Tito Auger

A few images and a short story about Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito Auger, performing at Noche Borincana in Melbourne, FL, an event produced by Brincando El Charco.

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Not all events happen under ideal circumstances. Sometimes you find yourself in the packed backroom of a venue, standing-room only, with virtually no light, and the stage is a small platform just inches from the ground. With an old camera body with nearly zero low-light capability, the options are extremely limited.

My take: get as uncomfortably close as possible, wait for a stray ray of strobe light that could give me a silhouette, and use the flashlight on my phone as a dim key light. The brightest lights around me were other people’s phones, so I used that as well.

Also cranked up the ISO to the max; a blurry and noisy image of the tension of a guitar string is better than no image at all. All that while playing nice with the crowd, battling with foot traffic from a side door, and a few close encounters with the PA system. (Kudos to good earplugs and yoga workouts.)

Sometimes the photography gods smile upon you. Sometimes it’s up to you to make them smile.

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More about Tito Auger:

• Official site: TitoAuger.com

• Instagram: @TitoAuger

• Twitter: @TitoAuger