STYX @ Chumash, March 1, 2007

[DwightMcCann]

OK, this is the reason that I need to use LightRoom ... rather than four hours to prepare a gallery this took under two and I did manage a little LightRoom post processing and cropping. LR does insist on doing a lot of things its own way and there are a lot of needed options but it is Version 1.0. I do wish the gallery generator would allow EXIF/IPTC retention among other things.

Styx was a really good concert for me, both visually and auditorially. So here are few images in no particular order:

#1 A Classic McCann close up (focus is a tad off ... sensor wanted that tache.)
http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/bin/images/large/STYX0428.jpg

#2 And another ...
http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/bin/images/large/STYX0363.jpg

#3 And another ...
http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/bin/images/large/STYX0405.jpg

#4 And one more for good measure:
http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/bin/images/large/STYX0729.jpg

#5 A drummer shot:
http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/bin/images/large/STYX0537.jpg

#6 Full stage:
http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/bin/images/large/STYX0095.jpg

#7 And a second full stage:
http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/bin/images/large/STYX0153.jpg

#8 And while a little soft I really liked this:
http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/bin/images/large/STYX0181.jpg

Another nice thing about not hand coding (with Dreamweaver) my galleries is that I am able to put a lot more images into each gallery. This one has 44 images I think: http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/index.html so go poke around a bit.

[bmoguy]

These are great. I really like the drummer shot #5. Looks like he was posing for you. We just had Styx & Moody Blues pass through here (actually Springfield) this month. Would have liked to shoot them, but I don't have any contacts for that venue. I'll have to see if I can rectify that. ;)

This time I found the link for the gallery, you've got some great images in there. Thanks for posting.

[DwightMcCann]

These are great. I really like the drummer shot #5. Looks like he was posing for you. We just had Styx & Moody Blues pass through here (actually Springfield) this month. Would have liked to shoot them, but I don't have any contacts for that venue. I'll have to see if I can rectify that. ;)

This time I found the link for the gallery, you've got some great images in there. Thanks for posting.
Thanks, Basil ... maybe I should something a little more visual for the gallery link ... I'll think about it. Now I'm off for an hour bike ride then I will look at Wynonna although I won't get that out to POTN today ... but there are some great images in that set, too.

[jamesdean007]

Great shots - wish I was there.

[bmoguy]

Thanks, Basil ... maybe I should something a little more visual for the gallery link ...

I wouldn't worry about it, if anything just put it with the initial description. I was just too busy looking at the pretty pictures. :D

[shesgotthepic]

Nice shots! I have Deep Purple, Styx and Thin Lizzy coming through UK next month. I just might. Am looking to get better glass first. I need a 50 1.8 prime.

As for gallery - I was going to be lazy last night and let LR sort out the gallery for me. For starters the code came out wrong and the upload went tits up every so often so I gave up and let DW with the aid of FW do the job for me. Still too lazy to actually sit and code a proper photo gallery site formyself. I just might download something instead.

Anyway - back on subject. Really good shots.

She

[DwightMcCann]

Nice shots! I have Deep Purple, Styx and Thin Lizzy coming through UK next month. I just might. Am looking to get better glass first. I need a 50 1.8 prime.

As for gallery - I was going to be lazy last night and let LR sort out the gallery for me. For starters the code came out wrong and the upload went tits up every so often so I gave up and let DW with the aid of FW do the job for me. Still too lazy to actually sit and code a proper photo gallery site formyself. I just might download something instead.

Anyway - back on subject. Really good shots.

She

Thanks, She! I took a 2-1/2 day seminar at Lepp Institute (http://www.leppphoto.com/) starting the day LR went public and I have a legal version of V1.0. I also have Photomechanic that will generate galleries but it is even lamer than LR although a great product for image review and captioning ... and they've been promising for at least three months to be coming out with a much enhanced version including galleries. And of course I have the Macromedia (now Adobe) Studio 8 but have never thought to try it for galleries, sigh.

[johnstoy]

It's them alright... Great captures Dwight... I particularly like the close ups... They are kinda fun to photograph...

[CanonXTuser]

#1, #4, great vibrancy and presence, feels like I could reach out and touch them

[Specs]

Great shots! I love Styx! Seen 'em a few times.
Thanks for sharing.

[livewire-photography.com]

Dwight, Outstanding, That drummer shot, i hope your pleased with that, and no.3 is just great, very cool set dude.
Nice one.

[livewire-photography.com]

0h and i think the focusing is fine.

[calicokat]

Love the drum shot, nice work on these Dwight

[René Damkot]

Nice drumer shot. Also like the close ones. Bummer about the focus in #1...

