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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / December 2005Dance and theater photography
Hi, Pleased to inform that I put my new dance pictures on the Internet : http://tsubaki.free.fr/professionnels. There are also some dance and theater pics visible at http://tsubaki.free.fr/jtc2005 . Eric. Eric, These are great photos. However, I'm interested in how these were taken? I take it it must have been with a digital. What make and model? Flash or no flash? Type of lens? Aperture, etc? Cheers, Marcel Hi Marcel, To answer as accuerately as possible : 1) Digital photo 2) Lens : mostly 85 mm/f 1.2 or 50 mm f/1.4, both fix focus of course 3) On tsubaki.free.fr/professionnal (dance) this is an canon eos 10d and on tsubaki.free.fr/jtc2005, this is an canon eos 5d 4) I work in manual mode, and roughtly 3 or 4 speeds : 1/25th, 1/80th, 1/160th and 1/200th. Aperture varies from 1.4 to 3.5 or 4 max. 5) No flash of course. Thank your for your interest in my images and techniques. Best regards, Eric. > Eric, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Marcel > Hi Marcel, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 1/160th and 1/200th. Aperture varies from 1.4 to 3.5 or 4 max. > 5) No flash of course. Thanks for posting that, really amazing photos! You are very lucky to have the opportunity to take these photos, and you have done that very well! irax. >Hi Marcel, > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> >> Marcel Eric, many great shots to be sure, nice work. Wondered if you shot all of them handheld or used a mono pod or tripod? Also did take most of these shots in single frame mode or multi & picked the best timed shot(s)? If you did these in single frame mode than you have just raised my timing bar considerably. Ether way, great work & thank you for sharing them with us. It's nice to see what other's have done & know what they used to do it in terms of equipment. Equipment can be duplicated but skill requires a lot of practice, & talent 1 either has or does not. Respectfully, DHB Hopelessly addicted to digital photography's cost to benefit ratio! "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 Thank you. My pics are shot most of the time handheld. The 85 mm and the EOS 5D are both heavy, thus stable. I never use multi frames mode because this is the best way to miss all interesting shots. Only single frame. One important thing to consider : I only show my good pics on the Internet. I also have bad ones. Eric. > Eric, > many great shots to be sure, nice work. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable > to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 > One important thing to consider : I only show my good pics on the Internet. > I also have bad ones. Very well put! irax. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Eric. Nice stuff. I do some similar work with belly dancers. (www.carlmillerphotos.photoreflect.com and see Yasmine's Winter Recital.) What ISO do you shoot at? Is the noise level a lot better on the 5D than the 10D? (I'm using a 10D myself.) Thanks!  SignatureCarl Miller carl_miller23@hotmail.com www.carlmillerphotos.com Hi, Must be difficult to shoot belly dance. Never shot that much (except : http://tsubaki.free.fr/dancebulk/5.htm and http://tsubaki.free.fr/dancebulk/6.htm ). as for the Iso I try to be as low as possble, namely 800 iso. With the 10d, almost always impossible to go up 1600 is and if I did, I had to clean with Neat Image software. with the 5d, no problem at all. clean pictures and neat pics at 1600 iso. however, the lower iso the better. http://tsubaki.free.fr/ejara are hip hop pics done in difficult light conditions at 1600 iso. The result is incredible. In one word, no comparision (I used to have a 10d) Eric. Belly dancer > Nice stuff. I do some similar work with belly dancers. > (www.carlmillerphotos.photoreflect.com and see Yasmine's Winter [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > carl_miller23@hotmail.com > www.carlmillerphotos.com > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > as for the Iso I try to be as low as possble, namely 800 iso. With the > 10d, almost always impossible to go up 1600 is and if I did, I had to > clean with Neat Image software. with the 5d, no problem at all. clean > pictures and neat pics at 1600 iso. however, the lower iso the better. > http://tsubaki.free.fr/ejara are hip hop pics done in difficult light > conditions at 1600 iso. The result is incredible. In one word, no > comparision (I used to have a 10d) > Eric. You're probably already familiar with Lois Greenfield's stuff. If not, get thee to: http://www.loisgreenfield.com/ SignatureCarl Miller carl_miller23@hotmail.com www.carlmillerphotos.com Yes Carl; I know some of Lois Greenfield's work. He does an excellent photographic work, that is very different than mine as he mostly shoots in studio conditions and I'm a stage photographer. But his work is really great and I would like to be able to shoot like him. Eric. > > Hi, > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > carl_miller23@hotmail.com > www.carlmillerphotos.com > Yes Carl; > I know some of Lois Greenfield's work. He does an excellent photographic [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Eric. Hi Eric == The first thing you should know about Lois is that she is a lady... As for wanting to shoot like her that will take specific equipment for lighting - high speed flash heads and studio banks -- here is a quote from her bio: I started to ask the dancers to improvise, and was drawn to those high-risk, non repeatable moments that could never been seen on any scene, or even repeated in the studio. Although the images are plucked out of a kinetic flow, the single instant of the photograph questions that continuum. Showing 1/500th of a second, the camera can also reveal what the eye cannot register. The results of my early experiments appeared surreal, as though the dancers were glued together and frozen in impossible configurations. Her work is amazing but took lots of practice, and trail & error. I do a fair amount of stage and theatre work as well -- the same kind of effects can be done if your timing is good --practice. have fun! SignatureJoe Marcus Marcus Photography 1501 Spring Garden Street Easton, PA 18042-3143 610-258-1407 - Phone 610-393-0792 - Cellular http://www.marcusphotography.com Creating outstanding images for Festivals & Events around the United States. Location photography for advertising, promotion, fireworks companies, theatre and concert. |
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