Palm 105.5 Party on the Green
On Saturday I partied on Paignton Green.
Dirty Blues initially asked me to go and photograph them rockin’ the casbah during Palm 105.5‘s lineup of live music, which also included performances from several other local acts including Emily Howard, Stillyano and Too Hot. The whole event climaxed at around 9.45pm with a somewhat anti-climatic performance from a Kylie Minogue impersonator, who’s only redeeming quality was her stage name: ‘Rogue Minogue’.
The Dirty Blues set gave me an opportunity to play with my new Canon 24-70. I can fanny around in the kitchen with rulers and bits of string until the cows come home, but the only way to really establish how this lens performs is to take it out ‘in the field’ so to speak. My conclusion? Superb contrast and colour, poor focus 
. I did a bit of research and discovered that this lens is notorious for ‘bad copies’. Oh well, time to whip out the Canon warranty and get it seen to. If it turns out to be miscalibrated (I hope it does!) then I may have to withdraw my last blog post…
This is probably my favourite shot, albeit at a tragic ISO1600; Fonzy the Dirty Blues drummer-
Canon 50D + Canon 24-70mm lens @ 55mm f/2.8
Down on the beach something amazing was happening. I’ve been trying to get a good shot of Paignton seafront for ages, but the scruffy sand, the grey sea or the unfortunate evening sunlight direction (from inland, casting shadows across the beach) has always stopped me. Saturday was different though, because the sky looked like this-
Canon 50D + Canon 24-70mm lens @ 25mm f/5.6
The sun had set, so my lack of tripod forced me to hand-hold at ISO 400. Not ideal, but good enough for a blog post. I must remember to be down on the beach with my tripod in 2018, when the sky looks like that again.
Photography took a back seat after that because I was being called by toffee apples and beer. For the record, this is a winning combination.
Photographic Adventures | 03 August 2009 |