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Schweiz (Deutsch)Set of Photos from the State Theater, Ithaca, NY
Set of Photos from the State Theater, Ithaca, NY
Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 17:49
Didn't want to hijack mayes' post, so here are my pictures from 2/26/2010 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunnar_kcjonez/sets/72157623528233964/. Thank you everyone who helped me get my camera in the show!
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Wow. You got some really nice shots! Thanks for sharing!
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Very nice.
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Great pictures, kcjonez. Thanks for posting. I always look forward to seeing your quality work.
Being everytime I hear Cornell University I think of GD 5-8-77 and therefore when I saw the thumbprint of Scott at the piano with the hat I couldn't help but have a flashback to Pig Pen circa '71. Pretty cool.
I recall talking some Watkins Glen soundcheck with you in NYC. Were you able to get over to visit Barton Hall? Feel any ghosts in the place?Or better yet, did you see Furthur there on the 14th?
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Thanks! I'm pleased with how a bunch came out, considering how hard it is to shoot while jumping up and down.
We didn't get a chance to get to the Cornell campus, too much snow, though I'd love to go back. I saw Carl Sagan speak in Barton Hall just a few months before that '77 show. Too young to make a good decision.
And I didn't make it to Furthur this time anywhere. Did you know Phil turns 70 next month? Holy carp. Where does the time go, indeed.
I'll bet Carl Sagan was good but the Dead show would have taught you more about the cosmos. LOL
Encouraging that Phil will still be dropping bombs at 70.
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Oh good, they have the beards! Now I wont feel foolish on the 6th!
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Would they laugh if they knew who paid?
I recently got the ok to turn a picture into a canvas piece for my place. The photographer also shared a flickr page of photos, thought i'd share.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcmenamins/collections/72157606220143618/
Photographer: Liz Devine
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so will you end up with a collage of all those photos? or are you choosing just one? sounds like a cool idea either way.
afterthought: this sounds like a good idea for a separate topic, no?
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i picked one, then sent her an email for permission...she gave me the ok and sent the flickr page in case i wanted to find something better. I got a small one first(11x14) for the kitchen counter just to see how it would turn out. The collage thing would be cool, but i would get separate small canvas's and just put them up on the wall with a little bit of separation. The cost could get large though...i got mine, i got it done in Sephia(to match the brown)...it came to like $93. It came out really well though.
Here's the site: http://www.canvasondemand.com/
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Here's the canvas... http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3969/avett.jpg
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love that, Terry! I had that picture as my desktop background for a long time.
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That's pretty cool--Liz is really talented--is that from the April '08 Crystal show?
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very nice! I'd never be able to pick a shot. I'm way too indecisive.
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there's one that i really want to get. it's a crackerfarm photo though and they charge to much to buy it. It's of Scott i think sitting on these steps of this old house with his banjo and it's black and white....it's my favorite photo.
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense...Buddha
That house may belong to good ol' bobzimmerman.
really?
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense...Buddha
I think you're right Taryn, I like that photo as well.
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that should be a poster, and the price should be $19.99.
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense...Buddha
wait..does he have the banjo in bobz's? I am thinking of one with the steps going to a second story, almost like a loft or something.
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I have rules. Never eat or drink in underwear or pajamas/Scott Avett
it's this one... http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3969/avett.jpg
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I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong:
^yes, that is the one I had in mind, Terry. I love that one, also. It is a great picture.
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I have rules. Never eat or drink in underwear or pajamas/Scott Avett
wrong house!
yep!
what's with the name change???
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So kcjonez... What kind of lense do you use at the shows to get such great pictures? I just recently bought a cannon rebel xsi digital camera, and i am pretty new to taking pictures in general. so i dont know much about what lenses to use for what or anything like that. im still pretty amatuer with my photo taking. but if you could lend some insight on what lense to buy or a certain technique you use it would be greatly appreciated. or do you just have mega steady hands? lol
Preferably, you need a fast lens. Something with a f/2.8 or better. Fast glass is expensive. I have a 50mm 1.8 for my Canon and at $100, it's the cheapest fast lens you'll find. It's a prime lens though and not a telephoto so you can't zoom in on the stage. But if you're close enough, it wouldn't matter.
