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07/23/2010 01:09:46 PM · #1 |
I shot official photos at a dress rehearsal for Albany's Park Playhouse production of "Annie Get Your Gun". They loved the photos (well I'm still working my way through them, so I've only shown them half), and they placed one as a very nice header on the site...
//www.parkplayhouse.com/
I think it looks great there (personally ;) )
I'll post a link to the gallery when I'm done. (They also put some of my photos in a little viewer on the site, but it's very aspect ratio challenged, and very small.)
If you're local to the area, you should get out and see the show! (On a nice night, it's outdoor theatre!)
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07/23/2010 11:10:26 PM · #2 |
Nice work Neil... Live entertainment is a fun subject :)
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07/23/2010 11:23:08 PM · #3 |
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07/23/2010 11:28:05 PM · #4 |
Can you list the equipment you used? :)
I shot a theater production once too, except I was in the orchestra. I literally held the trombone in one hand and the camera in the other.
Anyway, I was amazed by how much light there really is on stage. The meter can get fooled so easily with the dark backdrops. Since my 20D doesn't do spot metering, I relied on the center and histogram to meter the shots. Worked like a charm!
ETA: If anyone is in the Hamden, CT area August 18 - 21st, I'm playing for Annie (no gun, just an orphan) there.
Message edited by author 2010-07-23 23:30:28. |
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07/24/2010 12:39:27 AM · #5 |
Thanks.
I shot live during their dress rehearsal--nothing posed. Just my D90 on auto ISO (limited to ISO 1600) and my 50mm 1.8 and 18-200 VR. And using theatre lights (but I wasn't holding a trombone and playing in the pit at least ;) )
Thankfully, the D90 is pretty good through ISO 1600. I would have done better with a D700 and a 70-200 F2.8 VRIII lens of course. It would have been nice to stay at ISO 400, but I'm always impressed by the performance of the 18-200, the only downside is the ISO required.
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07/24/2010 01:25:37 AM · #6 |
Luckily I got to shoot twice. The first time, I limited myself to ISO 800. BIG MISTAKE! I was shooting 1/60 which is way too slow when people are moving on stage. The next night, I bumped to 1600, which was perfectly fine. I put a little noise filter on, not much.
I shot mostly from my Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 and a few from my cheap 70-300. |
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