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After the Geek Gathering I wandered over to the Continental Club where I ran into Chris Gray, the music dude for The Houston Press. He asked if I was free on Saturday as he needed someone to shoot the Fleetwood Mac concert @ The Toyota Center. I told him I was available and he asked if I had a “long lens” because the photographers were going to have to shoot from the soundboard which is a pretty good distance from the stage.
My longest concert lens is my Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 which works out to be about 300mm on my crop sensor Sony Alpha 700. I told him I would give it a try.
When I arrived @ The Toyota Center there were two other photographers, one with a Canon and a 400mm f/2.8 and another with a Nikon connected to a 300mm f/2.8 and each was armed with a monopod, something I have not yet invested in.
We were escorted to the soundboard before the show started and I was a little disheartened at the distance from the stage which was about 3/4 of the way to the back of the floor seats.
This shot was taken @ 70mm and gives you an idea of the distance
Yea, it was back a ways. I shot the show fully extended at 200mm without the benefit of a monopod. Thank you built in image stabilization from Sony!
Not bad, but I would have liked to have been closer, or had a lens with more reach and a monopod. Just not sure
As I expected, impressive.
Wow! I don’t know anything about photography, but given you were so far away, I think those are awesome… Love Fleetwood Mac!
Great photos, Jay. But, more importantly, how was the concert?
Review is at http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/05/aftermath_fleetwood_mac_at_toy.php
Jay, trust me, a monopod is one of the best pieces of equipment I’ve gotten. The one I got is cheap, but it does the job. After all, it’s a stick. Why spend a lot of money on it?