Sugarland and Little Big Town at Show Me Center

Canon 350D 28-135IS 1/125 f5.6 Tv Priority ISO 1600

Back in April, my wife and I made it down to Cape Girardeau to see Sugarland and Little Big Town at the Show Me Center. I debated whether I wanted to hassle with bringing my 350D into the concert as each time I’ve tried, it seems to get harder and harder. Venues and bands just don’t want you bringing in SLR type cameras. To me, what’s the point of bringing a point and shoot to a show when the pictures just don’t compare to the output of an SLR. I went for it that night and it was well worth it.

The first picture is probably my favorite of the night. Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town is absolutely gorgeous and she didn’t disappoint that night as you can see. I made sure to do a little research on concert photography to maximize my efforts in trying to capture something worthwhile, without spending all night using the trial and error method. I defaulted to just shooting in shutter priority at 1/125s most of the night which turned out ok.

Canon 350D 28-135IS 1/125 f5.6 Tv Priority ISO 1600

The next one is a little action shot of fellow LBT member Phillip Sweet working the guitar. My angles were a quite a bit limited as I had access to just the outside edges of the stage on both sides. I was worried with my ISO being up so high, but the pics still seem to come out with very little noise. The old Canon 350D (Rebel XT) did a pretty solid job that night.

Canon 350D 28-135IS 1/125 f5.6 Tv Priority ISO 1600

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Canon 350D 28-135IS 1/125 f5=7.1 Tv Priority ISO 1600

I’m really glad I was lucky and got this picture of Sugarland later that night. Since I was now relegated to sitting in my seat about 20 rows back, I had to settle for a few 135mm shots that I was hoping would be somewhat satisfactory. I cropped this one quite a bit but it still turned out pretty nice. Christian is always good for a few funny/interesting type shots! I wish I was able to get more of Jennifer Nettles throughout the night, but the distance and my lens capabilities were just not working for me.

These are by far the best concert pictures I’ve taken, but this is also the first time I’ve been able to use a SLR camera and one with an IS (image stabilization) lens. What I’d like to do is figure out how to get more natural color in my shots. I’m assuming a much faster lens would help, and, oh, maybe that photo pass as well!