{"id":507,"date":"2014-06-15T08:29:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T08:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photosbypassy.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2014-06-15T22:18:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T22:18:53","slug":"adam-and-casey-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photosbypassy.com\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Adam and Casey Duo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam and Casey are a great duo who perform a diverse range of songs on most Friday Nights at the Berwick Inn.<\/p>\n

On this shoot I used the Lumix LX7, which is a great compact camera for low light, as well as the Sony A-77.<\/p>\n

The duo were performing under the normal incandescent light in the venue, but I elected not to use any Flash, so as to retain the ambience of the setting.<\/p>\n

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A full Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed here:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flickr Photo Gallery of Adam and Casey at the Berwick Inn<\/a><\/p>\n

 
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EQUIPMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sony Alpha A-77 Camera
\nSony 35mm F1.8 Portrait Lens
\nTamron 17-50mm F2.8
\nPanasonic Lumix LX7 Compact Camera<\/p>\n

This shoot was the classic low light situation, with only plain incandescent lighting, like you would have from a low wattage light bulb in your lounge room. <\/p>\n

The minimum ISO which could be used on the A-77 was ISO 800, and some shots were pushed up to ISO 1250. Shutter speed was varied from 1\/60th to 1\/125th. <\/p>\n

Started off the shoot using the 35mm F1.8 portrait lens, and every second shot was out of focus, but the ones which were in focus were quite usable. I should perhaps have tried some continuous shooting so that the camera could get into a focus. The challenge with that F1.8 lens is keeping as still as possible while shooting, as just the slightest movement at an F1.8 aperture can throw the shot out of focus. <\/p>\n

As always, shooting was in JPEG, spot metering was used, face recognition was turned on, and the camera was used in “M” fully manual mode. <\/p>\n

I then changed lenses and used the 17-50mmm F2.8 Tamron, but even fully open at F2.8 it was finding the lighting difficult. <\/p>\n

I also took some shots with the Lumix Lx-7, but unbeknownst to me, the auto focus switch had slipped onto macro plant shooting focus, and this is probably why I did not get a lot of great shots from the Lumix. <\/p>\n

The brightness of the Lumix shots I did get was quite good at ISO 800, and it is much better in low light for brightened exposure than the Sony A-77. <\/p>\n

Shots were brightened up in Photoshop, and Sharpness and a tiny amount of Gamma was added to some shots. <\/p>\n

Overall the results were quite good given the very average lighting conditions. <\/p>\n

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