Recent content by PGowdy

Yeah definitely stage lighting. I've played many a gig in the past and am now hoping to learn how to shoot them. The lighting is more often than not red and green, sometimes blue and usually switches intermittently throughout the show. The better venues will also have white lighting to...

Nice. Thanks Derek.

Don't mind at all. Any and all views on this are welcome. I have some B&W ones of the gig and due to the poor focus they tend to look a lot better than the colour ones. Thanks.

Excellent. Thanks again.

"You were shooting with the camera in Auto mode?" Yes, some of the time. Cos the camera was away from my eye. Thanks for all the pointers. These have been altered only slightly. Just a little contrast and sharpness here and there. I'm not very good at that sort of thing and don't yet have...

Most of them i was trying to focus on the musician and many i was using auto. What setting would give me a less 'narrow depth of field'? I did find this a problem with the focus being too specific in many of the pics. Something you'd want in close up/still life but not when shooting a band. With...

Yeah, as i said, the lighting was baaad.... all dark greens and reds and no white lighting at all! I knew i was in trouble as soon as the first band came on. It was a grubby student union in north london and i think they had about 3 lights in total! The band are well known to student types and...

Hi, thanks Steven. I hope to upgrade at some point but it may be a year or so. until then i'll just have to go to gigs with better lighting. ;) Here's a few of the better shots from the night. Bare in mind this was my first ever gig shoot so be kind. ps. Would the D90 be much better at...

Hey guys, thanks for the helpful advice. I know a more expensive camera will eventually be the answer for real quality pics in such a harsh environment but for now i'm just looking to get the best with what i have... till i can afford an upgrade. From advice i've had on another forum and this...

Hi, I am new to photography and specifically indoor gig photography is something i need a little help with. I own a Nikon D3100 and have the 55mm lens it comes with plus a 35mm AF1.8 lens. I was recently talking pictures at a gig where obviously, the lighting was extremely poor(as it normally...