LENS CAPTURE

Vol. 3 No. 2


I had a great time last night when I went to see Button Down Runner playing at The Trash Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  Live music is always a blast and these guys put on a good show!


Photographing musicians at local venues can be extremely challenging. Dimly lit and normally crowded conditions can present some obstacles. Shooting manual and bumping up the ISO pretty high is a must.  If you use flash, I recommend the rear curtain/slow sync setting to prevent your backgrounds from going black and losing all detail.  A stabilized lens really can help out when hand-holding at slower shutter speeds. 

A final recommendation is to shoot raw format (vs. jpeg) so you can adjust the white balance in post production.  I use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for the majority of my post production work.  With the various colored stage lights, it's very difficult to select the best setting in the camera.  If you must, or don't have a choice but jpeg, then put some trust in your camera's "Auto" white balance setting.