Photography is fun

Since I never learned how to use a manual camera, I have a ton to learn about photography. So my ulterior motive for attending the free Moonrats show at The Echo last night was to experiment with low-light shooting using the GF1. I'm not sure if it was the perfect night or worst night to do that since the stage lights--which are always funky anyway--were kept on dim for the entire set. Not many decent pics came out, and I probably should have given in and just used flash. Oh well. But the set was quite good--more proggy than their songs on YouTube suggest--and I saw Becky Stark for the first time in years. She sang backup on the third or fourth song, and told me afterward that she and keyboardist/vocalist/guitarist Aska make music together as well, and have some gigs coming up.


Leaving the Echo, I was pretty demoralized about shooting pictures. Luckily, the combination of a light mist with neon lights made for the photographic equivalent of low-hanging fruit on the way back to the car. Nothing takes low-light pictures like the Ricoh GR-D, but this was a good confidence builder.