dobbin

Thank you!

.....here is one I did of a fit-up at my theatre, using my trusty Sony cameras. http://youtu.be/VLI7aCofxus

Placed 67^th in the challenge.

There is a good book about urban degradation that really captures that strange fascination mingled with melancholy that I think you are talking about. It is called 'the world without us' and...

Thanks. I do think I'm much happier with these two!

I think these two are technically better than the first, but I actually miss the detached melancholy of the first (in hindsight). It feels appropriate in the context of it being a shot from the end...

Two more efforts!

Good find! I'm fairly sure that that hotel was used in the film 'The Inbetweeners' a year or two ago.(don't rush out to rent the film though, unless you happen to be a fan of smutty, childish humour!)

Thanks all, helpful stuff. Especially thanks for your shots of your show. I do normally try to take my theatre shots more like the ones you've shown, but this one was a snatched opportunity after a...

Thanks. I see your point about the perspective, but the items are not there for long before Stage Management arrive and start re-setting the stage, and as such I have no time to try other angles....

I took this shot at the end of a show I'm working on. The items and lighting etc are all as I found them after the curtain call as the audience files out.Composition wise, I'm quite happy with it,...

This is how I have been using my kit lately. Shot with a combination of my a200 a700 and a77. The main view uses an Opteka 6.5mm fisheye, with other lenses being a mix of my 16-35 CZ or 24-70...

Yes, DoF is tricky here. Shooting wide open is obviously nice, but as 'Shootin' says, four people in a row could become real tricky real quick.And thanks for the under exposed comment. It is...

I think one of the reasons I fear the high ISO is because often in theatre huge areas of the background are often very dark and therefore quite unforgiving for noise.But yes, I should have used...

The low shutter speed is a direct consequence of the aforementioned irrational high ISO fear.Although to be honest, most of the photos from the show were actually shot a bit faster than that, I...

Ha! Thanks, both.I'm fairly new to photography still, and yes these forums have made me fairly paranoid about ISO and what each pixel looks like!Although I have picked up some great tips on how to...

I do the lighting for some friends of mine who have a cabaret show. I also try to take production shots for them. Normally I do this in a dress rehearsal, but interestingly the A77's quiet shutter...