Jam session comp + lighting

[ericw]

Please visit the album (link below image) and look at the last 10 or so images (the ones with captions) and critique as a set. I'd like critique on what I'm doing as a whole rather than just one image - composition and lighting tips, ideas, and critiques please.

As a side note I couldn't understand why the pentax was overpowering the vivitar so much until I got the flashes out the next day and noticed the vivitar was set to auto-thyristor-whatever mode and not manual *effffff*. I think I can kind of dig all the hard shadows though... These lessons learned the hard way will never be forgotten

From band & concert

Photo information
Apr 4, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/50 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash Used: vivitar 2800 bounced off ceiling - camera back-right, pentax af160 on the band - above rear.

EDIT: Taken in a bar almost exclusively with 50mm.

[wulf]

No - critique is for ONE image at a time. If you are generalising about an approach to a style of photography, you want the technique section. We can move it for you if that is the kind of feedback you are after.

Wulf

[ericw]

Yes, please move it to the techniques section.

[wulf]

Moved... so have ye at it. What do you think of the composition and lighting? How have you approached shooting bands in similar situations (me? ... I'm normally playing the bass so don't have enough hands free to take pictures!).

Wulf