Tom & Donny
Jan 17th, 2008 by jeremy
Today I am showing another photo from last year’s concert shots, this one of Tom Hopkins and Donny Osmond. One of the areas of my concert photos I am always trying to improve on is capturing interactions between the band. Often the expressions and scenes can be more appealing than the “solo” shots you capture of each individual. Of course both are important to get, but those interactions are often the gems because they are so hard to get.
Getting the interaction can be difficult because there is typically a lot of motion involved in an already tough lighting situation, being in position to get the expression on everyone involved, and simply paying enough attention to realize that a great interaction is about to take place.
In this scene Donny plays guitar for one of the songs he plays in his recent music set. Though Donny is quite capable of playing various instruments, typically he sticks to crooning at the mike. With guitar in hand there are several times that he hams it up with the lead guitarist or bass player. I have some other shots during this song segment that I will try and find post in the coming days.
Canon 20D, 70-200L, 1/200 at f/3.2 and 400 ISO
see on flickr
That is a great natural moment between Tom and Donny, tried to take a few of those myself over the years at his concerts and got nowhere, so I actually understand what your talking about for a change Jeremy LOL.
I recently posted a video clip on my blog of my local river, because of the amount of rain we have had in the last couple of weeks, it turned into a torrent, threatening at the moment to break its banks in places but there was one place where the river falls off sharply and it was ideal for extreme canoeists and the like - that is what the short video clip is, of the “Washing machine effect” and I was really pleased at how well the video came out, first time I had used the video on my new camera (have barely used the camera yet). I also got a couple of still shots that I might load onto the blog as well which for me, I think were very good pictures, would love to get your opinion on them if and when you get the time Jeremy..
Anyway, have a good weekend
Sue
Great Photo Jeremy !
I just love the facial expressions - Donny & Tom are sure “having a great time”
We always knew Donny was a keeper, and now we know Tom is too. Wish I could have been there at the concert. If you ever need someone to carry equipment for you, just let me know!