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Comment by cabstar posted on JLS Motorpoint Arena Sheffield at 06/01/2011 - 16:55
First gig of the new year, JLS with 13000 screaming girls, wow where the ya loud crowd
If you haven't heard of JLS they won X factor two years ago.
Was allowed first three songs, song one was a video ;-( song 2 was in a car which was crained across the audience & finally song 3 they where on stage so not much shooting time at all. But a great stage set.
All shot;
ISO 1000
Aperture f/2.8
Shutter speeds 1/100 to 1/320
Samsung GX20
Lenses DA* 50-135mm & Tamron 17-50mm
Full set on Flickr here
If you haven't heard of JLS they won X factor two years ago.
Was allowed first three songs, song one was a video ;-( song 2 was in a car which was crained across the audience & finally song 3 they where on stage so not much shooting time at all. But a great stage set.
All shot;
ISO 1000
Aperture f/2.8
Shutter speeds 1/100 to 1/320
Samsung GX20
Lenses DA* 50-135mm & Tamron 17-50mm
Full set on Flickr here
Comment by cabstar posted on JLS Motorpoint Arena Sheffield at 06/01/2011 - 16:00
The developing tools in Lightroom are also laid out in the order you should use them from top to bottom.
So cropping adjustments, color spots, etc
Temperature
Exposure
tone curve
split toning
sharpening
finally noise
& then lens
When using the sharpening tool, on pc press & hold the alt key whilst making adjustments so you can see the difference the settings make, finally the masking is the most importance, this selects which parts of the photo you want sharpening, so if you dont want any of the background sharpening slide the mask tool most of teh way to the right whilst pressing down the alt key to see which parts are to be sharpened.
So cropping adjustments, color spots, etc
Temperature
Exposure
tone curve
split toning
sharpening
finally noise
& then lens
When using the sharpening tool, on pc press & hold the alt key whilst making adjustments so you can see the difference the settings make, finally the masking is the most importance, this selects which parts of the photo you want sharpening, so if you dont want any of the background sharpening slide the mask tool most of teh way to the right whilst pressing down the alt key to see which parts are to be sharpened.
Comment by cabstar posted on Lightroom 3 - performance? at 30/12/2010 - 01:43
2010 has been very very good year, through facebook I have found relatives in Oz who came & visited this year, have lost no friends or family either.
Photography wise career goes from strength to strength.
Covered four of the biggest music festivals including Glastonbury where I had access to all stages for the first time. Also got to shoot two festivals in Ibiza plus my image of Pete Doherty in Ibiza was published in the Sun's Bizarre page. Was accepted by one of the worlds largest entertainment agencies & last month was accepted on to the books of another huge agency where I have become their live music photographer for the north of England.
Have had three lead reviews in Clash magazine including getting to shoot Patti Smith who is possibly one of the few influences on me.
Had my first cd cover printed.
I am now regularly shooting the large arena shows.
For 2011
To sell more images
To shoot more festivals for agency stock
To be regularly published in the national press
To be published in the Live section of NME
To get two k-5 bodies to take advantage of the high ISO capabilities & that low light focussing improvement.
Photography wise career goes from strength to strength.
Covered four of the biggest music festivals including Glastonbury where I had access to all stages for the first time. Also got to shoot two festivals in Ibiza plus my image of Pete Doherty in Ibiza was published in the Sun's Bizarre page. Was accepted by one of the worlds largest entertainment agencies & last month was accepted on to the books of another huge agency where I have become their live music photographer for the north of England.
Have had three lead reviews in Clash magazine including getting to shoot Patti Smith who is possibly one of the few influences on me.
Had my first cd cover printed.
I am now regularly shooting the large arena shows.
For 2011
To sell more images
To shoot more festivals for agency stock
To be regularly published in the national press
To be published in the Live section of NME
To get two k-5 bodies to take advantage of the high ISO capabilities & that low light focussing improvement.
Comment by cabstar posted on OK, I'll ask. at 30/12/2010 - 01:36
SmutjeUK wrote:
So, Flickr as a storage medium is a no no from the start.
The same is for most of the rest. I know that a lot here would be honoured to have their picture taken by some agency but as long as you do not get paid in full it is just another scam. Sorry but this is my personal opinion only.
Agree or dis-agree, all the agency's are involved in one way or the other in this and you may not even realise that your picture has been taken for a cover somewhere and you did not see a penny.
There should be something like the NUJ (in the UK) that you can become a member of, where you are officially recognised and who is fighting for your rights if someone makes big £££ out of a picture that is yours in the first place.
Onlie backup is a no no for me because of all of the small print I may not see.
