Nothing To Photograph Blues

Feeling antsy because you haven't shot any film for the past couple weeks, what do you photograph when there's nothing to photograph. If you have the "Nothing To Photograph Blues" maybe head out to a local "Blues" or "Jazz" festival and get the create juices flowing with the tunes.
I'll show you what didn't work, and what did work, while using a couple rangefinder cameras at a nearby festival.
Official Website of Grammy Award winning photographer Jim Marshall.... www.jimmarshallphotographyllc...
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Rob Skeoch is a career photographer, working for five newspapers and wire services before joining the team at Major League Baseball for 17 seasons and the NFL for 14 seasons. Then he was a national manager for the camera group at Sony North America before going back to shooting.
Now he shoots for gallery shows around the world, mostly street work and portraits made with a Rollei twin lens. For 35mm shooting he uses a Nikon F3 and a couple M-mount Leica cameras and shoots mostly Ilford film.
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[@acraftman2823]

Thanks for posting , you are really getting better at this youtube stuff. One of my favorite things about shooting stage performers is they don't really have enough time to pay attention to the photographer "all the time" which allows for really honest candid shots. Even classical music performers can exhibit an intensity that they would never show in everyday life.

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Those are good points.

[@DannerPlace]

Another great, and motivating video.

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Thanks so much!

[@theblackandwhitefilmproject]

Great video and shots. By chance I took this advice photographing Joe Walsh here in NZ 2 month's ago. It was a small concert where Joe returned to the local indigenous Maori community that was the beginning of his journey to give up drugs when he lived here in the 1980's. The expected crowd was 1000 but it rained heavily and was just 300. I was able to freely wander close to the stage with my Leica MP and Minolta M-Rokkor 90mm which as you pointed out was perfect for the job. I took a photo of Joe at an Eagles concert here in 1976 and was able to get Joe to sign the photo. Very pleased. Best regards.

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Wow, that's great.

[@fbraakman]

Very interesting and helpful video. Thanks.

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Glad it was helpful!

[@richardsimms251]

What an excellent video.
RS. Canada

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Glad you enjoyed the show....

[@philippaf_32nap62]

thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and your fotos

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Glad you like them!

[@LarryManiccia]

Another great video Rob. Interesting to hear you explain your process behind finding the composition and how you had to dodge and burn the prints to get what you wanted. Went to Jim's website. Holy cow did he have unfettered access to all those stars. His images are incredible! Thanks for sharing his website.

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

His work is great.

[@monochromebluess]

As always an interesting video that provokes thought. Thanks Rob.
I also shoot often with two cameras one on top of each other.
One camera ( the Leica ) in a short strap shooting B&W and a longer strap ( the Nikon F3 ) shooting colour.
With different lenses I can hopefully never miss a shot.

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Never missing the shot... at least that's the theory... lol

[@SlavaVeres]

“Nothing to photograph” 😂 I’ve got another problem: TOO MUCH I WANT TO PHOTOGRAPH 📸

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Yeah, me too.

[@curiouslizard]

Great stuff, for the love of photography!

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

For the love of photography.... isn't that why we do it.

[@PeopleMakePictures]

You need a project.

[@stillshootinginblackandwhite]

Maybe. TH-cam is my current project I think.