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 -- "Mona Lisa must of had the highway blues, You can tell by the way she smiles" ..Bob Dylan  You're welcome!
I just found out that you put online several tutorials I had overlooked first time. Recently I started photographing at concerts myself, and had to deal with some of the issues that you mentioned in your tutorials: mainly the red/low lights, crowded spaces, and camera noise/color cast issues. Particularry the red lights were a big issue for my first photo's to find a way to manage around. Yesterday I uploaded my first attempt. Though I had the exposure and sharpness right, I preferred to move away from a very technical approach well executed image, with less detail, and more deep inky blacks vs. intense whites. [link] . Your tutorials look very helpful. Don't mind if I already helped myself and downloaded a copy  . I will definitely make sure to read it and try to learn from another artist. Thank you again!-- Creativity; Such a Beautiful Disease  yes it's a nice shote, i noticed it while visiting your gallery. from the slight overexposure of the skin, i'd say you used only one of the color layers, possibly red.
i'm happy you find my tutorial useful; please feel free to ask if you have doubts. -- Don't take life too seriously. It's not permanent. It was the green layer in fact, it has a curves layer with a very sharp 's' curve. But the image wasn't exposed that badly actually and medium sharp. I shot with the canon 70-200L F/4 IS and 50mm F/1.4 that night, both lenses well suited for low light conditions.
Next I'm going to try one leaving most of the image intact. Any chance filtering out some of the reds, or pre-balancing out colors with a screw on filter might provide better black and whites in the end? Herre -- Creativity; Such a Beautiful Disease great lenses you have!
well about the reds my advice is to shoot in raw mode: you'll be able to adjust the white balance settings conveniently at home. if the lighting does not change during the show, you can shoot something white and then use it as white balance guide to neutralize the color cast of the lights. i'd prefer this approach over using filters, since it can give a better control and you get anyway complete, non-filtered data. during postprocessing you can also add fake lighting casts by using simple tools, like the gradient-fill tool on a separate layer and experimenting with the overlay mode of that layer itself. obviously i assume you're using a digital camera. -- Don't take life too seriously. It's not permanent. Yes, I started shooting in RAW exclusively shortly after I purchased my camera (yes, digital rebel XT, maybe a 50d or 5dI in the near future). It does make a huge difference
. I do have build up experience in photoshop, know my way and tricks around most situations, and I'm even starting to use it professionally. But I just badly underestimated the lightening conditions during this jazz concert.From both shooting concerts myself, and editing them for another photographer I was used that there would be at least some interesting light, that I could use to let it play for me. But there wasn't, and the light just works against you in every way. It all comes down to the photographer. I have been working hard for my job all week, and haven't had any time to finish editing more photos. I'd be exited to show them when I do. -- Creativity; Such a Beautiful Disease well, light is usually an issue in jazz concerts, more than in rock or pop shows.
in the future there will be cameras equipped with less noisy sensors, and this will allow to shoot at very high iso settings. i know some pro cameras already offer that feature; i mean affordable ones  can't wait to see more jazz shots of yours. -- Don't take life too seriously. It's not permanent. |
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