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Hi, I am going to shoot in a theatre for the first time and I am stressed out a bit 😅 Technicalities...I own canon 6D mark II but I will borrow lens, so I wanna ask, what will be better, prime lens (something like 35 and 85 which will be a bit costly but I would have high apareture) or 24-70 f2.8? Or something different (theatre hall is pretty big), for example 70-200 and I have my own 50mm. Another thing, I am not sure with that high ISO 😅 I am aware that on the podium will be enough light (hopefully), but on my DSLR going up to 3200 or 6400 ISO will be not as good and quality of photo will drop. Do you use flash? (probably not but still...I wanna be sure) What about white balance? You mentioned it in video, but I am not sure if you mentioned those settings (not in postpr.). Is it okay to use auto or it will be better to use other modes? If other modes, which one is the best?

Great images and informative video! One thing that was not address was a problem I constantly have when there is any kind of projection behind the performers. From one picture to the next, the colors shift and I have a very hard time getting a shot where the projected image is the actual color that people in the theatre see. What is the secret to that?

Stop any digital crital bullshit …

Thank you, great information!

Appreciating this video...thanks for taking us back to basics with Lightroom sliders! Thanks

Great stuff Keith and happy retirement,I’ve got 12 months to go 😃

Have you tried dual slides and just cross them with rubber part up? Kind of hard to put a camera on my belt since I may not always have a belt and I’m a little heavier and stomach won’t let me 😅

Dear Keith, thank ou for sharing your experiences and knowledge! That really helps a lot! 😀What would you do if you would have to shoot a promotion photo of the theatre group on stage? Something like a group shot, more or less. So no actual performance, no audience, just a crisp clean photo for advertising. - Would you still use the stage's existing lighting setup, to keep the theatre look? Or would you add some lights? And would you change anything else? I am thinking about adding some additional light from a lower angle to fill; and then making it darker in post. Am not sure though... 😀 Edit: The biggest problem that I have is, that I have a black curtain as a background. 😞🙂

This is very useful. Thank you!

Excellent video Keith! Very helpful. I have 2 Canon R5 cameras and for weddings I use a 15-35 and a 28-70 f2. Im going to try your set up with the 15-35 clipped and the 28-70 on the strap to see how it does! Do you have any tips for preventing your camera body and lens on the strap from swinging around while you are using the camera on the clip? Thanks again and I subscribed! best, Rick

Great video.

Amazing reflections and views. I’m impressed how smooth the flight is. Never flown, but looks like you’ve got a good handle on it!

Congratulations on retiring from fulltime work. This adventure, and the drone, were great ways to mark the milestone and you achieved some stunning results with your new piece of kit. I look forward to more B roll footage from the drone.

Ahhh, retirement-- 6 saturdays and a Sunday. Excellent photography. Great drone video, Looking forward to new adventures.

Congratulations on your retirement Keith! Fantastic shots and footage from the trip. The colors and locations are amazing. Thanks for sharing your adventures…

Happy retirement Keith. Looked like a great trip.

It is amazing what you can learn from RUclips. I often watch videos on concert and event photography (which I also do) but never came across one on theater photography. So this is great. I did learn today about using flash white balance, which is a great tip. I am on my second season with a local theater company and still learning. I find spot metering a little too sensitive because often you have a mixture of subjects (fully light and partially light) in the frame. So I use center weighted. Helps a lot. I usually shoot an early rehearsal, which gives the theater some early background shots and then the final dress rehearsal, where I shoot the production shots. So, without an audience, I have free movement, and I know the plot and the must-have scenes beforehand. I have partially switched equipment this year. Now, I use a FF DSLR with a wide angle lens for wide shots using matrix metering. And I use two Olympus bodies with a (FFE) 112mm fast prime and a (FFE) 70-200mm zoom (I love the f/1.4 prime but need a zoom for flexibility). No banding seen so far on the Olympus bodies despite 100% LED stage lighting. But I have yet to find a face recognition system the lets you quickly and easily switch subjects. It's amazing how often the camera chooses the wrong face!

That's a cute niche to sit and shoot from.

I really like this video. The use of color/light and isolation really transformed the photos. Could have been in the great desert. Loved the large tractor tracks leading to the dune. Tracks made by machine or some otherworld animal, who knows. Shoot any at night??

