[ Images ] Gemma Hayes & Sive

Some images from a gig over the weekend… Gemma Hayes, supported by Sive

Click to read more ...

Interpol at The Olympia

Some images from a recent Interpol gig, plus a few tips on how to get better images if you’re in similar lighting conditions

Click to read more ...

Lights Out!

I’m not a Robbie Williams fan, but the video below from a recent Nikon Ad is a great example of when you should switch the flash off:

How do you think all those photos turned out?

It’s common for a camera to look upon a dark scene (such as standing in the crowd at a gig/match/event) and determine that it needs a pop of flash to expose the scene correctly. The trouble is, that tiny flash only has the power to light the back of a few heads in front of you.

You’re far better off disabling the flash to get a good shot

A few tips:

• Disable the flash, obviously
• Switch the camera to shutter priority mode (‘Tv’ for Canon,’S’ for Nikon). I usually start at 1/15th of a second and work from there
• Keep the camera as steady as possible when you’re shooting
• Turn the ISO up as high as it needs to go to make decent exposures, it shouldn’t matter if they’re a tad underexposed
• Hand holding at slow shutter speeds is going to produce a lot of blurry images, be sure to take loads of shots (as the saying goes… throw enough shit at the wall and some of it’s bound to stick!)

The same principle can be applied to low light photography in general. Unless you want to illuminate a subject in very close proximity to the camera, you’re probably better off turning the lights out.

More coming soon

Daithí

Harvest

I had the opportunity to shoot Harvest, a Neil Young tribute band, in The Cobblestone last week. The place was fully sold out and the guys put on a great show.

Click to read more ...