Innocence Died Screaming at Hobo's

Canon EOS 40 D | Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM @ 17mm
Canon Speedlite 430EX II on E-TTL | 1/250th sec | f/8 | ISO 800

Last night I photographed Bridgend based band 'Innocence Died Screaming' on the third leg of their UK tour, stopping on home turf to play at Hobo's in Bridgend. Having checked out the venue at an earlier date I traveled light as I usually do at events like this. There is no guarantee that you will find somewhere safe to leave your kit so I stuck to my Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L lens and a shoe mounted Canon Speedlite 430EX II. Read More...

Canon EOS 40 D | Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM @ 17mm
Canon Speedlite 430EX II on E-TTL | 1/250th sec | f/8 | ISO 800

I used the bands setup time to lock a manual exposure of 1/250th of a second to ensure I did not pick up any motion blur at f/8 to maintain a moderate depth of field and selected ISO 800. I used a high ISO not to keep any ambient light as this was not my main concern as the band would be lit by flash but rather to save the flash from having to work too hard, giving me much faster recycle times between flashes. This meant I did not have to wait for the flash to charge and was able to fire off frame after frame.

Canon EOS 40 D | Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM @ 17mm
Canon Speedlite 430EX II on E-TTL | 1/250th sec | f/8 | ISO 800

Canon EOS 40 D | Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM @ 32mm
Canon Speedlite 430EX II on E-TTL | 1/250th sec | f/8 | ISO 800