The life of a Rave Photographer

[Signal55ent]

Hey fellas, new on this forum. Im gunna keep this thread Running with the top shots from each of my weekly shows!

Id love the feedback and would love to see other event photographers jump on in with their nightlife love!

SO LETS GET IT STARTED!!!

Here are a few shots from last weekend!

all comments and adive is always welcome!

 

[ghache]

Subscripted,

Hot girls on Kool Beans are always fun to watch!

 

[Signal55ent]

Subscripted,

Hot girls on Kool Beans are always fun to watch!

Sigh... as I agree, im also looking for help on improvement!

Advice is welcome, don't make me post only guy pics now...

 

[ghache]

Subscripted,

Hot girls on Kool Beans are always fun to watch!

Sigh... as I agree, im also looking for help on improvement!

Advice is welcome, don't make me post only guy pics now...

Just a cool trick for you! put your flash in rear sync and 2nd rear curtain sync! you will get some amazing effect! once you learn how to control it, you will get all that colorfull embiant light while getting sharp image of what your focusing on!

here some reading for you on it

An Explanation of 2nd Curtain Sync Flash (or Slow Sync Flash)

13 Great Examples of Slow Sync Flash Images

 

[Signal55ent]

Subscripted,

Hot girls on Kool Beans are always fun to watch!

Sigh... as I agree, im also looking for help on improvement!

Advice is welcome, don't make me post only guy pics now...

Just a cool trick for you! put your flash in rear sync and 2nd rear curtain sync! you will get some amazing effect! once you learn how to control it, you will get all that colorfull embiant light while getting sharp image of what your focusing on!

here some reading for you on it

An Explanation of 2nd Curtain Sync Flash (or Slow Sync Flash)

13 Great Examples of Slow Sync Flash Images

my next gig is on friday!

Ill definatly try these tricks, thank you

 

[Signal55ent]

Last weekend, i was supposed to go down to LA and shoot a 15,000 person massive show... Sadly, permits where taken away, and some stuff went south, and the show got cancelled.

So i stayed up in seattle and did the small warehouse party instead. Tried some different settings... The pics seemed to turn out cleaner! And the color more vibrant!

 

[Signal55ent]

a few from last night!

 

[altitude604]

That's Aaron Simpson innit?

 

[TamgerineM]

I really like these. Me and my flash have a very poor relationship but you seem to be able to control it really well which makes me want to practice. Some of the people in your pictures look absolutely slizzered.

 

[atabrem]

your images are a bit yellow.. the people all look like they have jaundice. try correcting your wb, your flash, or take some yellow out in ps.. i know nothing about flash (i am a natural light photog) so i can't help you with HOW to fix it.. i like the idea what another pp said about getting more ambient light tho! all these look great tho imo, and FUN!

 

[thetathink]

People still go to raves? lol

 

[kasperjd4]

That girl in #2 looks exactly like the girl that sits next to me in my class....... I wonder....

 

[Twisted_Pixel]

Nice to see someone else's take on club nights. Though my crowd is more metal and punk fans.
Definitely going to explore that slow synch flash technique mentioned by ghache.

Since you requested others, will post up a few of mine below. Still learning, but the crowd seem to enjoy my presence at the nights so far.

All straight from camera, bar the resize and watermarking.

 

[Lodd]

@Twisted_Pixel. You should set the Camera to Aperture priority and the flash to rear sync. to get the mood.

@Signal55ent. Are you using any light modifiers like a lumiquests 20-80 or such?
And do you use gels on the flash? if so. Which?

 

[ghache]

a few from last night!

WTF is wrong with the guy in tyhe back.

Its Okay to get drunk/high on Kool Beans and have some fun but once you put a pacefier in your mouth then now you have a problem. LOLLLL

that picture is awesome btw!

have you tried rear sync with your flash?