{"id":455,"date":"2014-08-16T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T15:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2020-03-19T17:59:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T17:59:31","slug":"event-photography-edinburgh-city-singers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/event-photography-edinburgh-city-singers\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Photography: Edinburgh City Singers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous blog post<\/a>, I discussed how photography can help promote club events. It turns out that event photography can benefit other kinds of businesses or organisations.<\/p>\n

\"Edinburgh<\/a>
Establishing shot showing the choir in their concert venue, St Cuthbert church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few weeks back, I covered the Edinburgh City Singers\u2019 summer concert at St Cuthbert church. While it is perfectly fine to use a flash and freely move about in a nightclub, this was not possible when photographing the choir during their performance. Therefore I had to use the available light in the church and do the best possible job given the circumstances.<\/p>\n

\"Close-up<\/a>
Since it was not possible to get really close to the choir during the performance, I took some close-up pictures during the rehearsal before the concert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Edinburgh City Singers<\/a> is a new choir that started in January 2014. It offers a singing outlet to anyone who wants to get involved. The photographs of their concert will help them in many different ways.<\/p>\n

\"Medium<\/a>
From the aisle of St Cuthbert church, I was able to capture a few photographs of the solo singers using my telephoto zoom. It was a real challenge to remain still enough to get some sharp pictures given the low level of the ambient light in St Cuthbert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Good photographs make the organisation look professional. The pictures show the visitors to their website and Facebook page what their concerts are like, and encourage them to join the organisation.<\/p>\n

\"Establishing<\/a>
During the second half of the concert I was given access to the balcony of St Cuthbert, and that allowed me to document the event from a different point of view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The photographs also preserve the memories of the event for the current singers and the members of the band. For this reason I tried to take a wide variety of shots to get\u00a0as complete a coverage of the event as possible.<\/p>\n

\"Choir<\/a>
My elevated point of view allowed me to take a picture of the choir in its entirety.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is always important to look for other points of view so that your event photographs don’t look the same as those taken by the people in the audience. I was able to get some pictures of the choir and the band from the balcony that could not have been taken from the church’s floor.<\/p>\n

\"Vertical<\/a>
I learned to look for both horizontal and vertical compositions. This photograph of the choir shows more of the background than the previous picture of the Edinburgh City Singers framed horizontally<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was ultimately able to deliver over eighty photographs of the concert to the choir .<\/p>\n

\"Photograph<\/a>
Last but not least, I thought it was important to get some pictures of the accompanying musicians, since they obviously were an integral part of the concert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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