Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Flash Question

































Part of the job is dealing with the venue rules. This club had a no video/no flash posting on a small sign near the front door. Given this is more of a dinner club than many places like the Viper Room, I was not surprised. But some fans were using little point and shoot cameras and the flash. Nobody said a word so I stuck a few flash shots in. For comparison I offer one each. The shots have very different looks. The club had very low lighting, I was at ISO 3200 wide open 4.5 lens and 1/30th exposure. No way could I shoot at a lower ISO or shutter. These wre shot two seconds apart.

So I ask you to comment which is better to your eye? The top image is without flash, the lower image with flash. Anonymous comments are allowed. No need to register.

2 comments:

Fee said...

I love a no flash pic if the lighting is right, its moody and I love it!!! So of course I prefer the first photo.

I sometimes think that the flash makes it too bright and you lose the mood and the colours.

SNDreamer said...

I totally agree with what Fee said

I take all my band photos without a flash