what not to do when shooting...

Post by **Nigel** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 11:57 pm

I was there with Steve...My meter was giving just over a 1(Spot reading off the highlight). The lights were 5 dimly aimed Lekos with gels on them. It was far from ideal and yes whilst there would have been an exposure it would have been muddy and nasty.

It was a wise move that we didn't shoot anything--Next time Steve will get exactly what he needs and wants.

Good Luck

Post by **steve hyde** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:06 am

Thanks for the feedback you guys. And thanks to Nigel to coming out to work on this project last night ..Yeah, we were ready to go -- 8 carts of 500T to cover one five minute song. Two good cameras charged and ready to roll. We had a check list of shots we knew we needed to make it good. I had compiled all the advice you guys had put forth into my notes and devised a few strategies for getting good "pick ups" and "sync shots" -- but then the stage lighting was shit and we had to make the go /no go call. We knew we could just film it and obtain some highlights, but I didn't want a muddy look -- it just didn't make sense for this particular band... The idea for this shoot was spontaneous -- dreamed up just a couple days ago... In a way, I'm glad we didn't shoot up this stock. I've got some other ideas that could be more fruitful..

Again thanks,

Steve

Post by **mattias** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:19 pm

Nigel wrote:The lights were 5 dimly aimed Lekos with gels on them.

did the audience see the band? i was at many concerts like that in the early 90's, and it was only when the emergency exit sign reflected off a guitar that you got any proof that you weren't listeing to a tape... :-)

/matt

Post by **norb** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:53 pm

i'm glad you made the call that you did. hopefully you take the next take with 50,000 volts worth of lights on the band...

did the band have a problem, or was it the venue? anyway, blast 'em with light the next time around. g'luck.

Post by **mattias** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:10 pm

norb wrote:volts

um, okay, remind me to never hire you as a gaffer on any of my gigs. :-)

/matt

Post by **norb** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:31 pm

mattias wrote:
norb wrote:volts
um, okay, remind me to never hire you as a gaffer on any of my gigs.

/matt

;P

Post by **steve hyde** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:45 am

In case you were curious, I've posted a couple stills to the following webpage. These shots were taken with and SLR, Neopan 400 with an F1.8 55mm prime. The muddy shot was made wide open at 1/60 and the shot with blacks was made wide open at 1/15

http://faculty.washington.edu/sjh7/derik.htm

I can't imagine getting an image that looks remotely like the one I shot at 1/15 under the lighting conditions we had to deal with. Even with 7218!

Again thanks,

Steve
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