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this is a shot i almost didn't do anything with... i shot it about a year ago and wasn't crazy about the motion blur in his hair and the overall grain.

but i've been revisiting some of my older work and my thoughts on grain. the deftones pic i posted a while back was a good example of me letting go of my love of sharp, low noise, low blur performance images and "keepsin' it real" and using shots that i probably would have passed over a year ago.

sometimes shots that are technically imperfect (but have strong composition, storytelling, or mood) are stronger than shots executed with technical precision. having said that - there's a lot of bad blurry/grainy concert photography out there... anyone who has attempted to shoot live concerts without flash knows how challenging it can be. i guess the answer lies somewhere in the middle.

have a scoop of grain :)

LP

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~Vfor Sep 10, 2006, 1:42:47 PM
Oh. My. God.

That is all.

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~baron-eddie Sep 10, 2006, 1:46:33 PM
Awesome, I kind of hoped when i saw it that Trent had grown his hair back but alas - a year old. I think that the movement in the shot means it conveys a little more than a totally 'perfect' shot would have done.

Thanks for sharing:)

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~berlon Sep 10, 2006, 1:47:49 PM
real man

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~lilangelsg2 Sep 10, 2006, 1:49:07 PM
cool :)

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~namasthay Sep 10, 2006, 1:52:49 PM
I must feel quite close for I tend to fetish you usual ways *swallows grain scoop*

Nontetheless this looks very real indeed.

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=azuldeluna Sep 10, 2006, 1:52:49 PM
nice ^^

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~Dibi Sep 10, 2006, 2:05:31 PM
some days ago i tried to shoot a concert without a flash. and my photo doesn't have a high iso so everything was blurry. a good camera can do a lot in this situation.

and i like this shot. the grain's good, i tell. nothing against it. good eye to capture the moment
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~bohemianbabet Sep 10, 2006, 2:06:40 PM
I love this picture. i much prefer Trent with that lenght of hair becuz when i went to the concert about 2 months ago it was shaved =(

Your right about the blur of the hair but you caught him in a wonderful pose and i especially enjoy the spit comming out of the mouth

<333's

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~deadheadDevo Sep 10, 2006, 2:08:41 PM
balance is everything, man.

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