Mixing Celtic harps with flamenco dancing sounds a little weird. Surprisingly it went together better than I imagined it would. I guess it also helps that you have a dancer as beautiful as Fanny Ara onstage.
All the flamenco shows I’ve shot have been loud with multiple singers, furious guitar picking and strumming, hand clapping, and often percussion. This one was much quieter with perhaps the loudest instrument being the castanet… So I was somewhat reserved in my shooting so as not to annoy too many people with my shutter noise. This was not a show to unleash a 9fps shutter blast. I’ve always thought about investing in a Blimp to muffle camera noise during quiet shows but those instances are so rare that I’ve always put it off. Also, I just can’t imagine shooting anything where the lighting changes quickly and to an extreme degree and having to open up the case each time to change camera settings. For now, I guess I’ll just have to wait until Nikon comes out with a mirrorless EVF body…
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