Great shots, Paul.
AG
On Tuesday, June 3, 2014, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This past Saturday evening was the kickoff concert for The Ides of March's
> 50th anniversary season.
>
> The "Original Four" - Larry Millas, Bob Bergland, Mike Borch and Jim
> Peterik have been playing together for 50 years (minus a little hiatus in
> the 80's while Jim founded Survivor). Jim, Bob and Larry have known each
> other since kindergarten, while Bob and Larry were actually born a few days
> apart, in the same hospital, and their mothers shared a room in the
> maternity ward. So, actually, their first performance together was crying
> in the nursery.
>
> Concert was at the House of Blues in Chicago. I was one of two
> photographers. Other guy had a Nykon with the bazooka lens. I had my
> E-M5, Panny 20/1.7, OM MFT 12-50, and the OM 100/2.8.
>
> Lighting was kinda odd - mostly just the colored stage lights. For some
> reason, the HOB seems to have a thing against using spotlights. It's hard
> to get a good look when someone it bathed in nothing but red or blue or
> green.... but I did my best.
>
> They were also videoing the show for a DVD release later this year, and had
> four camera guys wandering the stage with mostly Canyon DSLR's in HD video
> mode (plus some GoPro cameras mounted on the drumkit and keyboard rig.)
> So, since I knew I had unlimited access anyway, I took advantage of the
> fact that the fans accepted camera guys on stage and managed to get some
> closeup shots of the drummer and keyboard player, guys that tend to be left
> out of photos since they're in the back and behind equipment rigs.
>
> I've got some shots that would be awesome if the harsh, mono-colored lights
> hadn't screwed with the autofocus. But I'm pretty happy with the ones I
> that did work, even without the monster lens. Hopefully that 40-150/2.8
> won't be priced at the stupid level when it comes out this fall, and I can
> be the primary backup photographer when our main guy has to work.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5407
>
> The first 5 are from Saturday's gig. Enjoy. C&C always encouraged.
>
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>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
> Auerbach
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