Choir photography
Choir photography session
I had the best time photographing for the Tallis Consort in Barnsley last week. A request by the chap in charge of the group to create some new imagery for their upcoming new website. I've photographed a few different types of music performers now but never a choir. At these gigs you have an added bonus of listening to some very talented people as you work.
Beforehand, after a quick chat with the leader of the group, I checked out the location on the website to see if I could scope out the place and put together a list of shot ideas. On the day, these really help with keeping a focus. It's easy to get swept up by something looking cool and blitzing it as time runs away with you. A list to keep looking at that sits in your back pocket, keeps the day organised for me. The main concern with the shoot was light, or the potential lack of it. It was a large church without a lot of window light and hoped for the best with the weather, to illuminate as much as possible. Luckily on the day, we found moments where the sun shone through the clouds forming wonderful light pockets. I'm sure it was a little annoying to some in the group but I kept the group moving around the place to follow the light as and when it shone through.
You work with what you have on the day as a photographer, some compromises here, some luck there but when wonderful rays of light shine down on your subject, click, click, click...
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