MOJA Concert

ginger_55

I have one picture. These files are HUGE. One of them is too big to download. A group of about 5 or 6 takes 1/2 hour. Do you all download files that big to smugmug, and then to here.

It was a great concert. It is late/early. I finally decided that I want to see these.

ginger (I have no clue as to what I am doing when I work these photos up.)




This a picture of where the concert was. It belongs to the College of Charleston. It is called the Cistern. I love it! Live oaks, moss, just a good feeling. For this concert they had round tables with chairs. The other ones I have been to here, they have had just the folding chairs in rows. General admission, so there is usually a line of early arrivals looking for the perfect seat.

Andy

ginger_55 wrote:

I have one picture. These files are HUGE. One of them is too big to download. A group of about 5 or 6 takes 1/2 hour. Do you all download files that big to smugmug, and then to here.

It was a great concert. It is late/early. I finally decided that I want to see these.

ginger (I have no clue as to what I am doing when I work these photos up.)

1/30th sec, f/5.6, iso 1600, -2/3s exposure compensation. you listen good, girlie! i like this pic, a lot. the movement of the sax does it for me. nice work.

ginger, dear: if you are only uploading for display purposes (not for print sale) you could simply do the following:

1. normal workflow in photoshop at home. save the file as a psd or full size jpg.

2. resize the pic to 800px on the longest side. don't forget your noise reduction or sharpening etc.

3. choose save-as under the file menu, save as filename-800px or some such name, and choose compression level 7 or 8 on the ensuing menu.

4. upload this much smaller file to smugmug (it'll be about 100 to 150 kb) vs the 1.5mb that your sax player was.

capisce?

ginger_55

Hand held the 79-300 IS

tmlphoto

Cool shots Ginger, thanks for sharing.

lynnma

Yes Ginger.. great shots all of them.

digismile

Great shots ginger! I wish more places around here let you take photos during concerts. Most of our venues don`t even allow small pocket cameras (if they find them) let alone a D-SLR.

Looked like a fantastic time.

Brad

ginger_55

digismile wrote:

Great shots ginger! I wish more places around here let you take photos during concerts. Most of our venues don`t even allow small pocket cameras (if they find them) let alone a D-SLR.

Looked like a fantastic time.

Brad

Maybe because it is outdoors? Here. I had a ball. I get brave when I have a camera. I was as close as we could get in a non reserved table, about 50 yards, Bill said. But I was all over the place before I was through.

A pro photographer decided I needed a flash, he put one of his on my camera, then he couldn't get it off, , he had to take off to get some pictures as the sax guy went off through the crowd........he probably thought he might lose his strobe. He wasn't going to lose anything, I waited a sec or so, then I was right behind him.

After the sax guy went back to the stage he got his strobe off of my camera. I kept telling him that my "professor" didn't want me using a strobe, that I was shooting RAW and was getting what I needed, just enjoying myself. We couldn't hear each other............the noise for him, and I had my hearing aids turned half down as the music was actually so loud it would have cut out my aids.

I even went behind the stage, nothing back there, but the pro came back,too. I thought gee, must be something when a pro is curious that I have something he is missing.

I was carrying my purse, my camera bag and a jacket. I thought about events and experiences I read about in DC and NYC. I don't think we have a homeland security here. It sure was fun.

ginger

Thanks for looking and commenting on the photos. I have more, but I decided "more" might be too much. I might change, and/or, add to this thing, if I get bored. I have several with the super blur, remember, I do like that. I was taking those when that guy put the strobe on my camera.

And the close up head shots, lots of those. Also I sat down and shot up a lot, got rid of the backgroud. Unless I wanted it.

ginger_55

Oh, great music, too. He is Kirk Whalum. I knew I would be tempted to buy a CD, but I looked him up on iTunes, before we went. I can get his music there.

ginger

(I haven't been to the Cistern in a couple of years. Most events there are close to $50.00 a piece, this was $18.00, and the best I have heard/seen in that place.)

digismile

"Professor" Andy ... I like it

snapapple

Great shots Ginger....
These are wonderful. Sounds like you had a good time. Nice to see what can be done without a tripod.

happysnapper

ginger_55 wrote:

I have one picture. These files are HUGE. One of them is too big to download. A group of about 5 or 6 takes 1/2 hour. Do you all download files that big to smugmug, and then to here.

It was a great concert. It is late/early. I finally decided that I want to see these.

ginger (I have no clue as to what I am doing when I work these photos up.)




This a picture of where the concert was. It belongs to the College of Charleston. It is called the Cistern. I love it! Live oaks, moss, just a good feeling. For this concert they had round tables with chairs. The other ones I have been to here, they have had just the folding chairs in rows. General admission, so there is usually a line of early arrivals looking for the perfect seat.

I love this shot Ginger, I can almost hear the music. I am really getting into the motion blur effect and love this touch in your photo.

Yvette

ginger_55

Thanks, Yvette. That was a "very good night", as they say. Great music and fun with the photography.

ginger