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Have a camera and be there. Thanks for the memories.
I would think these 3 photos, even in today’s high ISO digital world, would stand up to what is being shot now.
Well don’t that beat all! Me and Bruce, sharing the same stage (well, sort of.)
Yeah, that was fun shooting neo-noir on the streets of NYC. Might be time to add more to your noir portfolio.
‘Cause tramps like, baby, we were born to shoot.
~ Mark
Knowing how K-Man likes Bruce, I’m certain you made the K-Man’s day (and week) by having him in the post with Bruce.
Joe,
I’ve learned a lot from you and MANY others; still learning – thankfully. I have to agree about grain.
Grain never made a good picture bad and super sharp grain free resolution never made a bad picture good!
As a Jersey guy myself and rock music fan, it’s great to see your old Bruce shots. Terrific stuff. The grain suits the live music / real life feel of a Bruce performance.
Be well.
John
It really is amazing what the new cameras can do at the high ISO levels. I photographed Cher in concert the other night and while the show had plenty of light, I shot at ISO 800 – 1600 with really no noise at all.
The thing is that if the photo is good, grabs your attention, captures a real moment, the grain or doesn’t matter. The only people who look for noise these days are other photographers. Regular folk who like to look at photos don’t get in really close to see the noise. They step back and look at the image the way should be looked at. As a moment in time captured to tell a story.
Reminds of the days I turned up with gigs with TMAX 3200 and Fuji 1600 (E6). I only managed a few gigs of well known bands (well known in the UK) and many of bands that didn’t last the course but I still have a slight case of one-sided deafness as my battle scar and some hazy memories of smoke filed rooms.
Great post Joe. It reminds me of how a lot of people hold onto those vinyl records just for the “crackle” that they produce when playing them. The “grain” in old photos at high ASA values can be viewed in the same way… it just can’t be reproduced like that anymore.
This makes me want to break out my old Pentax P30 35mm again. Ha, I just talked about it in my last blog post… what a coincidence 🙂
Have a good day!
Brant
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Loved them all! I was automatically transported to the smell of cigarettes and sweat from a long lived concert when I saw the iso 1600 photos.
The thing is that if the photo is good, grabs your attention, captures a real moment, the grain or doesn’t matter. The only people who look for noise these days are other photographers. Regular folk who like to look at photos don’t get in really close to see the noise. They step back and look at the image the way should be looked at. As a moment in time captured to tell a story.
Uhm,
Grain never made a good picture bad and super sharp grain free resolution never made a bad picture good!