Chris Jenkins Photography

Friday, September 7, 2012

Cafe Aroma's open mic night. September 7, 2012.

If you had told me three years ago that there would be a DSLR with a max ISO of 25,600, I would not have even understood or comprehended a statement like that. But alas, the Canon 5D Mark III does it. So tonight, just for fun, I shot all of my pix at Cafe Aroma's at 25,600 ISO. Obviously, they were grainy. But I shoot RAW, so a noise reduction slider tweak or two pretty much took care of that. I had my doubts. But, I am duly impressed with this first round of low light Mark III pix.

All photos shot with Canon 24-105 L-Series lens.

By the way, these are my friends playing: Brian James, Chris McDill, Dustin Gibson, Alex Hinton, and Thomas (Biz) Bizzle. My friends are talented, and that's awesome for me.

Erik Studdard, Dustin Gibson, Alex Hinton

Wes Davis

Erik Studdard, Dustin Gibson, Alex Hinton

Chris McDill, Alex Hinton

Brian James, Wes on bass

Chris McDill

Leigh Allison's dog

Andy Snyder, Jonathan Cumberland and Dana LeBlanc, and Henry. All MUW art alumni.

Chris McDill and Alex Hinton

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

What I did this summer. By Chris Jenkins

This Summer, I teamed up with my good friend Jeff Clark from The Commercial Dispatch to help him start a music blog. We have been shooting the concerts at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, and having a blast. I have been dreaming of becoming a music/concert photographer for about 14 years now. Looks like all the dues I have been paying, every wedding, intramural volleyball match, commencement, dance recital and every other non music event that I ever shot, are finally paying off. Here are some of my favorites so far. Check out the Maximum R&B blog here.

Enjoy!