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Archive 2021 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

I was recently in Kyiv and had a chance to hit a popular nightclub in Kyiv over the course of 2 nights. I wanted to see how my Sony a9 would fare in such a challenging environment. Lots of sudden changes in lighting, smoke machines set to overkill, and blinding strobes. And let's not mention the overall darkness of venues like this. Despite all this chaos, I had a blast and discovered I really enjoy shooting places like this. Not sure how many nightclubs are open to it here in NYC but I'd take another swing at it if given the chance. I'm super impressed with how good the Sony a9 was.

Jun 06, 2021 at 11:15 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

2nd set of shots

Jun 07, 2021 at 12:38 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Cool shots, definitely enjoying the atmosphere!

Jun 07, 2021 at 07:27 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

These are very nice, great capture of emotions.

Jun 07, 2021 at 07:32 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Another excellent set of photos.

Jun 07, 2021 at 08:29 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Music, dancing.......fun!!!!!

About time!
Nice work!
Dan

Jun 07, 2021 at 08:58 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Thanks all. Some of them tracked me down on Instagram and asked me to send them copied. One ended up using a shot as their avatar. It's a great feeling when you make someone's day with a photo of themselves they really like.

This was so fun to do. the second night I had some people jumping in front of me to get my attention so I'd get their picture. Too funny.

And I actually met a Ukrainian photographer there who using film exclusively. Very interesting chat on that. He says it's making a bit of a comeback.

Jun 07, 2021 at 09:58 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Rel75 wrote:
Thanks all. Some of them tracked me down on Instagram and asked me to send them copied. One ended up using a shot as their avatar. It's a great feeling when you make someone's day with a photo of themselves they really like.

This was so fun to do. the second night I had some people jumping in front of me to get my attention so I'd get their picture. Too funny.

And I actually met a Ukrainian photographer there who using film exclusively. Very interesting chat on that. He says it's making a bit of a comeback.

That is what photography is all about! Fun and instructive while allowing creativity to present itself!
Gud job!

Dan

Jun 07, 2021 at 12:36 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

party on

Jun 07, 2021 at 07:37 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Nice shoot

Jun 07, 2021 at 10:55 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Impressively done! The party/dancing mood is clearly visible in each image.

Joshua

Jun 08, 2021 at 10:13 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

These are fantastic. Love the moodiness in all the images!

Joel

Jun 08, 2021 at 11:36 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Great images. I love all the emotion you captured. Well done.

Jun 08, 2021 at 05:21 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Greatly appreciated everyone.

One thing that frustrated me was a handful of really nice shots took a hit with dark horizontal lines/banding. They are somewhat visible due to the electronic shutter and unpredictable led lights flashing and doing their thing. No photo like this was totally "ruined" but it's there if you look closely, especially if there's lots of smoke.

A common problem in situations like this, though.

Next time I'm trying my luck with the mechanical shutter. But you take a big drop in speed (20 fps to 5 fps) which would have resulted in me missing some moments.

Can't win them all I guess.

Overall I am very happy with what I was able to get and I'm glad you've all enjoyed them.

Jun 09, 2021 at 09:10 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Really enjoyed looking at these..they cause you to slow down...Great work!

carol

Jun 14, 2021 at 07:42 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

you really captured the moments, I feel like I am there

Jun 21, 2021 at 10:09 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

I like the filtered vibe on all the color ones!

Jun 23, 2021 at 09:39 AM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Dancing the night away in Kyiv (candid shots)

Thanks, all. Greatly appreciated. I put up the complete set on my Flickr account at the link below if you want to see more from this series.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVQPS9n

Jun 23, 2021 at 09:35 PM


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