For a period of about 8months to a year (2006) I was given the chance to photograph several live music acts here in Austin, Texas.

I worked for a great little entertainment magazine Insite Austin.

While they weren’t able to pay me at least I got to see some cool acts for free and they used my images in their Insite Hinsdsite featured section.

This post and several following are some of the acts I got to shoot.
311 Was far and away to the most exciting and most well known of all the acts I got to cover….in fact, I was actually there specifically to shoot the opening act that night, Pepper! In talking with one of the concert goers during a downpour break, he encouraged me to get down there and slip into the same spot with my credentials (sticker) and have @ it with 311! And the guys working security let me!! :-)

Canon 24mm TSE: Austin, Texas Capitol Building II

More photos from downtown.

Confession time, I was actually trying to get a miniature effect from the top of this parking garage but I used the wrong aperture

One of those live and learn moments. Whih is also a good lesson, set your camera settings prior to arriving on location if you know you are there to achieve a specific shot or look. Sure, you should always check your settings anyway before shooting bu for some reason that day my brain had a short circuit

These first two once again represent a good example of a normal 24mm shot and then the same shot with the tilt/shift enabled. As you can see, it makes the dome much straighter than the normal 24mm shot (some of the normal 24mm shot might have been my fault having a sharp angle thus making the convergence seem that much more prevalent).

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This was a quick grab, would have loved to have spent more time with it, perhaps trying a HDR but I was pressed for time as it was. The coloring is just a little artistic PS license.

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This was using the tilt/shift to create some distortion, notice how elongated the dome of the capitol building is compared to the last shot.

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Canon 24mm TSE: Austin, Texas Capitol Building

I went downtown to actually shoot this from afar but couldn’t resist visiting the grounds since it was such a nice day…more specifically a great cloud day.

I also wanted to take a few standard 24mm shots and then some from the same perspective with the tilt/shift to give you an idea of the kinds of things this lens can do.

With Tilt/Shift

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Without:

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With Tilt/Shift

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Without

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