Good show and good luck for the future. But why the difficult upcoming
purchase decisions? You said you used everything you brought and
desired nothing that you didn't.
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
> This weekend I shot a convention and Hip Hop concert. Total image count for
> 12 hours of shooting was just under 3000 images. I shot 14 rolls of film in
> the OM-4T and the rest of the pictures were taken with the E-1. Yes, my
> hands, knees, back and feet are a bit sore today.
> Obviously, the biggest issue to overcome is the low lighting levels.
> Granted, the stage lighting was quite decent, but much of what I had to
> shoot for the client was crowd shots. Ugh--that's tough! That D3 looks
> kinda good right now... So, I was reliant upon the spillage of light from
> the stage lighting arrays. Plenty of light for the stage action, especially
> when they had the hazers going full-tilt! But the lighting grid had a huge
> amount of those newfangled colored LED lights facing back towards the crowd.
> Those lights are fine for what they are for, but they are anything but
> compatible with digital cameras. (Ain't no full-spectrum lighting from
> them). I shot film because of how film reacts to stage lights when they are
> included in the picture.
>
> The OM kit was the OM-4T with MD2, 24/2.8, 35-80/2.8 and 50/1.8. The 24/2.8
> was almost glued to the camera most of the time because I had full
> unrestricted access to the stage and needed the width. (I stayed on the
> perimeter of the stage--mostly). The E-1 had the 14-54 and also the Tokina
> 100-300/4 filled out the lens selection.
>
> The T45 proved to be invaluable when I needed to use on-camera flash, but I
> did velcro a pair of Vivitar 285HVs to a couple of front-fill speakers for
> the occasional crowd shot. (velcro straps to the rescue). The ebay remotes
> worked flawlessly and my modified trigger worked perfectly from as far as
> 100m which was the farthest I went.
>
> I spent a lot of time preparing for this shoot and with the exception of a
> spare OM body (OM-2S) and a couple spare MD batteries, I used 100% of what I
> brought and desired nothing I didn't. But as I may be doing more concert
> events, I can tell that I'm going to have to, uh, make some difficult
> purchase decisions. But image licensing from this one event may pay for
> something more substantial. :)
>
> One more concert event next week, then a major convention event the
> following week...
>
> AG
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