It's always a thrill to photograph an artist in private show, performing in an intimate venue just a couple hundred of their diehard fans. That was the scene for B.o.B's recent performance at the iHeartRadio Theater in NYC.
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I shot this gig around ISO 3200 — no sweat for the Nikon D800, which I find excellent at high ISO. Lighting for this show was with the house lights — nothing too crazy in terms of production, but plenty nice for such an intimate venue.
For this show, I used the trio of my f/2.8 zooms — the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 and Nikon 70-200mm f/28 VR II. Out of these lenses, the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 was really my most-used lens — it provided a nice range for the stage-front work here.
One tricky thing here was sharing the front of the stage with video using a steadicam, so it meant shooting from either side of the stage — never truly in the middle. For hip hop artists like B.o.B., I think this worked out just fine, as I'm always seeking clean sight lines over a face full of mic!
