srika

peek-a-boo...

Mizouse

Mizouse

after finally paying attention to other parts of the picture, did you capture a girl falling on her ass on the left side of the picture??

srika

no idea whats going on there.. i consider it a "bonus" to the shot...

sixsixfour

i think the girl *falling* was probably on a seat and flirting away lol

srika

yea I know nobody fell that night, lol but def a lotta flirting going on :P

gocubsgo55

Yep, going to Nitro, Mission, and PM, I'd know a thing or 2 about Chicago clubs

Although I have been to Vision and Excaliber, that was back when I had a fake. Being a fan of Electronic, I guess I'm going to have to wait the last 1.5 years out . That place looks really cool.

danny25

I accidentally went to Excaliber when I was in Chicago last summer. My friends wife thought it looked cool... it was full of old people.

gocubsgo55

..yeahh not the "hippest" of places. Why include an ARCADE at your club??

srika

its a tourist attraction...

Mizouse

i see, i still cant figure out how her legs would be like that

Mizouse

never heard anything from infected mushroom, i wanted to check them out at coachella but i went to the rage against the machine concert instead, however i did catch paul van dyk's set

srika

i hate you.. RATM ftmfw... never saw em live... :<

srika

while this thread has been bumped... I might as well post a few shots :P

this is one of the best club shots I've ever taken...



a few more:



theres lots of color bleeding on this one but I think it gives the whole thing a "dreamy" kind of look that I rarely get.





btw I rarely ever crop anymore.. none of these are cropped. It saves so much work to just get it framed right the first time. I usually use the head(s) as reference points for center-framing. Of course there is no set rule for that.

Mizouse

srika

Mizouse

danny25

mmmmmm freckles

srika

complimentary colors are a great thing..

Mizouse

sweet

srika

PVD @ Vision




unrelated shot

Mizouse

i wish i had a gig like yours, sounds like fun

JT Money

str8 skills srika

srika

Was at Bleu (Detroit) this past Friday for their DEMF event - Gabriel & Dresden. I tried going for a different style of shots. Wanted to capture more emotion, fun, and candid shots. I made a big "collage" of my favorites, have a look. It's rather large so I'm linking it.

click - 927x6423 . 2.57MB

Mizouse

love the last picture as well

wndrlst

I can see what you mean about the difference in style, but they still have your stamp all over them (which is a good thing)! The crowd really seems to respond positively to you, which is, obviously, such a crucial part of people photography. Good job!

& yeah, that last series of 3 is hilarious!

BustedJack

srika, are you a photographer or club owner?

srika

thx 4 having a look - yea its pretty fun to get reactions from the crowd. Later on this night, I was asking for em, hence the last pics. I'll usually take a couple of pics and then say something like, "get crazy!". Spirits are a big factor in this "phase" - for both the taken and the taker. ;p

srika

photog

Billiam

Srika, have you ever considered putting some colored gels over your flash or on the diffuser/reflector? With all the colored lights in the clubs, I bet you could get some really cool stuff if the light from your flash had a contrasting color cast to the background club lights.

srika

Dan's suggested it before, I guess I would have to try it to see how the pics come out. I'm looking to see if I can find some sample shots online... know of any? The other thing is with me doing PP on every shot, is it as big a factor? I mean if I want a certain look, I think I can do it in PP? Or does it give an effect that is difficult to get in PP.

srika

Oh and, there was like zero lighting at this club - notice most (if not all) of the club shots have a black background. All they had was strobes. Kinda sucked, I love pics with pretty background colors. But at the same time, the blackness give these pics a look I don't get at other clubs.

srika

Rest of the G&D @ Bleu pics if you wanna take a gander. Also has some pics from DEMF Sunday.

http://www.delobbo.com/gallery2/v/052507_gd_bleu/

Mizouse

how would one get a job like that?

srika

Easiest way - find out what your primary forum is for nightclub events. Start posting there and see what events people are talking about. Go to the events. Start with a small P&S - start taking pics. See if they will let you take your DSLR in, right off the bat (some clubs don't have a problem with it - hell Ive noticed its become way more lax at the clubs I shoot at in past months). Post your best pics on the forum(s). Get noticed this way. Show them a style they've never seen before. Keep doing this for a while - get to know people who work at the club - everything else will fall into place. This is precisely what I did.

Mizouse

so you just went there and just took pictures of random people for practice?
wouldnt that give you status?

srika

no - I started taking pictures of the DJ's and the crowd in general, not individual people. That came later.

Mizouse

ahh i see

hmm.. im still not sure what i want to do with photography. what i mean is if i want to make a job out of it, or keep it as only a hobby.

is that all you do or is that a weekend job?

but first things first, i need to get better at taking photos

srika

if you want to see some of the first pictures check this link:

http://www.delobbo.com/gallery2/v/?g2_page=3

these were taken with SD550.

right now im just having fun with it, not working as much - doing it more for myself, when I want. i got kinda burnt out doing it 2-3 times a week for 9 months in a row. Its not the actual picture-taking that burnt me out - thats the easy part. its the PP. Im gonna do it on a more selective basis now. Doing something you love to do is fun until it feels like work. Unfortunately I got to that point. Lately Ive been going out without my cam. Its a lot of fun but honestly I was kinda addicted to shooting. So I feel kinda naked without the cam. And, I am constantly seeing shots, its like all I see - and when I do I wish I had my cam with me. That feeling kinda sucks. But, its getting better.

srika

John Digweed @ Vision.. finally made a new watermark.. wanted something more visible and legible, but still a bit subtle.