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We love it when you send us
pictures that you take at our shows. We don't
publish every picture we receive. So a
lot of people ask us what we look for in the pictures
we post on the web site, so they'll have a better chance
of being accepted.
Technical Stuff:
- Stand between 10 - 15
feet from the subject. Any further away and your
photo will be too small and blurry. Any closer
and you'll get too much flash.
- If you're sitting in
the audience and you want to take more than a few good
photos, it's necessary to leave your seat and shoot from
different angles.
- Crop tightly.
Don't include the ceiling, side walls and floor in
your shot. Make sure the people you're shooting
fill the frame.
- Generally frame from the top of the head to the torso,
not from head to toe.
- Digital is best.
Improper scanner settings can often degrade the
quality of a photo.
- Use the highest
quality picture setting on your camera.
- Don't shrink, crop or
retouch the pictures before sending them. You
can e-mail them as a single zipped file or as groups
of attachments or you can make a CD and mail it to:
Aural Contact Productions / P.O. Box 535 / Trenton, MI
48183-0535.
Composition:
- We like shots of
people having a good time. If your subjects
aren't smiling, make them laugh or ask them to wave,
hold up their drinks, clap, etc.
- Count to three so they
know when you're going to shoot. Otherwise,
you're more likely to have someone blinking or
otherwise not ready when you snap the photo.
- Shots of people
dancing separately are difficult to pull off.
Things that look good with motion don't always look
good when frozen in a picture. It's easier to
shoot couples or small groups dancing together and
smiling at the camera.
- It's difficult to
successfully get the entire stage in one shot and
still have everyone be viewable. It's far better
to catch the performers standing nearer to one
another, or to shoot them separately, with or without
audience members.
- Feel free to ask the
performers to pose for you off-stage, with or without
your friends. We can always use more of those
types of photos.
We Might Not Use Your
Photo If...
- Someone is blinking
- Someone is making a
lewd gesture
- The image quality or
lighting is poor
Keep sending your
pictures, and good luck!
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