Interesting project and some very different techniques. Thanks for sharing

Well done, very interesting

The 35mm1.4 is my favourite lens of all time. It does everything right

We have missed you, Keith. This is a very interesting project with a great deal of artistic, as well as historical, value. I particularly liked the recreation of the shot in which the woman is fishing from the riverbank. You have made a superb job of this project.

Super video Keith great work. A lot of hard work, congratulations.

Hi. Great presentation. I am ordering this particular tripod. When it comes to colors, I like colorful equipment. I have yellow and red trekking clothes :) and a yellow Shimoda action backpack. So this tripod will be the perfect complement.

Maybe I’m poor, but I do that all the time 😂

Seeing those converging lines of that beautiful piece of architecture in Seville was hard for me. You need to start using tilt shift lines and get rid of the distortion. Good video though, enjoyed it.

Standing joke with my wife is this same "little walk" she suggested we did on a hot summers day a couple of years back. No supplies or water which was dumb. Knackered by the end and sank 2 pints of lime and soda in the Tinner's Arms in a couple of minutes before I could turn to thoughts of beer and food! Turns out it is a "somewhat challenging" walk - though with spectacular scenery.

I agree with everything you said, sorry for the late arrival to this video. I find these views echoed so much by photographer's myself included its good to get out more.

Another very entertaining video with great pictures. As I know every inch of this trail and have walked it many times, I can only confirm that it is very challenging but also breathtakingly beautiful. Looking forward to being back soon. Danke Keith!

Just returned from a seven day trip to Cornwall( second time im there) and loved it soo much! Can't wait to see more from you because I really love this part of England and I will surely return one day!

Perfect transition in the beginning. You could teach those tik-tok kids a thing or two haha. That was a great photography session and a fun challenge with those “restrictions”. I always enjoy your monochrome shots and the first gate image was fantastic. Good stuff!

Good tips for shooting in theaters, but can i give you one turn that background music off.

oh and aperture stick to 4 is wide enough since you using auto iso it willimprove your focus

Use auto ISO and 200 is not enough many times need to go to 500shutter speed dancers are fast

Very helpful! Thank you

Hello, thank you for these tips! Do you use tripod when shooting a speaker on the stage ?

Thank you keith. This series was very helpful and clear as a beginner

Great content. Easy to understand. Thank you so much keith!

Loved this, made a nice change to include a project with photography vlog that was different from F-stops depth of field shutter speeds etc. Nice to see what you get up to as a photographer. Thanks

I shoot with a Canon 80D, and when I do theater/dance photography I shoot in Shutter Priority so I can set the shutter speed, especially in dance, and will then dial in some exposure compensation. I've tried shooting in full manual mode, but unless the stage lights are bright and don't change, rarely does that happen, then there's no way I can shoot in manual and get a good picture.

Great walkthrough. Although I'm not currently on the Fuji system (may be making a purchase in the near future) there's a lot of fantastic information and recommendations that I took from this one for my current setup. Good stuff, Keith. Looking forward to hearing how you get on with the X-T5.

Looking forward to mages from this camera. Should allow you to crop if needed and still have a large file.

Thought you may enjoy this video.By Sean Tucker on his youtube site. Title of video ' The incredible photography I found in a fish and chip shop'. Located in Whitby North Yorkshire. Outstanding photographs during the 1800's by Frank Meadow Sutcliff. BTW, the fish and chip shop is Mr. Chips.

Great video, thanks for the thoughts you shared. I really like your London pictures. Greetings from Germany.

Hi Keith. Your video inspired me to be a photo tourist in my hometown, Vancouver, Canada. I just returned from Alaska taking photos with one camera, one lens & one film sim (X-T20, Kamlan 21mm, Vivid). I returned home to seeing tourists taking photos of things & places I had ignored & thought to be mundane. I will try to see my hometown thru a new set of eyes.

I actually discovered your channel through your Lightroom tutorials. Really helped to get my feet under me with editing. I could see an updated version being valuable as well. Really enjoyed the concept of the “Hometown Tourist” in this video as well. Nice to make the effort to see the same things with a fresh perspective.

Thanks for your video. What about WB? Also AF in single shot or continuous mode?

Can the dividers be configured to hold a 200-600 or 150-600 with camera mounted?

Love the monochrome picture