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I was hoping and hoping for no rain and pretty much got it, but I was left with an overcast, gray sky. Not very pretty for photography. Nonetheless, the performers were great and there was a great crowd turnout.
I normally like to be in control of every setting on my cameras. During an event there are so many changing variables such as light levels and color temperature. I’m always tweaking settings and furiously changing ISO settings. Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about Nikon’s auto-iso capability. After being caught a couple times at too low an ISO when I wanted a higher shutter speed, I decided to give it a shot.
For the most part it worked out beautifully. Set your desired minimum shutter speed, your acceptable ISO range (I kept it to 3200 or less) and shoot. I had to be careful when bouncing flash though as the camera wants to bring the ISO down and push the flash hard. With flash I had to tweak my base ISO setting, but that wasn’t too big of a deal. I used auto-iso for most of the event. It enabled me to think less about the camera and more about what was happening in front of the lens.
I always look forward to seeing Kagami Kai perform. Great taiko playing and plenty of tasty mochi! There is always great audience participation, both young and old, for the mochitsuki (Japanese mochi pounding).
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