Back in November 2009 I shot the the 5th International Tango Festival here in London. The first real assignment for me. Beside the fact that I know nothing about Tango it was a jump into cold water as I had no idea how much light would be available, as this was a kind of "concert" environment, with darkness and some light spots for the dancers. Forced to shot from distance, I purchased a couple of days before the prime lens Nikon 85mm 1.8 to have the ability to focus a bit closer. At the venue, I checked the light circumstances. As dancers are "moving objects" I needed a decent shutter speed to get sharp images, at least 1/100 of a sec. To get there, I had to shoot with widest aperture possible plus ISO between 5000 and 6400. I rested the most of the time the camera on my knee and shot just when the dancers slowed down or even stoped for a moment. At the end I shot during the 2 days about 1400 frames - a lot of them not usable.
These pictures shown here are my personal favourites from the day. You can find the rest of them here at the slideshow. Click here
For the photographers - the event was shot on one
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1 Response to The 5th International Tango Festival Part I
I LOVE your use of lighting! It's hard for me to imagine when, or how I'll get to that level.. And I know how hard it is taking not only low lighting pictures (seems to be only window and a few lightly lit chandeliers) , but while they're dancing too. Really excellent pictures.. I envy the fact that you get to be there.. must be awesome experience, and i noticed in some of the pictures that you seem to know a few of the dancers
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