This is the lens that I really want to own: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-70-200mm-2-8L-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B00006I53W
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Hi mayes, I used a Tamron 17-50mm 2.8. It's nice because it's pretty fast, has constant aperture through the whole range, and is considerably cheaper than a comparable Canon lens. On the other hand, it's not a Canon L-series lens, so the quality of the glass isn't as good. However, until I can afford the lens reiggin is lusting after (and that's a beaut), it does a pretty good job.
I also have 28mm 1.8, which has the nice wide angle, good for being in the front row.
It's a little faster, but the versatility of the zoom is pretty handy. I may get that 50mm 1.8, though, just because it's cheap and a great portrait lens. I have a cousin who asked me to take pictures at her wedding, and that would be a nice lens to have.
The xsi is a great camera. Invest in the best quality lens you can afford and you won't be disappointed. I was using a rebel xti until recently and loved it.
The big thing is to take lots of pictures and play with the manual settings. The camera will do a decent job, but to get a particular look, you have to set things like the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO yourself. Get used to all the controls so you can change them fast and take lots of pictures. In a low light situation like a show, there's a compromise between fast shutter speed and small aperture, and you have to balance it depending on the look you want. Sometimes you want to freeze the action, and sometimes the blur of motion is cool. Did I mention take lots of pictures?
Do you just have the stock lens that came with the camera? I would play with that for a while and see what kind of pictures you like to take. Like wildlife? Get a big zoom. Portraits? 70 to 100mm prime lens. Mix of situations? A zoom that goes from wide to tight, like 18-270mm. Low light? Wide aperture, 2.8 or less.
I've talked enough. Have fun!
thanks alot for the insight. I do only have the stock lens that came with the camera. i have had the camera for litttle over a year and have done alot of wildlife because me and my girlfriend enjoy the outdoors and hiking etc. but i also really enjoy taking pictures at the shows.
i guess from what im hearing there is really no cheap way around getting great photos. if you want quality you have to pay. such is life.
i am definitely gonna look up the models you have suggested. i have been looking on amazon, and they have alot of package deals on different lenses.
i have definitely learned to take alot of pictures. at ithaca alone i took over 700 photos. thats the great thing about digital, dont question it, if it comes out bad delete it later. one question i do have is. The photos where its like a blurry spiral into the middle of the picture which is in focus, did you photoshop those or is there a way to capture that without edititing?
thanks again for the help.
I did very little editing of the pictures, mainly correcting color balance and some cropping. Plus that one that's black and white.
The blurriness is from using a slow shutter speed and zooming in while the shutter is open. The slower the shutter speed, the more motion there is, but it can make everything look all whacked out. The ones I posted were about 1/30th of a second. You can get some cool effects by doing that zoom or panning with a slow shutter speed and a flash. Then you get the ghosting of the movement plus a frozen moment in time with the flash, but I didn't dare do that in Ithaca. Didn't want Dane to tackle me.
Being able to take a lot of shots is a very nice thing about digital, but I found that the percentage of good shots I took didn't go up when I converted from film, even though I took more pictures. I ended up just having more pictures, and so, more crappy ones. I'm practicing being really purposeful in my shooting these days, thinking of the space on the memory card like film, trying to get the light and framing I want before hitting the shutter. Too many of my pictures are "accidentally" good. I need a LOT more practice.
As far as equipment goes, to get technically great shots, yeah, it's going to cost you. The hard thing about shooting at shows is the low light. But as they say, the best camera is the one that's with you (http://www.thebestcamera.com), so now I'm off to shoot some more.
I am pretty sure that shot of Scott on the steps, with the banjo, was taken at his home in Concord. There is a deck off the back and I believe those are the stairs leading up to that deck.
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