Went out to San Francisco last night to see an old high school friend of mine. Showed up at this dive bar (I exaggerate, it was actually quite nice for a single room bar) with the DJ’s of Grime City and the Big Crew. The DJ’s were very friendly and not at all seedy, they’ve actually reached a level of professionalism and maturity over the years that I associate with “growing up.” I brought my girlfriend along, neither of us expecting to like the music… and I brought my D80.
My g/f encouraged me to play paparazzi and take lots of photos of my friend while he was DJ’ing to share with him later. (He usually takes the best pics and incorporates them in to his fliers.) I brought my SB600 and turned the exposure on the external flash way down (-2.7) to keep the lighting subdued but still give a little fill flash to capture what was going on. Sadly, any kind of flash just wipes out the moodlights that are around. Above you can see the turntables and the red mood lights that illuminate the controls.
Here you can see how the red light on the controls are wiped out by the overpowering flash (and this is at -2.7).
At -3.0, the fill flash was insufficient to really give you much.
Either way, it was worth going to. The music style of dubstep has evolved over the years to something completely new. From the way my buddy (Subtek) was talking, it’s getting big in London. From there, it’s only a stepping off point to becoming popular around the rest of the world, and my friend was in at the ground floor of this music movement. Quite exciting.
I got the invite to tea and crumpets (read: BBQ and social) as I was leaving, and I hope my friend keeps in touch and invites me over. It would be good to hang out with him again, outside of the bar scene which I’ve pretty much given up.
Now, on to find those crazy accessories I need…
Follow me on Twitter 