Coffee-Shop Band Session Advice? Thanks in Advance! <3

[DiskoJoe]

Kit lens indoor at night. Funny. youd be better off using an iphone.

 

[hugadinosaur]

As others have said you need a fast lens for low light conditions. I personally am hesitant to shoot wide open because you have such a short DOF & focusing is difficult in low light. Here are a couple I took with f1.4 lenses shot @ f2 & my ISO maxed out @3200.


1. 58mm f1.4, squeaked out a shutter speed of 1/80s.

2. 50mm f1.4, I only got a shutter speed of 1/25s & you can see a lot of motion blur.

3. Now this shot was taken with a 45mm f2 lens wide open & I got a shutter speed of 1/50s.

These are all manual focus lenses that I use.

All though I am not COMPLETELY certain, I am fairly sure that these are the types of musicians I will be photographing, and the lighting conditions may be much the same. However, with this place I never really know what to expect; they are quite a surprise. Thank you so much once again! I'm super excited for a new adventure!

 

[hugadinosaur]

Kit lens indoor at night. Funny. youd be better off using an iphone.

You might be very intrigued what a combination of quirkyness and creativity will to do a person and their camera