Bend The Light
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My daughter was recently part of a show. I was asked to take some photos as I did last year. The photos are not being paid for, I am doing them as a favour to help out the theatre company. They did give me a free 2 page spread in the programme, though, comprising several of my shots from last year's performance. Programs sold to over 300 people, so that's not bad advertising, eh?
Anyway, I took a lot of shots at the dressed rehearsal. In low/stage light, I have only 2 options for lens: an f2.8 135mm, and a f1.8 50mm, both manual. I use a 400d. With the ISO set at 800, in this light, the shots were still very noisy. Higher ISO makes them almost unusable. I find that red lights make it so difficult...why is that??
So, here are a couple of shots, which I have processed in Topaz. Bear in mind that they will not be used bigger than 8"x10", and mostly will be used on a small monitor as a display in a front office, so no point pixel peeping
Blood Brothers - I coulda been him by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr
Memory - Ballet Sequence by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr
masquerade 5 by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr
And one of my daughter (she's 5) singing her solo lines to "Toot Sweets" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. She did it in front of 300+ people on Sunday. Very proud of her.
Toot Sweets - Ruby by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr
Thoughts on noise, Topaz, pictures and lights, please.
Anyway, I took a lot of shots at the dressed rehearsal. In low/stage light, I have only 2 options for lens: an f2.8 135mm, and a f1.8 50mm, both manual. I use a 400d. With the ISO set at 800, in this light, the shots were still very noisy. Higher ISO makes them almost unusable. I find that red lights make it so difficult...why is that??
So, here are a couple of shots, which I have processed in Topaz. Bear in mind that they will not be used bigger than 8"x10", and mostly will be used on a small monitor as a display in a front office, so no point pixel peeping
Blood Brothers - I coulda been him by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr
Memory - Ballet Sequence by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr
masquerade 5 by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr
And one of my daughter (she's 5) singing her solo lines to "Toot Sweets" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. She did it in front of 300+ people on Sunday. Very proud of her.
Toot Sweets - Ruby by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr
Thoughts on noise, Topaz, pictures and lights, please.