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CNY 2008: Shaolin Monks
The Shaolin Martial Arts group is in town to perform at the Michael Fowler Centre this Saturday. They also took part in the Chinese New Year festivities on Sunday with three short performances on stage...teasers from their full show.
Since the indoor lighting was terrible, and the stage and backdrop weren't very aesthetically pleasing, I decided to try some motion studies...basically using shutter drag (slow shutter speed) and a second curtain flash setting. I'm fairly pleased with the results having been hand held. This is a good technique when you want a little motion blur from an action shot, to impart the feeling of motion in your image.
I've never seen one of the Shaolin Monks' performances before. Whenever they came to Toronto, tickets were always fairly expensive...in comparison to tickets for concerts or musicals that is. But the brief performances were quite entertaining. Filled with precision martial arts befitting a group of 25 monks on stage at the same time, all doing their forms in unison is a site to see and hear. Some performances are like Chinese Acrobats meets Bruce Lee...a combination of extreme flexibility and martial arts. The below photo shows the strength and mental aspect you'd expect from Shaolin Kung Fu...the breaking of a long staff on the outstretched arm of another monk.
So I was pretty surprised to learn that tickets to their show were only $28!! Wow, that's got to be the first 'bargain' in New Zealand! But online tickets are already sold out, there's only one performance. However, thanks to Lei (Lonnie's girlfriend) and her inside connections, I've managed to score choice seats that weren't available to the public! Aw yeah...props to the hookups baby! Should be good...but I'm attending because I want to watch the show, not take pictures...I'm leaving the camera at home.
The Shaolin Martial Arts group is in town to perform at the Michael Fowler Centre this Saturday. They also took part in the Chinese New Year festivities on Sunday with three short performances on stage...teasers from their full show.
Since the indoor lighting was terrible, and the stage and backdrop weren't very aesthetically pleasing, I decided to try some motion studies...basically using shutter drag (slow shutter speed) and a second curtain flash setting. I'm fairly pleased with the results having been hand held. This is a good technique when you want a little motion blur from an action shot, to impart the feeling of motion in your image.
I've never seen one of the Shaolin Monks' performances before. Whenever they came to Toronto, tickets were always fairly expensive...in comparison to tickets for concerts or musicals that is. But the brief performances were quite entertaining. Filled with precision martial arts befitting a group of 25 monks on stage at the same time, all doing their forms in unison is a site to see and hear. Some performances are like Chinese Acrobats meets Bruce Lee...a combination of extreme flexibility and martial arts. The below photo shows the strength and mental aspect you'd expect from Shaolin Kung Fu...the breaking of a long staff on the outstretched arm of another monk.
So I was pretty surprised to learn that tickets to their show were only $28!! Wow, that's got to be the first 'bargain' in New Zealand! But online tickets are already sold out, there's only one performance. However, thanks to Lei (Lonnie's girlfriend) and her inside connections, I've managed to score choice seats that weren't available to the public! Aw yeah...props to the hookups baby! Should be good...but I'm attending because I want to watch the show, not take pictures...I'm leaving the camera at home.
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