MIKE'S MEDIA

06/13/2016

All photos by Mike Wing. “Hello,” said Marcus Mumford in the darkness of the Canadian Tire Centre. For a city that has patiently waited for

06/09/2016

Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine live in concert

05/28/2016

Photos by Michael Wing “It’s so crazy how one decision can just change the trajectory of your life and you end up in Ottawa on stage talking about the

04/26/2016

04/08/2016

In the Ottawa Senators' last home game of the 2015-2016 season, our star of the game was "Stuntman" Stu Schwartz! Welcome back, Stu! MAJIC 100 FM Spartacat

04/03/2016

Twenty One Pilots - Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph

03/09/2016

Michael Burkett (Fat Mike), NOFX - Amnesia Rockfest 2014

03/09/2016

Tim Armstrong, Rancid - Amnesia Rockfest 2015

03/06/2016

Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys - Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2014

03/03/2016

Guitarist Zach Blair from Rise Against - Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2014

03/03/2016

This is Josh Dun, drummer for Twenty One Pilots. A great band that I had the opportunity to shoot at VooDoo Music Experience in New Orleans, back in 2014. Looking forward to seeing them when they come to Ottawa next month.

When you're shooting a weekend music festival you can take a lot of photographs. When it comes to processing the images, because there are so many files, you scan through the images quickly, looking for shots that have all the necessary ingredients - good exposure, sharpness, lighting, colour, composition, feel, expression etc.

So many images don't make the cut and are left on the hard drive or server till you have more time to give them a second (third or fourth) look. I refer to the process as mining.

I wouldn't normally do this, but I'll share the original image in the comments below. It's easy to see why I left this image aside. It was going to take a lot of work to get something that I could be happy with. That said, putting in the extra work can be rewarding sometimes.

This is NOT how I like to get shots. It's a lot easier to get it right in the camera. I'll post some more shots that I found when I was prospecting.

I'd love to get your comments.

Cheers,

— MIKE