Getty can only sell your images if you choose to let them on flickr, they will also only sell the image if they have a client to sell it too.flossie wrote:
p.s.
the warrantee on a harddisc is useless, you don't get the data back, you just get a new (blank) drive.
Then you got 'Getty Images' that can do as they want, and there is a way around any licence that you think you may have.p.s.
the warrantee on a harddisc is useless, you don't get the data back, you just get a new (blank) drive.
So, Flickr as a storage medium is a no no from the start.
The same is for most of the rest. I know that a lot here would be honoured to have their picture taken by some agency but as long as you do not get paid in full it is just another scam. Sorry but this is my personal opinion only.
Agree or dis-agree, all the agency's are involved in one way or the other in this and you may not even realise that your picture has been taken for a cover somewhere and you did not see a penny.
There should be something like the NUJ (in the UK) that you can become a member of, where you are officially recognised and who is fighting for your rights if someone makes big £££ out of a picture that is yours in the first place.
Onlie backup is a no no for me because of all of the small print I may not see.
Copyright protection within the UK is very easy, with easy access to courts etc. I have successfully settled out of court this year for a breach of copyright for one of my images used by a huge fashion company. This company sponsors tv stations, tv programmes & has many of the worlds top models working on its books, from finding the breach to settlement & the amount I wanted in my bank account took only 13 days.
Most of my income through photography is now generated by chasing copyright infringements. Turn copyright infringement into money & not only do you make people more copyright aware, you can get a good income from it.
As for back up systems, I bin the majority of my images on edit, so from one shoot I may be left with 10 to 20 images. These are kept on my laptops second partition, which is backed up to an external hdd, which is backed up to DVDr, which is backed up to my online disc space. Finally my best images I print out at 12 x 8 & stored in protective wrapper of site.
I liek to have all my images with me, as I never know when I may get asked to licence an image. When I was shooting at Latitude Festival this year, a minor pop singer died, who I had photographed the previous December. Having the image on my laptop got me a sale with a newspaper which I wouldn't have got if I hadn't had it on my laptop.
Comment by cabstar posted on Please back up your photos. at 30/12/2010 - 01:24
oh yes the 50-135 is the dogs danglies & my favourite lens by a longway...
Comment by cabstar posted on lenses confused at 24/12/2010 - 12:14
#1 is a little untidy as to what the subject is, the walkway through the graveyard splits the image. if taken more to the right this could have been avoided & made the headstones the main subject with them being in the foreground & background.
#2 i like classic use for rule of thirds, would have liked to have seen the image a little more exposed as i feel there is more detail to be had out of that head stone.
#3 could be a little wider to read all the headstone but good exposure.
#4 the plant shadows are very annoying & ruin for me what is a well executed composition.
you have convinced me to shoot some graveyards now next week
#2 i like classic use for rule of thirds, would have liked to have seen the image a little more exposed as i feel there is more detail to be had out of that head stone.
#3 could be a little wider to read all the headstone but good exposure.
#4 the plant shadows are very annoying & ruin for me what is a well executed composition.
you have convinced me to shoot some graveyards now next week
Comment by cabstar posted on Frozen in eternity at 23/12/2010 - 23:04
if you are shooting low iso & need faster af then k-7
if shooting higher iso but af speed not an issue then k20
myself i would get a k20 with the extra money ssved get a 35mm 2.4, but thats just me
oh grip for k-7 alot more expensive than k20 also but k-7 grip can be used on k-5 if you choose to upgrade later
both are very good cameras.
if shooting higher iso but af speed not an issue then k20
myself i would get a k20 with the extra money ssved get a 35mm 2.4, but thats just me
oh grip for k-7 alot more expensive than k20 also but k-7 grip can be used on k-5 if you choose to upgrade later
both are very good cameras.
Comment by cabstar posted on Final decision 'new' K20 or K-7 only £200 difference at 23/12/2010 - 18:39
to be honest he started off like michael jackson but ended up more like janet
although not a sell our there was approx 8000 ladies there & maybe 6 dads
although not a sell our there was approx 8000 ladies there & maybe 6 dads
Comment by cabstar posted on Peter Andre Sheffield Arena at 19/12/2010 - 12:57
Last gig of the year for me, not everyone's cup of tea but some great photo opportunities.
These are all shot Samsung GX20, Tamron 17-50mm 2.8
ISO 1250
Aperture f/4
Post processing Lightroom 3.3
These are all shot Samsung GX20, Tamron 17-50mm 2.8
ISO 1250
Aperture f/4
Post processing Lightroom 3.3
Comment by cabstar posted on Peter Andre Sheffield Arena at 19/12/2010 - 04:26
Not reknown for my X Factor knowledge lol....