Ill throw you some comments, Ive done a fair shar of live music shooting over the last few years.
image 1. Pretty cool angle. Would have been a bit better if the musician was sharp, but I know what you were going for w/ the piano in focus and him kind of blurred. Most of the time, it is best to not cut off instruments or limbs in your composition. Maybe if this was in landscape orientation w/ teh entire piano showing it would have had more effect.
Image 2: another cool angle and good job handling the spot light behind you. A little processing and this is could come a long way. I enjoy how large it makes the stage seem.
image 3: probably my least favorite. YOu had a good chance w/ the nice blue directly behind him, but its not sharp or that exciting.
Nice job overall, im sure there are more photos and im sure some would benefit from different types of processing to bring out the idea you had when taking it.
The biggest thing I learned over the last few years of music shots is recognizing what is captivating while you are there and waht is captivating 3 months from now. What I mean is you were there, it was loud, it was hot, people were getting down all around you. Its easy to find great shots in that kind of moment. The trick to live music shots is to try and bring that emotion home in your images. When you look at a concert photo months after do you still get a feeling for the intensity and action or does the image just look plain? In these shots, I can see what you were going for, but I wasn't there so to me they are kind of ordinary, especially the last one. Experiment w/ some motion blur or compose the shots to show more of the stage etc... Check out BobsterLobster's profile. I really like his live music shots and Im sure you would pick something up from his shots..
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