(with afterparty photos to follow)
The Faint was the most challenging show to shoot! Sure - there was a lot of awesome cool lights! But, they came in the form of flashing strobes!!! That, combined with a very active band, a 50mm lens, and a 3 song limit from a dance crazed crowd…. made for a fun shoot! Well, more nerving then fun, but I still enjoyed it!
I was happy with what I was able to get. I had to be quick and of course since I still like to do everything manually on the camera, gauging light was tricky. Some are hot from the strobes, some are soft from having to focus in near darkness while waiting for light, but some are awesome! Enjoy!
It was definitely a fun show!
a-greed…jaguar love was painful.
August 19, 2008 at 3:07 pmThe first band was Shy Child and was much, much better than Jaguar Love.. plus one of the guys is the keyboardist from Supersystem which is an ex-DC band.
August 19, 2008 at 3:13 pmGreat pix & nice to meet you outside!
August 19, 2008 at 3:29 pmI also agree. I think the lead singer of Jaguar Love (despite his Bon Jovi/angry guinea pig haircut) must be a eunuch. Such high pitched singing is not natural.
The Faint were spectacular as always :)
August 19, 2008 at 4:17 pmI shot the first act too - see them on my flickr! :-)
August 19, 2008 at 5:33 pmGreg - nice to meet you too!
:-)
no pictures of the first opener?
August 19, 2008 at 2:09 pmi heard they were a lot better than the screamo Jaguar Love
and unfortunately, i missed them and caught the later