New Photos: The Can Can Casino

Just a quick blog post to say I’ve uploaded my shots from the Can Can Casino in Kyteler’s Inn last weekend, featuring performances from; The Swingin’ Blue Cats, Mr Moneypenny, Dotty Potts, The Singing Grandads and Bella A Go Go.

Filming Vultures means it’s suddenly March and I haven’t shot any bands or done any gig shoots in months, so what better way to get myself back in the game than a night of Burlesque theatre, Cabaret & Vaudeville!? After months of snapping the various scruffy (& often hairy) cast of Vultures, I thought it would be nice to shoot something else, in this case women dancing in fancy underwear!?

Unfortunately, the lighting was more than tricky in Kyteler’s. It’s not the worst in town but with the various acts moving between the stage and the dance floor it’s hard to keep tones and colours consistent, especially with the harsh white spotlight.

I spent the night playing with slow shutter speeds against multiple flash bursts and opposite presets to get a mix of colours from the different lights around the room. With the slow speeds and the acts moving quickly it’s pretty hard to get focus with a 50mm, I tried my zoom but everything was too dark.

You can check out my shots from the Can Can Casino here on my Flickr. I’ve got a couple of shoots over the weekend; so there’s plenty of new band & musician promos on the way along with more Vultures photos and videoblogs too.

And to finish on an entirely different note; if you haven’t gone to see the Secret of Kells then please do! It’s in cinemas now and is a truly beautiful movie produced by the awesome people at the Cartoon Saloon, here in Kilkenny!!! And it’s way better than the utterly disappointing Watchmen! Meh…