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Katy Perry @ The Fillmore Irving Plaza NYC

published by stacey_the_musi... on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 10:15am

They gave the photogs first 2 songs. Lighting was beautiful, but most of my shots look the same because the photo pit was very small and I could only move six inches in each direction.

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Submitted by walter rowe on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 11:23am.

I was hoping you would post this here. I like the angled composition and framing. I wish the hands weren't cut off.

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Submitted by stacey_the_musi... on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 11:41pm.

I wish the hands weren't cut off in this one too. I have a few more shots that came out decent but I need to edit them. I had a paper to write today so I didn't do any editing.

Submitted by Koontz on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 2:23pm.

I know how it goes with things cut off that weren't supposed to be! Or included that weren't supposed to be. I think all you can do about that is plan ahead and make sure you're not too tightly targetted. It helps to get into the rhythm of the performer or to some extent of performers generally. When will they do what? Then you can prepare the shot. Sometimes that may only help if you see them perform more than once under similar circumstances. That's where a few years of missing shots and misframing them can teach you a lot in general. It may eventually help me ...

In this shot I like the way the colors work together - sort of metallic pastels. Also the crossed diagonals have a rhythm.

Submitted by stacey_the_musi... on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 9:36pm.

That show had a lot going for it: Katy Perry is beautiful, the stage was well lit, and no matter where she was, the lights were on her. The unfortunate thing was, I could not move at all. The only way I could compose the shot was by leaning forward, backward and side to side. The barricade areas was so small that I had to angle my feet so they would fit. My spot was my spot and that was it. Plus, I made a decision to just use my 50mm and my 24mm so I didn't have a zoom to play with. There was no way I would have been able to change my lens in that sardine can.