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On Saturday I managed to catch the second half of a contemporary dance festival in the Docklands area of London. The acts weren’t particularly brilliant, in my humble opinion, but there were some good opportunities for candid shots.
I seem to be gravitating towards taking photos of public entertainers at the moment; this coming weekend I’m off to a local street carnival and a night procession of illuminated inflatable giraffes in Mile End park (please don’t ask for further details…!).
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#1 Willaim C. Bert
Great looking photos. Living in New York City, I also been lately taking many street performers photographs too. The basic reason it gives my a chance to practice taking candid photos of people in the outdoors under different lighting conditions and not have worry about them when they see the camera. They see me with my 70-200mm lens and they keep on performing. The only reason why I brought this up this, that I was in Central Park last weekend and there was a live Jazz band. I was focusing my photos on the drummer and thought about your drummer photos the you took from the back a month ago.
Bill
6:16 pm - Tuesday, July 15, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
Do you mean these drummer photos? (the ones that I was struggling to edit...):
http://www.photographyblog.com/comments.php?id=P443_0_1_0
Getting behind the performer often allows you to photograph members of the crowd without them realising. The crowd are usually as interesting as the performers, if not more so! And they also form a good background if you use a large enough aperture to blur them a little.
Street performers have definitely been a big help in making me more confident when taking photographs of people. I even asked a clown at a local festival to pose for me!
One idea that I'd like to explore is to chart a day in the life of one street entertainer - from when they're getting ready/putting on makeup etc, through their performance, to after their show. I'm hoping that I'll be able to find a willing subject, in exchange for a few prints!
Mark
6:32 pm - Tuesday, July 15, 2003
#3 Christine
As someone that is working hard to improve, I would love to know more details about these photos. What type of camera you were using, film speed, zoom lens? They are truly amazing and driving me to work even harder to improve!
9:38 am - Saturday, July 19, 2003
#4 Mark Goldstein
Hi Christine,
Thanks!
Here are the details:
Camera - Canon EOS 10D
Lenses - Canon 70-200mm f/4 L and Canon 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5
ISO Speed 100
All handheld
It was fortunate that you could walk around the stage and take photos from any angle. Getting behind the performers and taking photos with the crowd in the background was a good technique.
Mark
3:01 pm - Saturday, July 19, 2003