Lowlight: I'm a Jazz philistine - the talent is wasted on me.
Fill in: The awards are hosted at The House of Commons by PPL, so politics meets Jazz - sounds improbable but it works.
Jazz and politics! This event held at The House of Commons is one of the best events of the year for me, mainly because Jazz musicians are the nicest to photograph as they are truly 'just about the music'. The brief is to get the presentation awards, guests mingling and performance shots. The Joe Stilgoe Trio and a showcase from the Scholars themselves provided the entertainment.
Tech Spec: The hardest shot of the night is the last one. Yamaha like to have a shot of the scholars in front of Big Ben (Jazz. Politics). Trouble is by the time we get to do the shot it is way past 10pm and whether the light will be good enough to get any detail in the sky and tower is down to the weather. Today it was unfortunately cloudy but that didn't prevent the tourists being out in full force. I can't crank up the ISO too much or I will blow out the musicians in the foreground so it's 400 ISO on F4 with a shutter of 1.15 to try and get as much as I can of BIg Ben in the background.
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