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Salup's Guide to Better Stage Lighting

9/19/2020

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1. Ask for better lighting on stage – The key to good photography is good lighting. My take, don’t be afraid to ask. Most lighting guys are more than happy to cooperate and make sure you get good images. Some important factors:
 
Intensity – Crank it up! Ask for brighter lights. Brighter lights allow the photographer to use a higher shutter speed and capture motion without blur.
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Savage Master - No editing on this picture
Ask for the right color – Blue, green and orange are great for photographs, they allow the camera sensor to capture more detail and are sharper lights. Red is awful. Different photographers have different theories as to why, but red light produces slightly out-of-focus pictures with not much detail in the highlights
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Overdose - No editing on this picture - Awful pink/red light
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Lucifer - Great blue light - No editing on this picture
Position your lights correctly- a bit of a back light, coming from backstage, helps tremendously in making you pop from the background. It also gives you that dramatic “fringe” around the hair, clothing, etc.
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Eunoia - Great back lighting - No editing on this picture
2. Dress distinctively – Nothing worse than a great group on stage, sounding great, with obvious chemistry… then dressed in slacks and a shirt or something. The pictures will not do justice to the sound. If it is your look then it is your look, but, if not, consider dressing a bit more distinctively and with more character, the pictures will look way better. One of the great things about metal, rock and similar bands is their whole persona: they dress the part, act the part and live it up. That makes for some really dramatic shots.
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The Burnouts - Tribute to Radiohead
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Ralph Arana and Manic Office
3. Don’t move continuously -- I know… it’s hard but, if you stay in a position for a couple of seconds, it makes it much easier to focus and compose and the pictures look amazingly good afterwards. And, as long as we are talking about movement, don’t be afraid to be a bit dramatic on stage… just count to two.
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The amazing Mariela Muerte and Faetom
4. Play to every side of the stage – there are photographers everywhere, make sure you give them the opportunity to get a good shot. And, while we are at it, don’t be afraid to look at the photographer and even interact with him or her, the pictures will be more emotional and memorable.
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Mariela Muerte
5. JUST.LET.GO
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Crazy Ray with Muddknuckles
You want way way better band pictures? Hit me up.
Contact me about band photography
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New York in the 70s - Esquire

9/19/2020

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An interesting collection. Not all the pictures are good, but definitely brings back the old New York and shows the power of photography to really document our world. To see the gallery, click on the picture.
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Ellis Island Portraits: An absolutely beautiful reminder of who we are

9/3/2019

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The New York Times "The Year in Pictures"

12/24/2018

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Time Magazine - Best Portraits 2018

12/24/2018

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Nothing impacts like a good portrait

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The problem with "fauxtographers"

12/13/2018

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While there is a place for retouching software, especially on volume photography business, many photographers can't seem to use common sense in applying it. The "fauxtographer" created a caricature of a woman, not a portrait of a person. This is horrible.
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The Power of Photography to keep events alive

11/10/2018

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From the New York Times
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The power of photography to unite the world

10/11/2018

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This is 18... a wonderful photographic piece by the New York Times, is a great example of the power of photography to capture the moment and show just how many common things we have. A real joy.
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The Death of the Professional Camera as been exaggerated at best.

10/8/2018

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72% of consumers seeking to purchase a digital interchangeable lens camera in the next year don't own one. They are upgrading from smartphones.
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DP Review - Published Oct 7, 2018 | Bryan Gaz

KeyPoint Intelligence — InfoTrends has released its 2018 US Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera (DILC) Market Study.

The study, which "started as a digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR) market has now evolved into two segments: DSLR cameras and mirrorless cameras (MILCs)," says KeyPoint Intelligence — InfoTrends in its synopsis. Some of the data presented in the study seems obvious, while other tidbits stand out.

Starting off, the study revealed 72 percent of consumers looking to purchase a DILC in the next year currently don't own one. The study says most of those potential first-time buyers are making the jump from smartphones and point-and-shoot cameras, with 33 percent of smartphone users and 42 percent of point-and-shoot users saying they're considering a mirrorless camera.

The study also discovered that 30 percent of all camera and/or smartphone owners planned on taking photography more seriously in the next five years. Of the 30 percent, 80 percent plan on labelling themselves as a hobbyist photographer or higher.

KeyPoint Intelligence — InfoTrends says the "study is designed to equip companies that are interested in the DILC market with critical business planning information." As such, the entire study is available for purchase, but it won't come cheap. The study costs $20,000 and includes a 158 slide PDF presentation, demographic and digital camera banners and tabulations, and Excel pivot tables.

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Puerto Rico - A year after

9/20/2018

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A stark reminder of the power of photography. Thank you to my friend Pablo Delano for posting this in his Facebook page.
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