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...a brief interlude...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Photographic advice needed...

Say you were going to shoot a pop star, someone like, say, Kelly Clarkson, but there was no photo pit. In fact you have to shoot from the front of house soundboard. No biggie, except for the fact you do not own a telephoto lens. You own a slightly older Canon Rebel XT, but no tripod, and are wondering what lens would get the job done. You have the clearance to rent one due to an extremely agile and fleet-footed camera gear firm in town, but you want to make sure you grab the right gear. One person recommends renting a 70-200mm 2.8 lens, and another thinks 300mm will do it, and yet another doubts anything less than 500mm will do the trick (but again, I don't have a tripod).

What would you suggest?

posted by Tankboy at 11:36 AM | |

Next show
Dec. 4
at The Old Oak Tap

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Tankboy resides in the body of some tall blonde guy and lives in Chicago with Pickle the Kitten, and a beagle named Betty who may actually be slightly more famous than most musicians out there. He's written about music for much longer than most bands you hear on the radio have even existed. He also swears that it wasn't him who did that and has learned that "deny everything" is a basic tenet of existence.

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December 4 @ The Old Oak Tap
DJ Tankboy

December 8 @ The Burlington
Superbird returns to
The Burlington
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December 19 @ The Burlington
Flosstradamus
The Burlington Collective
with DJ Tankboy

December 26 @ The Continental
DJ Tankboy
DJ Rudy Tuesday

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tankboy recommends

December 7 @ Lincoln Hall
Sloan

December 10 @ Sheffield's
The Chicagoist Reader Meet-up!