Seiji and his band, the Tower Tavern, 23 May 2009

Nikon D700 + 50mm 1.8 | 1/200sec at f/1.8 | ISO 2200

Nikon D700 + 50mm 1.8 | 1/200sec at f/1.8 | ISO 2200

Funny story here: I bumped into Seiji on my way to shoot another gig, The Marvis, playing at Monto Water Rats. Now, I used to play with The Marvis (I was the drummer) and guess what, so did Seiji, who was the drummer after me.

He no longer plays with them either and found this other band with whom he had only rehearsed once, on the morning of the gig, and he totally rocked it that night.

I don’t play that much drums anymore, but hey, I take pictures.

Oh yeah, I don’t remember the name of the band but neither did Seiji when I asked him…

Nikon D700 + 24-70 f/2.8 | 1/50sec at f/2.8 | ISO 2200

Nikon D700 + 24-70 f/2.8 | 1/40sec at f/2.8 | ISO 1600

Nikon D700 + 50mm 1.8 | 1/80sec at f/1.8 | ISO 1600

Nikon D700 + 50mm 1.8 | 1/80sec at f/1.8 | ISO 1600

Nikon D700 + 50mm 1.8 | 1/80sec at f/1.8 | ISO 800

Update: The band is actually Above the Golden Cafe.

Shooting notes:
The cool thing with a drummer is that he often moves his arms faster than his head. Therefore, provided you get enough light, you can try to get his head still and his hands blurred by the action. Which is obviously not what I did above, as I got everything sharp-ish. Main reason is, the drummer is often in the dark and during the times of my D200, I was lucky if I had anything sharp. Now with the happy days of the D700 and being comfy at ISO 2200, I tried to push the speed a little and I mostly shot him whilst he was at the beginning or at the end of his movements, thus minimizing movement blur greatly.

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