Nita live in concert

[kuuan]

last saturday I enjoyed a music festival with friends, didn't take out my camera much first, but
Nita, singer of the last group Fuel Fandango was irresistible
Zuiko f3.5/100mm Pen-F halfframe on Sony NEX5n


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr

more of Nita, some also taken with Pen-F Zuiko f1.4/40, can be seen on this flickr set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/sets/72157656607524569
( I may add some more of these later )

cheers, andreas

 

[farlymac]

Digital cameras are the best thing that ever happened to concert photography. These are some great shots of a very expressive singer. Good job, Andreas!

PF

 

[f16sunshine]

Incredible images Andreas. You really know how to time your captures.
Wonderful stuff!

 

[kuuan]

Digital cameras are the best thing that ever happened to concert photography. These are some great shots of a very expressive singer. Good job, Andreas!

PF

thank you 'PF'. Right, I didn't even have to use a fast lens nor do I have an expensive camera but I still was able to choose fast exposure times, it's high ISO performance is that good. My gear also is small and light, music was great and I was dancing, only sometimes took it out of my small belly bag to snap


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Fuel Fandango by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr

all above again taken with 'Pen-F' Zuiko 3.5/100 on NEX5n

 

[kuuan]

Incredible images Andreas. You really know how to time your captures.
Wonderful stuff!

thank you very much for the kudos Andy.
All had been taken from two positions only, first looking towards the center of the stage where I was with my friends, and later from the left side in front of the stage where we had gone to dance.
I believe that manual focus might be of great advantage, no delay when releasing makes timing easy ( but must say that I only have very little experience with autofocus, zero with a cam that does that well )


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita y Alejandro by Andreas, on Flickr

all 'Pen-F' Zuiko f3.5/100mm on NEX5n

 

[craygc]

Really enjoyed those Andreas.... 😀

 

[paulfish4570]

i normally am not much of a concert photo fan, but i much like these. i think it is the singer's personality that you caught so well. it is as if she were vamping just for you ...

 

[rhl-oregon]

Great series, Andreas. And I didn't need earplugs. Paul's remarks sum it up.

 

[daveleo]

Wonderful set!
Really great work.

 

[kuuan]

thank you very much Craig, happy you enjoyed

Paul, I had felt so too, as if she performed just for me, and I am sure pretty much everybody had felt like this 😉

Robert it's electronic dance beats, her voice and performance are outstanding, maybe you would have enjoyed the sound too?
samples to listen ( at least until minute 1, when she starts to sing in Spanish ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0YQW7XUuso
and to watch her in action ( sound is a bit compromised ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KROx2vJMSg

thank you very much Daveleo, I had a ball!


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr

 

[mccurleyphoto]

These are exceptional...some of the best concert photos I've seen on RFF.

 

[fireblade]

Excellent, Superb concert images.

 

[paulfish4570]

nita is a bit stevie nicks-ish, but with more muscle and gravel; less ethereal ...

 

[brbo]

These are exceptional...some of the best concert photos I've seen on RFF.

+1

Ok, lets be honest...

+1000!

 

[kuuan]

Paul I had to look up Steve Rich, good observation and she sounds nice, but I still prefer Nita, most likely because I 'experienced' her live, so for me it's Steve being a bit "Nita-ish'..😉

mccurley thank you very much for your great acknowledgement, you are most kind, Vincenzo and brbo, quite humbling, thank you so much for you very favorable comments!!
Of course your very positive comments make me feel a bit proud, I take them as great encouragements, thank you all!


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr

..........
your positive response prompt me to tell a story: Some years ago I had taken photos of a very good life band, 'Saharaja', in Indonesia and later had sent them photos. They had liked them very much, wrote back that no photographer ever had captured their spirit that well and had asked me if they could use some of them on their website. I had thought that I should get some money and had posted some of these photos in a forum asking for advice on how to do proceed. Various accomplished photographers had reviewed my photos and said that my live concert photos really were very good..while my other photography was average..Haha, I hope that by now specially my 'other' and also my concert photography have improved and if only because manual focus is easier on my current camera, but ever since I have been thinking that using manual focus lenses really might have a decisive advantage in catching good moments of live performances. ( the better ones I took that time had been taken with a Soligor f3.5/180mm on dSLR Pentax *istDs, later I took more in a pub where I could get closer but it was very dark, used a S-M-C Takumar 1.4/50. For anyone interested : https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/albums/72157606664336319 )


cheers, andreas

 

[x-ray]

Very nce images. Finally images where you see the artist not a microphone stuck in their face. Well done.

 

[kuuan]

Very nce images. Finally images where you see the artist not a microphone stuck in their face. Well done.

haha, ok, thank you for that x-ray, I shall remember that!
there are some more of Nita or her band, but I am getting low on selection 😉
permit me to show you some, also without mic in the face 😉 of those I had I mentioned before, members of the band 'Saharadja', taken with a Pentax *istDs, my first digital interchangeable lens camera I had bought used for some 150 usd and a Soligor 3.5/180 that had cost me some 20.- 😉


Sally Jo by Andreas, on Flickr


trumpeteer by Andreas, on Flickr


Khan by Andreas, on Flickr

cheers, andreas

 

[robert blu]

I can "see" the energy of the sound in the Nita's photos. And your passion in all your work, love it!
robert

 

[raid]

I agree with Robert. This all has been very well done.

 

[kuuan]

thank you very much Robert and Raid.
Nita's passion as performer evoked my passion as photographer 🙂


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr


Nita by Andreas, on Flickr

note: #2 and #3 in my original post had not been takern with Pen-F Zuiko 3.5/100, as I had erroneously written, but with Pen-F Zuiko f1.4/40mm
cheers, andreas