Peggy Baker at the COC Free Concert Series – My picks

Here are selected images from Peggy Baker‘s performance at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, as part of the Canadian Opera Company’s  free concert series. I’d specifically asked to shoot this quite a while ago. I enjoy modern dance and had a subscription to Premiere Dance Theatre for years.

Absolutely terrific performance and really, the perfect location. The theme was the power of gesture, and it was evident throughout her performance. Not to mention her energy, humour, and engagement with her audience.

I used a Canon G11 for most of the images during this performance – all those taken straight on. The music was quite quiet, and the shutter on the Nikon D300 would have carried throughout the space. When I moved offside and farther away, I used the Nikon, with an 18-200 mm lens, with the exception of the chair images, where I used a 50mm lens. All images were processed in Lightroom. Shutter priority on both cameras.

You can see all the images I sent to the COC here, on the last screen of the gallery.