Comments on: Memphis wins big at Tony Awards

By: PhotoShelter

PhotoShelter — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:02:26 +0000

Memphis The Musical wins big at the Tony Awards. Impressive bunch of photos from our own @chrisowyoung http://bit.ly/dbThMf #memphis #tonys

By: Chris Owyoung

Chris Owyoung — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:01:22 +0000

Congrats to @MemphisBroadway. Big wins @TheTonyAwards last night! Here are a few of my favorite Memphis photos — http://bit.ly/b4Tjqu

By: Chris Owyoung

Chris Owyoung — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:21:40 +0000

Hi Eddie,

I think people worry about noise too much. No one who has ever looked at my photos on the web or in print has ever said they didn’t like the image because it was “too noisy.” I shoot at whatever ISO, shutter and aperture settings are necessary to create the kind of image I’m after. Sometimes this means low ISO and very low shutter speeds and sometimes the shot demands very high ISO and high shutter speeds.

Since Memphis has a lot of energetic dancing, I shot this at very high iso and high shutter speeds to freeze the action.

Let me know if you have any other questions.
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By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:36:59 +0000

As always, great stuff! Question for you…do you prefer to shoot at a high ISO and clean up in post or shoot wide open and risk getting blurry pictures? I find myself having to overshoot in low light situations because I shoot wide open and slow shutter speeds, often getting blurry pictures. I’ve always been afraid of pumping up the ISO too high and adding too much noise to the pictures…but I’m starting to think that may not be the best way to go about it. What is your ideal shooting configuration?