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Something a little different… from a play by nasc, a mother discovers her daughter has been abducted.
Very very clean for a play shot, when the lighting is usually pretty poor.
Keep up the good work! :-)
Merv.
It doesn’t work for me.
I haven’t been there, but it comes through as if she was overacting (is there such a word?)… I prefer the more surprising, unexpected gestures and facial expressions from actors. Being on all fours, the guy can’t really act, he is just not involved, and he looks confused.
If I was shooting that play, I would have struggled with that background for sure… when they put in these panels, half covering the background, they think about the audience seeing the whole picture. Maybe it’s just my crazy idea, but I always want to avoid high contrast dividing lines going through the actors head or body, and if possible compose one actor in front of the dark bg, the other to the bright bg. This way there would be more tension between the confused guy and the screaming lady.
I would have framed the shot a bit wider, too. I don’t have a problem with her leg cutt off, but on the top it feels too tight.
The sharpness and detail is very good, and no noise anywhere… how did you do that?
Zoltan
randomway wrote:
It doesn’t work for me.
I haven’t been there, but it comes through as if she was overacting (is there such a word?)… I prefer the more surprising, unexpected gestures and facial expressions from actors. Being on all fours, the guy can’t really act, he is just not involved, and he looks confused.
If I was shooting that play, I would have struggled with that background for sure… when they put in these panels, half covering the background, they think about the audience seeing the whole picture. Maybe it’s just my crazy idea, but I always want to avoid high contrast dividing lines going through the actors head or body, and if possible compose one actor in front of the dark bg, the other to the bright bg. This way there would be more tension between the confused guy and the screaming lady.
I would have framed the shot a bit wider, too. I don’t have a problem with her leg cutt off, but on the top it feels too tight.
The sharpness and detail is very good, and no noise anywhere… how did you do that?
Zoltan
Many thanks for your constructive feedback. In terms of shooting position I was limited to exactly where I was standing/crouching, leaning against the wall to one side of the stage (and partly obstructing the door the actors used to enter/exit the stage); the place was packed and the audience was right up to the stage almost, with a narrow strip in front of the stage that was also used as an acting space.
The background wasn’t particularly appealing to creative photography as you mentioned, making the photographer work harder! That’s a good & helpful reminder about using the vertical background to split the actors – one instance where the background can add or detract, and something I could have helped if I was quick enough in the moment. Thanks Zoltan.
I shot it wider actually, and cropped it this way for impact of the mother screaming. I too wondered afterwards whether it was too tight at the top but was in a hurry so didn’t go back over it (away for a week so won’t return to my machine till then). I remember hoping that her actor husband would in some way connect with her to add emphasis but alas…. He does seem to be showing confusion rather than empathy or helplessness (given the scene portrayed).
I’m still getting to grips with my newest war machine, a Canon 1D MkIII (bought from Merv actually), and this play was the first attempt at shooting with it, so I’m still tweaking it. ISO 3200 with a good overall exposure (on Manual) and High ISO NR switched on. Post processing was minimal across the board and done in Lightroom 2.2.
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