Review Digital Camera World 09-10-2013

Digital Camera World

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11 music photography mistakes everyone always makes (and how to avoid them) Sep 9th 2013, 23:01, by jmeyer You don't have to have access to the photographers' pit at stadium concerts to take great music photography. There are some excellent opportunities at festivals and even local bars and pubs. In her latest post in her series looking at some of the common photography mistakes photographers make, our head of testing Angela Nicholson examines some of the most common mistakes made by music photographers and gives some advice on getting things right. All words and images by Angela Nicholson Common Music Photography Mistakes: 1. Shutter speed too slow A shutter speed of 1/800sec has frozen the head-banging going on here The low light conditions of many music gigs can make it tricky to use movement-freezing shutter speeds, which is why many pros use fast (wide aperture) lenses. Even if your lens or camera has a stabilisation system built-in you need to use a shutter speed that's fast enough to freeze the movement of the performer. This needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis. A shutter speed of 1/60sec is likely to be fine for a seated classical singer, for instance, but you'll have to push things up much further to get sharp shots of a gyrating rock god. If necessary, crank-up the sensitivity setting as it's better to have a bit of noise than a blurred subject. If you're planning to submit your images to an image library they need to be super-sharp or artistically blurred, there's no middle ground. It maybe acceptable, even desirable, to blur a guitarists strumming, but their eyes/head should be sharp. Assess your shots at 100% on-screen and be ruthless. Common Music Photography Mistakes: 1. Shutter speed too slow Common Music Photography Mistakes: 2. Using flash Common Music Photography Mistakes: 3. Focus problems Common Music Photography Mistakes: 4. Exposing for the lights Common Music Photography Mistakes: 5. Mic or mic stand in the way Common Music Photography Mistakes: 6. Shadows problems Common Music Photography Mistakes: 7. Up-the-nose shots Common Music Photography Mistakes: 8. Subject too small in the frame Common Music Photography Mistakes: 9. Shooting JPEGs Common Music Photography Mistakes: 10. Spare cards not ready Common Music Photography Mistakes: 11. Failure to edit READ MORE Professional Photographer to the Rescue: live music photography made simple Common mistakes at every shutter speed (and the best settings to use) The best shutter speeds for every situation (free cheat sheet) What is ISO: when to increase sensitivity, types of noise and more Dynamic Range: what you need to know about capturing all the tones in a scene 11 of our most popular photography cheat sheets Nik Collection review: is Google's photo editing plug-in bundle the best of its kind? Sep 9th 2013, 11:36, by anicholson Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro 2, Silver Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3, Color Efex Pro 4, Viveza 2 and Define 2 plug-ins are being sold together for the first time as the Nik Collection. But is the sum greater than its parts? Find out in our Nik Collection review. What’s in the Nik Collection bundle? Nik Software was recently acquired by Google, and the new owner has decided upon a new sales policy. Rather than selling each of the plug-ins separately, it now bundled together at a much more enticing price of $149. The bundle comprises HDR Efex Pro 2, Silver Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3, Color Efex Pro 4, Viveza 2 and Define 2. As you would expect, HDR Efex Pro 2 enables you to create HDR images from a sequence of images or a single shot; Sharpener Pro 3 allows selective sharpening; Define 2 allows selective noise reduction; and Color Efex Pro 4 allows colour adjustments, including monochrome conversions and film effects to be applied. The purpose of Silver Efex Pro 2 and Viveza 2 is less clear from their names, but the first is for making black-and-white conversions, while the second allows you to make selective brightness, contrast and white balance adjustments. PAGE 1 – What’s in the Nik Collection bundle? PAGE 2 – How to use Nik Collection plug-ins with Photoshop & Lightroom PAGE 3 – How to make adjustments with Nik Collection plug-ins PAGE 4 – Nik Collection Review: spec list & how it compares to other plug-ins PAGE 5 – Nik Collection review: the verdict READ MORE Raw format vs JPEG: how much can you really recover in raw? Best Photo Editing Software? 6 budget alternatives to Photoshop tested and rate Image Sharpening: how to bring out more detail in your favourite photos What to edit (and when) in Adobe Camera Raw How to process images the right way in Photoshop Elements

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