The second day of the Congo Square and the DI Jazz Fest 2011 turned out to be a wonderful evening. Old friends, good jazz (though Prasanna's music sounded more like heavy metal sometimes) and great food.
The plus point about concert photography is that one finds a first row seat and stays put there and that is exactly what I did.
I stuck to the trusted Nikon 85mm f1.8 with the Nikon D300. The light was not at all conducive to any sort of zooms except very fast zooms, which I don't have.
All pictures shot at 1600 ASA (very few at 400 ASA) and at f2 at shutter speeds between 1/45s and 1/250s.
The show started with Izaline Calister and her Trio with Latin Jazz & Caribbean music with Izaline Calister (Curacao/Netherlands) on Vocals, Yelman Aponte (Venezuela) on Bass, Enrique Firpi (Italy) on Drums and Marc Bischoff (Netherlands) on the Piano.
Her music - a mix of folk, jazz and Afro-Caribbean music - sung in a language called Papiementu was too good. She urged the audience to sing and dance along with her and soon the patrons were on their feet dancing and singing with her.
The next act was by the Prasanna and Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music Faculty in Concert with Prasanna (India) with Guitars/Vocals, Lara Bello (Spain) with Vocals and Derek Nievergelt (USA) on the Bass and Dafnis Prieto (Cuba) on the Drums.
The plus point about concert photography is that one finds a first row seat and stays put there and that is exactly what I did.
I stuck to the trusted Nikon 85mm f1.8 with the Nikon D300. The light was not at all conducive to any sort of zooms except very fast zooms, which I don't have.
All pictures shot at 1600 ASA (very few at 400 ASA) and at f2 at shutter speeds between 1/45s and 1/250s.
The show started with Izaline Calister and her Trio with Latin Jazz & Caribbean music with Izaline Calister (Curacao/Netherlands) on Vocals, Yelman Aponte (Venezuela) on Bass, Enrique Firpi (Italy) on Drums and Marc Bischoff (Netherlands) on the Piano.
Her music - a mix of folk, jazz and Afro-Caribbean music - sung in a language called Papiementu was too good. She urged the audience to sing and dance along with her and soon the patrons were on their feet dancing and singing with her.
The next act was by the Prasanna and Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music Faculty in Concert with Prasanna (India) with Guitars/Vocals, Lara Bello (Spain) with Vocals and Derek Nievergelt (USA) on the Bass and Dafnis Prieto (Cuba) on the Drums.
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