{"id":1905,"date":"2014-09-29T23:29:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T03:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2014-09-29T23:39:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T03:39:42","slug":"2014-gainesville-finals-shots-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/29\/2014-gainesville-finals-shots-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Gainesville shots up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2014<\/a>
\nShots from the night show at the 2014 Gainesville<\/a> are up on the site.<\/p>\n

As usual promoter Tony Curtis put on a first-class event. I did have a slightly rough time with the morning show shots; even though I had a great seat and an occasionally unblocked view of the stage, I was sitting too close to the stage and I found myself “sweeping” the view across it, meaning I was constantly tweaking the exposure triangle instead of composing shots.<\/p>\n

On the way out I realized that I could use the venue’s smaller scale to my advantage; checking from the back of the room that my longest lens had all the range I needed plus some, I asked promoter Tony if I could shoot the night show from the sound booth. He thought I was nuts, but he needed someone to handle a few lighting chores anyway so he agreed. <\/p>\n

I deployed on a tripod and, well, the results speak for themselves– some of the best show shots I’ve ever taken. The deep range meant that the “sweep” angle was just a few degrees; parallax was negligible, the lighting consistency across the view was outstanding, and I was shooting over<\/em> the heads I usually have to shoot through<\/em>.<\/p>\n

On the down side, I did<\/em> lose quite a few shots to motion blur, mostly in the fingertips– I really didn’t want to push the ISO past 1600, but looking more closely I think I left some light on the table; I probably could have shortened the exposure time enough to compensate had I known that blur was going to be an issue. (I really<\/strong> need to spend the time to figure out how to shoot tethered to a laptop, or get a monitor– there are details the camera screen just can’t show.) And shooting from the tripod meant I spent 95% of the show on my feet, which got a bit painful near the end.<\/p>\n

But overall, a resounding success. I used the same concept at the Daytona show the next weekend and from first glance the results are also very good. It will be a little before that<\/strong> show is up– since I was experimenting, I took almost 4000 shots (!) — and it will be even longer before I get a chance to move Susan’s page from “mini-shoot” to full page status and then get the Gainesville prejudging shots up (if they’re even worth salvaging). <\/p>\n

Due to unavoidable schedule conflicts, though, Daytona was likely my last show for this year, so there shouldn’t be any other distractions. Enjoy these shots; I certainly enjoyed the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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