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My Equipment: (continued)
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Assignment:
BB King Cover!
Time to get shot:
11 minutes!
Lighting:
Changing Low light!
Flash allowed?
No!
Allowed on Stage?
No!
Importance:
Major!
When I was
assigned the cover shot of legendary B.B. King there was
no chance to reshoot: I was only allowed to shoot during the first 3
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I had one shot at getting the
cover. What I wanted was a
full-frame Nikon D3X (because of its excellent high ISO/low noise
capability) as well as a fast lens, like the VR NIKKOR 300mm
f/2.8, which would permit me to shoot under low-light conditions
at a relatively fast shutter speed. That's what I wanted....but what I had
instead was a 6-megapixel
Nikon D100 body and a 70-300mm kit lens.
A fast sharp lens would have
allowed me to hand-hold the camera so that I could position myself
quickly in the rapidly changing light conditions, but that wasn't
an option with my setup.
I knew that motion blur and
background noise would eliminate the possibility of publishable
results, so I was forced to use a tripod in a crowded setting:
not my preferred method of shooting. A D3X at a higher |
