Singer Michael W. Smith was in concert at the church I work at last night. Here are a few images. i work in media, so I shot some with the idea to use on our website and publications specifically with regard to audio/video/lighting. Using the kit lens, and I had little chance to get close, so most are very long shots. No flash. ISO of 200.

I experimented a bit, and found that shutter priority with the speed set to what I could hold steady worked best. Aperture priority was giving very slow speeds, and without a tripod...

During sound check. ("Excuse me sir, is that a microphone growing out of your head?")
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm


Wide shot.
Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm


Viewfinder in focus.
Pentax *ist DS
Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 31 mm


Video Control.
Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm


Wide from an angle.
Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm

[PeterAM]

Very nice, and impressive. I don't think that I could have done that without SR.

[vievetrick]

I like them all. Very interesting and very usable. I like the camera (TV) camera one a lot.

[mediaslinky]

I had fun, although I kept wanting to get closer. I shot about 65 pics, some were similar to those, some just didn't turn out (as you can imagine). I would have shot more but I had to do some work.

[Alvin]

This looked like a lot of fun to shoot! Very nice shots. The first one, with your comment made me laugh. I also really liked the video camera shot. Thanks!

[Duh_Vinci]

I think you have captured the atmosphere of the stage presence very well! Thanks for sharing!

Regards,
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