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03/12/2011 11:53:35 AM · #1 |
| Have we ever had a Musicians challenge? I know many of you are also talented in the music arena & there are great shots in the music gallery. I think it would be fun. Any thoughts? |
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03/12/2011 12:46:15 PM · #2 |
| I second this motion, and if it wasn't redundant, I'd third it, fourth it and fifth is too. |
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03/12/2011 01:07:35 PM · #3 |
| I would love this, would even make me take some photos again :P |
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03/12/2011 01:10:34 PM · #4 |
I'm no musician but I have used instruments as props :)
 
eta we have had 3 Sound challenges but not sure about music specifically
Message edited by author 2011-03-12 13:11:14. |
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03/12/2011 01:51:08 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by jminso:
eta we have had 3 Sound challenges but not sure about music specifically |
We have had 3 music challenges: School Days Music, Music and Live Music. |
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03/12/2011 01:58:57 PM · #6 |
| I did look through a couple of the sound challenges and there are a number of instruments. I also peeked at the various song title challenges & band name challenge & tools of the trade challenge - lots more instruments, not as many actual players. I think it would be important to include the person making the music. |
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03/12/2011 02:16:50 PM · #7 |
I have photographed musicians a lot. REO Speedwagon, Styx, Phil Vassar, individual members of Slipknot to name a few. Nothing is better than capturing that raw emotion on the faces and they way the instruments are played/handled. Most...ok...all large concert venues do not allow anything more than a point and shoot unless you know someone or have a press pass. SO then you go to a small venue, the lighting usually sucks, so you have to be on your "A" game, squeezing off shots at the right time. I would love to have this be a challenge.
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03/12/2011 02:56:23 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by jminso:
eta we have had 3 Sound challenges but not sure about music specifically |
We have had 3 music challenges: School Days Music, Music and Live Music. |
This is requesting "Musicians" challenge, nto just Music. Musicians an be VERY different subject matter then music. |
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03/13/2011 03:33:49 AM · #9 |
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03/13/2011 08:14:50 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by MrHllywd07:
I have photographed musicians a lot. REO Speedwagon, Styx, Phil Vassar, individual members of Slipknot to name a few. |
= LUCKY! With competition (and subject matters) like that, I wouldn't even rate against you in a challenge!
However, I don't think the musicians would have to be professionals, or captured during a performance. Every city has street musicians somewhere and jam sessions sometimes have more honest emotions than performances. You could even take a picture of a conductor or church organist (some churches have great architecture as a background). The one thing I think would be important is to be able to know what kind of musician they are. You could take a picture of a rocker with crazy hair and tattoos, but without drumsticks or a guitar, it's just another random person. |
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03/13/2011 08:22:43 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by MrHllywd07:
Nothing is better than capturing that raw emotion on the faces and they way the instruments are played/handled. |
Ditto.
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03/13/2011 09:31:24 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by retake:
Originally posted by MrHllywd07:
I have photographed musicians a lot. REO Speedwagon, Styx, Phil Vassar, individual members of Slipknot to name a few. |
= LUCKY! With competition (and subject matters) like that, I wouldn't even rate against you in a challenge!
However, I don't think the musicians would have to be professionals, or captured during a performance. Every city has street musicians somewhere and jam sessions sometimes have more honest emotions than performances. You could even take a picture of a conductor or church organist (some churches have great architecture as a background). The one thing I think would be important is to be able to know what kind of musician they are. You could take a picture of a rocker with crazy hair and tattoos, but without drumsticks or a guitar, it's just another random person. |
I have been fortunate, but any of us on DPC could do this challenge very well. Some of the best musician photos I have seen have been from small clubs with good lighting, and relatively unknown performers. Plus, the smaller local bands appreciate someone getting shots of them playing. I was shooting a Styx concert, and usually you get three songs to shoot. I went past, shooting into the 4th song, and got some dirty looks from Tommy Shaw. So I stopped there. Tattoos and small clubs with good lighting are my favorite settings. |
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03/13/2011 10:01:18 PM · #13 |
Well I squeezed this into the other art forms challenge
Maybe I could get out and shoot some photos of musicians that actually have heads :P |
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03/13/2011 10:07:48 PM · #14 |
A few previous entries ...    
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