Elgin, IL 5-5-2007 with Carmine and Rick (Page 1 of 2)

Wow Rhonda!!!  What a ton of pictures, but they are great. 

Question, what is behind Bogie, is it a gong???

Thanks Rhonda, I thought that is what it was.  John Bonham with Zep used a gong, now we need Joe to use a bow in dazed and confused!!!

Great photos once again Rhonda. Thanks!

Rhonda,

Thanks for the photos...By the way, Keith Moon used a gong all the timw with THE WHO...

The Other Joe B.

Thanks for sharing Rhonda!!

Andre Wittebroek.

Michael brought those with him for us to wear!

~Rhonda

Rocket,

Excuse my spelling....I thought the spelling looked a bit odd. I fixed it in my post lol.

The sunburst strat I believe was used on Mountain Time. Lee, help me out here! You have seen the sunburst strat, am I right on Mountain Time? lol

~Rhonda

Roy,

I use the Canon EOS 20D with a Canon EF 28-135mm IS lens. The settings for the camera will depend on the lighting situation. This particular show I had the camera set on H (3200) the highest ISO and was using the aperature priority setting. I never use flash during a concert, I feel that it washes out the natural look and feeling of it being a concert.

For me a key component in getting good concert photographs begins with knowing the type of lighting used for the stage. Most DSL cameras have a setting that can be changed for the lighting. This adjustment is related to the temperature of the lighinting used. I will usually look at a couple of settings, see which one gives less of the orange or pink cast and go from there. If the stage lighting uses colored gels it might mean that you will have to change your settings frequently or deal with the off colored shots.

The Canon EOS 20D uses a compact flash card. I set the camera on the largest file possible and also to capture a RAW file. Because of the large files, I usually fill up several cards. The Elgin show is the first show I shot in RAW file mode. The RAW file requires post processing, like taking traditional film to the lab..lol I use Photoshop's CS2 camera RAW software to post process. I go into each file and adjust the lighting, exposure, RGB colors and any other properties as needed. Needless to say this is very time consuming but I think it gives the best results. When I took the photos I set my camera for the lighting conditions but still found it necessary to go into the RAW files and make additional lighitng corrections.   

One thing I like about posting on the FLickr.com site is that you can see the settings for the camera for most photos. If you click on one of the photos in my Flickr site it will show the "Tags" and then below that "Additional Information". Below that it will show what camera was used. Click on the more properties and it will reveal all the settings for my camera for that particular shot. Look at this photo for an example  http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogal19 … 213031177/

Hope this information helps. If you have other questions feel free to contact me off the forum.

I also keep taking photos and changing settings until I get what I want! A good excuse to see more shows huh? lol

~Rhonda