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    We've just had a couple of nights at Stratford Lit Fest and caught interviews with Alan Johnson MP and Ray Davies. We managed to get decent seats so I could stick the Stylus on my knee and fire of some non-intrusive shots. I was quite surprised how well the shots came out given the rough and ready way they were taken. Heres a few:

    Ray Davies - by his own admission not a good speaker, but very interesting. There were some great tales "The drummer tried to kill Dave" type of stuff. It was obvious from the vibes that he took a dislike to the interviewer, which added to things a bit. The shots were all drastically over exposed on account of the dark background, I didn't seem to be able to fix it at the time.

    I thought he suited the Victorian look:
    Ray Davies by johndal, on Flickr

    Somebody asked a good question




    Alan Johnson, he seemed a thoroughly decent bloke and still does his Hull MP's surgeries every week.

    OOF, but such a nice smile I thought I'd keep it.



    John

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    Re: A couple of bods with books out

    You captured character very well....what great shots...super quality.
    see my blog... http://www.rps.org/my-rps/portfolio
    and flickr page...http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianvickers/

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    • #3
      Re: A couple of bods with books out

      Enjoyed these, John, from past experience I know Ray Davies can be a little mercurial at times.
      The picture tells the story, great when you have a bad memory.DW.

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        Re: A couple of bods with books out

        The processing on the first one works very well.
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          Re: A couple of bods with books out

          Thanks for the comments. I do enjoy these gigs, it's nice to see the personalities behind the faces.
          John

          m4/3: E-P2, EM-5, 100-300, 14-42mm 12-50mm, 45mm, panny 14mm. 4/3: 7-14 + Flashes & tripods & stuff

          "Take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints".

          Flickr gallery

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