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| ThisMortalCoil |
 Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:14 pm |
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| Thats one kind of photography I always thought it would be hard to make money at, sadly cause Id love to do it. But so many people do! |
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| Blackvault |
| Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:16 pm |
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ThisMortalCoil wrote: Thats one kind of photography I always thought it would be hard to make money at, sadly cause Id love to do it. But so many people do!
Yes so many people do it but only a small proportion are good at it. Maybe that's a problem with having DSLR so readily available?
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| ThisMortalCoil |
| Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:27 pm |
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Having an SLR is one thing, knowing how to use it is a whole different ballgame!  many dont seem to be able to! |
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| marcleachphotography |
| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 4:15 pm |
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Love photography.
I do alot of gig photography, its all good craic!
Currently doing a national diploma in art/photography
looking to do a higher national diploma in the photography 
Use Nikon
S'all good fun! |
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| lucky666 |
| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:31 pm |
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| Flem: Awesome pictures. What a rad artist. Thanks! |
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| forevertwisted |
| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:35 pm |
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Must say I'm suprised this thread isn't more popular as it seems to be a pretty big hobby these days.
Any good tips for gig photography?
Got myself a Canon 550d last week, relatively new to the whole thing but am thinking of gettin a 50mm prime for gig photography? Fast an aperture as pos for the low light is key, would that be correct? |
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| Chrisc_xero |
| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:00 am |
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You defo want a good low aperture yes, i hav a 50mm on my camera....tho i dont do live music photography, but the one time i tryed using my 50mm at a gig lets just say the results wernt good 
also dont use flash! sucks all the atmosphere out of you image....not to mention most bands freakin hate it |
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| Shunyata |
| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:27 am |
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Get the 50mm f1.8 mkII prime yeah, never use the on camera flash, you'll be shooting at ISO 800+ most of the time anyway. Later on you can branch out with a fast wideangle and zoom, but those are expensive toys to start with.
If you're going to be shooting in cavernous places with terrible lighting a lot, invest in a speedlight and omni-bounce. A lot of bands do hate flash, but will tolerate it as long as you're courteous with it and aren't deer-in-headlighting them in a decently lit hall. Use of flash also opens up creative shots (such as slow-sync flash for capturing movement).
And uh, get ready to either practice correcting colour casts a hell of a lot, or properly converting colour -> black/white. Red stage lighting especially is a bitch and unavoidable. |
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| forevertwisted |
| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:35 am |
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Great, think i'll invest in the mkII, its cheap as chips plus will give me a bit of experience past the stock lens.
As for the strobe, that'l be a bit down the line. Will see how I get on with the prime first and see if its for me.
Is it completely impossible to get good shots with the 18-55is stock? My ISO can be bumped up to 6400, although I know thats far from ideal when it comes to noise, could this be an option? |
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| Shunyata |
| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:24 pm |
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I would only ever use the kit lens if it was outdoors and a last resort. It's fine for getting used to the camera and general out and about shots, but it's not a situational lens really (jack of all, master of none).
f2.8 is really the numerically "highest" max aperture you want to see on a lens, anything else is going to leave you with shutter speed frustrations in low light situations. |
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| Steve SARCOSIS |
| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:19 pm |
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open face surgery wrote: don't really put that much time into it
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| Shunyata |
| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:04 pm |
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Forgot the absolute no1 tip for photography of any kind: learn the concept of "photography money".
2 grand on a lens isn't actually "that much" 
My general advice for people wanting to start out from nothing/no background is get a '75-80s 35mm SLR Pentax (2nd hand obviously, and you want a K-mount camera body) and as many lenses as you can afford, 35mm, 50mm and a good zoom as standard, and then buy up anything you like the sound of.
Why Pentax and k-mount? You can use old K-mount lenses on a modern pentax DSLR/SLR, but you can also use them on just about any modern DSLR with a simple metal adapter. And the old SMC lenses are good glass. |
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| Disgorging Legion |
| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:32 pm |
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| 2 grand on a lens not that much? Obv you can spend a lot more on it but I know a good few people making a living on lenses like that. And I know people that have spent a lot more on that and turn out some of the most boring photography you'll see. |
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| Shunyata |
| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:17 pm |
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Disgorging Legion wrote: 2 grand on a lens not that much? Obv you can spend a lot more on it but I know a good few people making a living on lenses like that. And I know people that have spent a lot more on that and turn out some of the most boring photography you'll see.
Of course, but what I mean is that proportional to a great many other goods and items, photography gear is completely "overpriced". It's an expensive hobby to have or profession to be in, and the faster people appreciate that, the less it stings. |
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| thejuice |
| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:43 am |
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Got given a Nikon D3100 for my 30th a few weeks ago. My first SLR camera. Had a go with gig photography last night with some varying results. Lots of blurry heads and hands.
I was aware of the need for low aperture and no flash but unfortunately I don’t know the lingo of the camera or my way around it so I just flicked between auto, sports and messing with manual (P?) settings. I guess I need to learn the symbols and whatnot all mean first. |
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