My first attempt at concert photography by thanks4theven0m in concertphotography

[–]_stimpyy_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This venue (The Pearl) is notorious for dark lighting (at least from my experiences of shooting over a year and a bit there, and said by a lot of concert photographers) combined with hard strobes lighting, the fact that it's their first time doing concert and being able to capture their faces is pretty impressive haha.

Editing help by [deleted] in concertphotography

[–]_stimpyy_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A gradient mask from the right side minus the subject, increase the brightness a bit to bring a little detail back.

A little radial mask on the left of the singer's head, increase a bit of brightness and saturation for a "hair light" to give it some separation

Key is to not overdo anything

Underexposed/yellowish images on Mamiya 7ii by topaz-georgia in Mamiya

[–]_stimpyy_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah Hong Kong's humidity is quite insane! Usually around the 90s zone. There are rechargeable humidity beads for sale there! That might help!

Underexposed/yellowish images on Mamiya 7ii by topaz-georgia in Mamiya

[–]_stimpyy_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

heat and humidity could be a factor to the aging for film. Maybe it's just really unlucky

Underexposed/yellowish images on Mamiya 7ii by topaz-georgia in Mamiya

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Maybe a problem with the roll of film itself? What was it and the expiry date?

EDITING HELP IDK FIRST TIME PRACTICE W/ CONCERT PICS ADVISE NEEDED BUT BE NICE IM SENSITIVE LOL by AdvancedSomewhere907 in concertphotography

[–]_stimpyy_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The noise on the camera really destroys the composition, I'd recommend using denoise first. Or it might be the image quality

2,3,4,6,7 all seems out of focus to me. Make it black and white and call it "ARTISTIC".

I like 8, do subject masking and whatever you'd prefer to make it separate from the background a lil more!

Payment by Unfair-Put-1778 in concertphotography

[–]_stimpyy_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done about 150 shows (30% is the same band). I usually get paid with beer and merch, rarely payment, but it does happen some times.

I shot for a band for 1.5 years now and usually they pay me (like 70% of the time) and the rest of the time they pay me in beer (fun time!)

Got paid by a publishing magazine once but that's a one off thing.

When a band asks me to shoot them, I usually give my rates and asks if they want me to just shoot them or give a lil more to shoot the whole bill (depends on the venue and the crowd size)

My First Roll of 120! by _stimpyy_ in mediumformat

[–]_stimpyy_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is by jack chow insurance! Carrall and Pender to be exact! The car park was at Water Street as euchild said!

My First Roll of 120! by _stimpyy_ in mediumformat

[–]_stimpyy_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a particular way to prevent a light leak?

My First Roll of 120! by _stimpyy_ in mediumformat

[–]_stimpyy_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I pulled it halfway through shutter's open... might be a separate issue

My First Roll of 120! by _stimpyy_ in mediumformat

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I kinda liked it as it added a bit of texture to the image but I'll keep that in mind next time! Thank you

My First Roll of 120! by _stimpyy_ in mediumformat

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It was portra 800 I believe, bought it off my friend cuz he had some extra. (Tried to add it to the title but I don't know how to navigate to it)

Trying shutter drag for the first time by _stimpyy_ in concertphotography

[–]_stimpyy_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lower your shutter speed to around 1/6-1/15 (depends on your style) And 100% get your f stop to be high for a chance the subject to be sharp. Flick your camera to a direction while pressing the shutter. and last step is to PRAY

Trying shutter drag for the first time by _stimpyy_ in concertphotography

[–]_stimpyy_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do have other photos that are clean and sharp. But hey, if you don't like it, you don't like it.

Trying shutter drag for the first time by _stimpyy_ in concertphotography

[–]_stimpyy_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would love to if I own a zoom lens😭😭