82/365
Start of a weekend involving three gigs in three days -making a total of five in five from Wednesday through to Sunday. I set off early but wasn't able to check into my hotel until 2, so I went on a speculative wander and discovered that neither London Camera Exchange nor Jessops in Manchester sold the triumvirate of cheap Sigma primes...after checking in at the hotel, I recharged my phone and set off around 7.15 to Jimmy's, a semi-subterranean bar with a spectacular but totally over the top lighting system for the size of venue. The singer I'd come to see, Emily Capell, was on last. Faced with back-lighting, low lighting, contrasty lighting that was tricky to gauge exposure for and the humble Stylus 1 (good as it is) I converted most of my shots to black and white...
82/365
Start of a weekend involving three gigs in three days -making a total of five in five from Wednesday through to Sunday. I set off early but wasn't able to check into my hotel until 2, so I went on a speculative wander and discovered that neither London Camera Exchange nor Jessops in Manchester sold the triumvirate of cheap Sigma primes...after checking in at the hotel, I recharged my phone and set off around 7.15 to Jimmy's, a semi-subterranean bar with a spectacular but totally over the top lighting system for the size of venue. The singer I'd come to see, Emily Capell, was on last. Faced with back-lighting, low lighting, contrasty lighting that was tricky to gauge exposure for and the humble Stylus 1 (good as it is) I converted most of my shots to black and white...