I have just found out I have been assigned to cover this weekends radio 1 big weekend in Carlisle. I have been told I will need a long lens to shoot lady GaGa & the Foo fighters.

Could some kind soul please lend / rent me a 400mm f4 plus lens. Can be manual focus beggars can't be choosers.

Preferably in the north of England so I can collect on my way to Carlisle on Saturday & drop off Sunday evening.

I know its a big ask and understand if no one wants to lend out one of their babies.

Cheers

Gary

I like them all but the Urban Gardener is the stand out for me, the way the lines in the garden lead to the gardener & then leads into the scene is well composed.

not so keen on 1 or 3 the shadow is a little annoying but 2 is superb & the shadows help define the dunes & give texture & form.

Cheers for sharing.

I think they should be doing a tie up with Call Of Duty that black & white grey one looks ace.... I so want that...

Spent a weekend in Manchester & whilst there photographed one of my local Grimsby bands who where playing at The Night & Day Cafe. After shooting teh live shots I had a brief couple of minutes to capture some posed promo shots. Literally got 2 shots of each pose & thankfully nailed them all with their eyes open within those shots...

The band wanted a backstage shot, the first image & I noticed the doors on the building next door which I wanted to sue for the second shot.

Shot with GX20, Tamron 17-50mm f/4 1/60 & in TaV mode, Metz 48 af1 flash set to bounce in first image & direct aim in second. Flash fitted with a cheap ebay diffuser. Flash set to Manual & 1/32 setting.

Don't boxing rings have lots of lighting above them? I think 17-50 & 50-135mm would have the ring well covered. I am guessing you will be photographing from one side of the ring???

YI take exception to that. I said in the other thread if an amateur photographer wants to shoot models for experience then there are lots of models on model mayhem willing to shoot time for CD or print which would be mutually beneficial to both model & photographer. Models shooting tfcd or tfp is recognised in the model industry as a way of models getting experience

I also said in the other thread don't give away your work for free. The example above of giving away images for access is a good idea. I would add the importance of getting the church to sign a property release form for next time you shoot so you are free to sell.

I have shot & given images away to websites in the past purely to get access to various events which wouldn't be possible just applying on my own bat.... its all about getting something in return just don't give away images for a bye line which will bring you no work in whatsoever....

Leon Neal's blog about getting the kiss shot for AFP, imagine his thoughts when told the shots from teh first kiss where soft.... Bet he was counting his blessings for the second kiss...

Leon Neal's Blog

ISO 6400 does come in handy for slow glass. But I would prefer fast glass over high ISO capability any day...

From my own experience the k-r is a vast improvement over the k-x & I don't say that lightly, the k-r is just so responsive in focusing & processing speed.

Live at Leeds is a music festival held in various venues around Leeds, with over a 100 acts over 12 venues a lo of careful planning & breakthrough band knowledge is needed.

Because of the various venues used, lighting goes from superb to non existant, with the no flash rule being strictly adhered to, it became apparent I would have to use on camera flash. I also had to get my SMC F 50mm 1.4 out for some shots, I hadn't used that for such a long time i had forgotten just how good it was. I also bumped into a fellow Pentax shooter who was working for ITV Calendar news website. He was using a K-5 with a Sigma 50-150 f/2.8, so there are more of us out there...

All shot with Tamron 17-50mm except for the one shot with the 50mm.

Here goes with the piccies....

Pigeon Detectives held a secret gig at tiny Leeds Cockpit, with no pit shooting in the swaying moshing pit was necessary, sometimes pretty scary too, but hadn't shot from the crowd for a long time & I quiet enjoyed it to be honest.




The Twilight Sad where very good & definately ones to watch, the lighting in the Leeds Met was just about non existant so the 50mm was used for this stopped down to f/2 for a little help with focussing.




Aloe Blacc is an american soul sensation, when record companies send artist over from the states & when offered the chance of a larger venue but decline it is usually so they can say so many people where locked outside & after leaving the venue it would appear to be true with over 200 people outside desperate to get in to the tiny Faversham venue.

Lighting was barely non existent with just the tiny ceiling lights & four mini stage lights half away back into the venue, so breaking the no flash rule the Metz 48 made an appearance, set to bounce with diffuser, 1/16 setting aperture f/4 for depth, shutter 1/250 & ISO 1000, was really pleased with the outcome of this one.




Finally a bit of glam with Leila Moss who is the lead singer of The Duke Spirit, looking very similar to Kate Moss she really rocks out. Metering for this was really difficult with the glittery jacket & this is a tad over exposed, when correcting in lightroom it didn't look right, so I decided to keep the overexposed look, softens her skin a little.




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Hopefully next week I will be shooting Hugh Laurie the actor who is touring with his blues album next week, which should be very interesting..