Fat Pig pix

Here is a selection of photos from The Rep’s final dress rehearsal of Fat Pig by Neil Labute.

150mm, 1/200 sec, f/3.2, Exp comp: -1, ISO: 1600.

I did a lot of shooting from the back of the theater using the telephoto lens. Being back only about 25 feet, I could get great close shots with the telephoto lens without being in the actors’ faces.

75mm, 1/250 sec, f/3.5, Exp comp: -1, ISO: 1600.

70mm, 1/100 sec, f/6.3, Mode: Av, Exp comp: -1 1/3, ISO: 1600.

I moved around the theater with the 24-70mm zoom lens to get different relationships between the players. When they were at different distances, as in this scene, I set the aperture to f/5.6 or higher so they would all be in focus.

32mm, 1/80 sec, f/8, Exp comp: -1 1/3, ISO: 1600.

200mm, 1/800 sec, f/2.8, Exp comp: -1, ISO: 1600.

130mm, 1/125 sec, f/2.8, Exp comp: -1 1/3, ISO: 1600.

200mm, 1/200 sec, f/2.8, Exp comp: -1 2/3, ISO: 1600.

Some of my telephoto close-up shots failed because I didn’t have sufficient depth of field. I forget how shallow the depth is when making a telephoto shots in low light. This picture worked because the actors were in the same plain.

165mm, 1/800 sec, f/4.5, Exp comp: -1 1/3, ISO: 1600.

The image above, which I considered one of my best shots, was spoiled because the camera focused on raised hand. Of course, I blame the actor! In this case, f/4.5 wasn’t sufficient to focus both Dan’s hand and his face. I should have used f/8 or greater, and changed the ISO to keep the speed up.

170mm, 1/200 sec, f/4, Exp comp: -1, ISO: 1600.

200mm, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, Exp comp: -1 1/3, ISO: 1600.