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Captured at a live gig by UFO cover band Rock Bottom.

Captured at a live gig by UFO cover band Rock Bottom.
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SONY ILCE-6000

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Aperture f/5 ISO 2000 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 160/10

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Aug, 2017

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken at the Queen Vic pub in South Shields. The band were a UFO cover band Rock Bottom UK

Time

On a Saturday evening this will have been around 10pm, halfway into the bands set.

Lighting

The lighting was purely the stage light on the night. I believe they were done by Colin Smoult that night, he always does great stage lighting

Equipment

Sony A6000, 10mm 2.8 fisheye lens.

Inspiration

I love taking photos of live bands, especially rock bands in smaller local venues. I enjoy getting right up close to the stage and capturing the atmosphere and action of the gig. This shot was one of several I took of the bass player that night as he was a proper poser, he was constantly thrusting his guitar around the stage like a proper wild axe man.

Editing

There is not much post processing on this image. There is some colour correction to fix some of the crazy stage lighting colours, a bit of sharpening and just some exposure adjustments in Lightroom mainly using highlights and shadows with a bit clarity boost.

In my camera bag

When shooting gigs I have a small bag with just my camera, Sony A6000, kit 16-50mm lens, 28mm lens with fisheye converter and a 35mm 1.8 lens. Oh and a pair of earplugs as I always end up standing next to the speakers :)

Feedback

Lighting at live gigs is always going to be challenging, especially smaller local venues. High ISO is inevitable but a faster lens can help offset this a bit. My gear is not that expensive though so my fisheye is only a 2.8 lens and the fastest I have in my kit is a 1.8 35mm lens. A tip a photographer friend gave me for shooting live bands was to set your camera to B&W when shooting RAW. This stops you getting distracted by the often bad looking coloured lights you get at gigs. Often a picture that looks terrible in colour will make a great B&W image. I usually end up doing a lot of colour correcting and exposure fixing in Lightroom on live gig photos depending on the lighting at the venue. Although for this particular photo there was not too much post work needed as the lighting at the gig was very good.

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