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DirtyOldMan · **Joined:** Thu May 07, 2009 9:44 pm **Posts:** 2873

As HornyToad doesnt like people hijacking his photo topic, I thought I'd start my own

Hammerfest pics to come next week

Pics from this months gigs so far....

Epica, Scala, London 15/3/11: http://www.festivalphoto.net/index.php? ... sultSite=1
Revamp, Scala, London 15/3/11: http://www.festivalphoto.net/index.php? ... rtID=18086
The Levellers, Rock city, Nottingham 12/3/11: http://www.festivalphoto.net/index.php? ... rtID=18060
The Wonderstuff, Rock city, Nottingham 12/3/11: http://www.festivalphoto.net/index.php? ... rtID=18076
KT Tunstall, HMV Forum, London 8/3/11: http://www.festivalphoto.net/index.php? ... rtID=18017

HornyToad · **Joined:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:20 am **Posts:** 7527

Cracking photos Ant.

Epica and ReVamp were jolly nice to take photos of weren't they :mrgreen:

Spaced Ace · **Posted:** Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:39 am

Good stuff mate.

I didn't look at The Levellers ones though, I can't fkn stand 'em. :lol:

DirtyOldMan · **Joined:** Thu May 07, 2009 9:44 pm **Posts:** 2873

HornyToad wrote:

Cracking photos Ant.

Epica and ReVamp were jolly nice to take photos of weren't they :mrgreen:

Cheers.

Yes I did enjoy photographing them. We were left in the pit for the whole of Revamps set

Only got the usual 3 songs for Epica though. Getting out was a challenge as the venue was packed out so around 1000 people crammed in there, so took a while to get from the pit to somewhere I could watch from (i.e the bar).

Got Symphony X, and The Primitives to photograph next week (at the same time that I should really be trying to sort the photos from Hammerfest)

DirtyOldMan · **Joined:** Thu May 07, 2009 9:44 pm **Posts:** 2873

OK, got photos up now from a couple of gigs from last week, and also from Hammerfest.

Symphony X: http://www.festivalphoto.net/index.php? ... rtID=18129

The Primitives: http://www.festivalphoto.net/index.php? ... rtID=18154

Hammerfest: http://www.festivalphoto.net/index.php? ... ivalID=917

Hammerfest pics include Accept, Attica Rage, Beholder, Breed 77, Chthonic, Entombed, Furyon, Grand Magus, Holy Grail, Idiom, Jaguar, Mordecai, My Ruin, Never means maybe, Onslaught, Sabaton, Satyricon, Sylosis, The Treatment, Triaxis, Turisas, and Wolf. Also a "festival life" section - i.e. pics of people etc.

Sadly festivalphoto seems to be playing up this evening, so links/images may not work

daveh1701 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:10 pm

Ant....what's your lens of choice for gigs??? (or a couple of lenses)

DirtyOldMan · **Joined:** Thu May 07, 2009 9:44 pm **Posts:** 2873

daveh1701 wrote:

Ant....what's your lens of choice for gigs??? (or a couple of lenses)

A Canon f2.8 24-70 Also use a 70-200 for outdoor festivals or if shooting from the crowd or seating area at HF/HRH

daveh1701 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:38 pm

DirtyOldMan wrote:

daveh1701 wrote:

Ant....what's your lens of choice for gigs??? (or a couple of lenses)

A Canon f2.8 24-70 Also use a 70-200 for outdoor festivals or if shooting from the crowd or seating area at HF/HRH

I'm about to but a 50mm f1.4 which I hope won't be too restrictive. I've used my 70-200 at several small club shows and it works a treat. I don't take it to HRH as I'd worry about it too much!!!!

DirtyOldMan · **Joined:** Thu May 07, 2009 9:44 pm **Posts:** 2873

f1.4 is a nightmare. Can get some great shots with it when the light is crap, but the depth of field is so shallow that trying to get photos of bands that move around a lot is practically impossible

daveh1701 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:31 pm

DirtyOldMan wrote:

f1.4 is a nightmare. Can get some great shots with it when the light is crap, but the depth of field is so shallow that trying to get photos of bands that move around a lot is practically impossible

I'd use it primarily for close up shots of individual members with a nice sharp facial focus.......we'll see........I need the lens for weddings too.

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