I was at a festival on Saturday, August 27th at Spades Park on the east side of Indianapolis. The festival was called the Feast of Lanterns. The festival had vendors, exhibitors, a lantern auction, community organizations along with games and a play are for the kids. Throughout the park, were hung lanterns and festival lights. The larger lantern displays were to be lit with candles while the smaller lanterns would be lit with the festival or Christmas lights.
During the day and into the evening, several bands played on the main stage. Most of them were so-so and I didn't feel as if I was missing much as I wandered around the park. While waiting for the lanterns to be lit, my main reason for being at the festival was to photograph the lanterns at night, I sat down to listen to a band playing on the main stage.
The band turned out to be the Innocent Boys, a local band from Indianapolis. I really enjoyed listening to them play and realized what a great opportunity this would be to do some low light and concert photography. So, off I went. I primarily went for close up individual pictures of the band members. I took a few wider angle shots of multiple band members, however I was determined to come out of the evening with some good shots of the band members.
The are around the stage was wide open, front, sides and in back of the stage. I was shooting with a couple of other photographers and we didn't have any problems moving around the stage area to get pictures. Of course, we respected the audience and didn't stand in their way during the show. When I shot from the the front of the stage, i was sitting on the grass and I like that angle better than just relying on line of sight pictures which can be boring. Always change your viewpoint when photographing people, climb up on something or kneel/crouch to get a lower viewpoint. In my opinion, changing your viewpoint makes the pictures so much better.
So, here are a few pictures of the band, starting with the Lead Singer/Guitarist and here are the settings: f5.6, ISO 1600 and 1/80th. I know, a high ISO. Well, until I can get a good f2.8 lens, the higher ISO's will have to do for know.
I like how this picture turned out of the singer. The awful blue hues from the stage lights are gone and he looks much more natural.
Next, on to the very animated and great playing upright Bass player. I'm not sure why, but he reminds me of a younger Tom Waits.
The settings for this picture are the same as for the lead singer.
Finally, on to a close up shot of the drummer:
In the left side of the picture, I cleaned up this picture a little by cloning out a light stand. It was just too distracting.
The band had two additional members, a keyboard player and a guitarist. I haven't quite finished with those pictures. Maybe next week.
Next week, more from the Innocent Boys and pictures from the last band to play on Saturday, the New Christy Minstrels. Have a good weekend!
During the day and into the evening, several bands played on the main stage. Most of them were so-so and I didn't feel as if I was missing much as I wandered around the park. While waiting for the lanterns to be lit, my main reason for being at the festival was to photograph the lanterns at night, I sat down to listen to a band playing on the main stage.
The band turned out to be the Innocent Boys, a local band from Indianapolis. I really enjoyed listening to them play and realized what a great opportunity this would be to do some low light and concert photography. So, off I went. I primarily went for close up individual pictures of the band members. I took a few wider angle shots of multiple band members, however I was determined to come out of the evening with some good shots of the band members.
The are around the stage was wide open, front, sides and in back of the stage. I was shooting with a couple of other photographers and we didn't have any problems moving around the stage area to get pictures. Of course, we respected the audience and didn't stand in their way during the show. When I shot from the the front of the stage, i was sitting on the grass and I like that angle better than just relying on line of sight pictures which can be boring. Always change your viewpoint when photographing people, climb up on something or kneel/crouch to get a lower viewpoint. In my opinion, changing your viewpoint makes the pictures so much better.
So, here are a few pictures of the band, starting with the Lead Singer/Guitarist and here are the settings: f5.6, ISO 1600 and 1/80th. I know, a high ISO. Well, until I can get a good f2.8 lens, the higher ISO's will have to do for know.
I like how this picture turned out of the singer. The awful blue hues from the stage lights are gone and he looks much more natural.
Next, on to the very animated and great playing upright Bass player. I'm not sure why, but he reminds me of a younger Tom Waits.
Finally, on to a close up shot of the drummer:
The band had two additional members, a keyboard player and a guitarist. I haven't quite finished with those pictures. Maybe next week.
Next week, more from the Innocent Boys and pictures from the last band to play on Saturday, the New Christy Minstrels. Have a good weekend!
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