Songwriters Fest 2011

**dijitil** · 01-17-2011, 04:39 AM

I was invited to the Songwriters Festival this year and I tried to snag as many photos as I could. We weren't allowed to shoot flash/strobes so that put me out of my element a little bit. So I upped the iso and went for some grainy black and whites to try and get a more "artistic" look.

Here are a few and I'll add more tomorrow...

**Hop** · 01-17-2011, 07:52 AM

nice work!

**kurt** · 01-17-2011, 10:02 AM

Very nice - not much noise at all.

**Allifunn** · 01-17-2011, 02:32 PM

I love b/w! Excellent photos....look forward to more!

**Smiling JOe** · 01-17-2011, 02:51 PM

I agree, very nice and not noisy at all.

Keep in mind the artist when you are shooting in the future. It is very distracting to be on stage performing and you are blinded by someone's strobe lights going off in your face. It also interrupts the show for others in the audience. You just have to know a little about photography or get creative. Your shots above show that you can make it work. Great job! You really captured the fun spirit of Mary Gauthier's music.

**Buz Livingston** · 01-17-2011, 03:15 PM

I am glad rocking bands like Pale Blue Dot and The Shawdowboxers were playing.

I;m not too old to rock and roll.

**dijitil** · 01-17-2011, 07:04 PM

Thanks guys! After what seemed like a terribly long drive, I'm back in my second home of Tallahassee. I'm going to buckle down and edit the rest of these now so expect more tonight! (Plus I have to meet a deadline to try and win that Kindle 30A is giving away!)

**dijitil** · 01-17-2011, 11:57 PM

If anyone is interested, this is the link to my set on Flickr:
30A Songwriters Festival 2011 - a set on Flickr

It will probably be updated a bit more quickly than my post here. Once I get everything situated I will be embedding the photos in this thread.