have very good lighting. What setting did you have ? ISO, Aperture and Shutter ?

06/04/2005 02:46:38 PM · #18

The lighting was actually quite rubbish, especially for Lulu... I think they were keeping all the effects for when it started to get dark. Lulu had virtually no lighting, I happened to catch it here on the rare occasion that some lights came on. As far as gigs go, it had one of the most lacklustre displays I've come across. There was an LCD-matrix type affair at the back of the Elton John stage which you can see here, which provided pinball-type effects (Pinball Wizard was the 1st song)... but that was as exciting as it got until it got dark near the end of the gig.
I used manual all the way through, using F5.6, 1/90s (too slow!!) and ISO1600. I need a new lens!

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/04/2005 02:51:22 PM · #19

Originally posted by BobsterLobster:

I used manual all the way through, using F5.6, 1/90s (too slow!!) and ISO1600. I need a new lens!

ISO 1600 ? and its that clean ? my 10D seems to have problems at ISO 800 or even 400 is not good :(

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/04/2005 02:53:47 PM · #20

That's why I bought the camera ;-)
It's about on a par with the 20D on noise levels.

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

06/04/2005 02:54:21 PM · #21

Really cool bobster! I see this in your future... ;)

06/04/2005 02:55:45 PM · #22

Originally posted by doctornick:

Really cool bobster! I see this in your future... ;)

Woah YES! That will do nicely.

debbybris

Canon EOS-20D

06/04/2005 03:01:13 PM · #23

They are great, the atmosphere of a concert is fantastic. I only liked Elton John, and got tickets to see him and eric clapton at wembly...it was amazing.I wasn't into photography then, and I think I had one of those camera's that needed a cassette in...lol. My youth..!!
can't wait to see some more.

suemack

Canon EOS-20D