[DwightMcCann]

It's them alright... Great captures Dwight... I particularly like the close ups... They are kinda fun to photograph...

Thanks, John! I can't see them myself this morning ... guess Godaddy is having time zone issues on some of its servers!

#1, #4, great vibrancy and presence, feels like I could reach out and touch them
You have my permission ... just be sure it is your own monitor.

Great shots! I love Styx! Seen 'em a few times.
Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure.

Dwight, Outstanding, That drummer shot, i hope your pleased with that, and no.3 is just great, very cool set dude.
Nice one.

The Styx photographer, a nice kid named Jason, said the drummer had been bugging him about getting a good picture so I thought I'd just do it.

Love the drum shot, nice work on these Dwight
Thank you ... wish I had had more than three songs.

Nice drumer shot. Also like the close ones. Bummer about the focus in #1...
Yes, oh, so close! I actually have a couple of more with that f/2.8 short focus that are a bit edgy ... but not very flattering and I try to use my mature adult judgment about what I publish.

[hawk911]

nothing there now; not even in the link.

[Petepix]

#8 a classic front line pose. Well done, Dwight (AGAIN).

[DwightMcCann]

nothing there now; not even in the link.
Hawk, they're BBBBBBBBAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK! They seem to come and go this morning.
#8 a classic front line pose. Well done, Dwight (AGAIN).

Thanks, Pete, I really enjoyed it. Most images I've ever posted for one concert I think.

[Steve Parr]

Dwight, these are some great shots of a band which, well, I was rabid about in the mid-to-late '70's. Tommy Shaw (the guy in your first shot) looks almost exactly like he did 30 years ago. James Young (the guy with the red guitar) looks a lot different:

http://www.mtctickets.com/concerts/images/styx.jpg

He's the second from the left.

When I was a kid, Tommy Shaw and James Young were my freakin' idols...

[B_uzz]

Awesome images as usual. Especially enjoy you shooting more closeups. Really miss the exif data so I can track your shots. I saw Styx a couple years ago and I was blown-away with their performance. They haven't lost much over the years.

[Photodawg1]

I really dug # 1!

[jaymrobinson]

Dude! I remember styx!

[DwightMcCann]

Just got back from a week at Club Med in Cancun with wife and daughter ... utterly astounding and worth every penny (and it was lots of pennies!) I got a few images but haven't downloaded yet but I'll post something somewhere!

Dwight, these are some great shots of a band which, well, I was rabid about in the mid-to-late '70's. Tommy Shaw (the guy in your first shot) looks almost exactly like he did 30 years ago. James Young (the guy with the red guitar) looks a lot different:

http://www.mtctickets.com/concerts/images/styx.jpg

He's the second from the left.

When I was a kid, Tommy Shaw and James Young were my freakin' idols...
You take that picture? :-) Yes, I enjoyed the concert immensely!

Awesome images as usual. Especially enjoy you shooting more closeups. Really miss the exif data so I can track your shots. I saw Styx a couple years ago and I was blown-away with their performance. They haven't lost much over the years.
Thanks! Yes, LightRoom doesn't seem to support EXIF in its galleries at this time.

I really dug # 1!
Yup!

Dude! I remember styx!

Well, that's why they're still playing!!!

[Steve Parr]

You take that picture? :-) Yes, I enjoyed the concert immensely!

I think I was all of 15 when that picture was taken.

I've had the pleasure of meeting Tommy Shaw on a few occasions since then, but that line-up is all but gone. The keyboard player split and the bass player (twin brother of the drummer) died...

[johnstoy]

The keyboard player split and the bass player (twin brother of the drummer) died...

Steve, I think it must be the other twin brother... Here is my pic from this fall.

One of the original twin brothers, makes a special guest appearance on Bass and Vocals, and performs at Penn's Peak, back in mid November, 2006...(As you can see, he is health oriented, and obviously has a devoted work out regimen.)

CHUCK PANOZZO (ORIGINAL CO-FOUNDER)
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l60/stoy17/styx/IMG_56511-2.jpg

[Redmouse]

Nice drummer shot :)

[DwightMcCann]

Nice drummer shot :)

He wasn't as flamboyant as the rest of that crowd but I caught a couple of decent ones ... they do try to give him some lighting.

[johnstoy]

I forwarded your photo link to some groupies from the last STYX show over here in PA... These girls traveled here, to the Poconos, from as far as; Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlantic City, NYC, Binghamton, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg... They post their own Point and Shoot camera pics on fan web sites, and share stories among themselves... I still get email form one of the gals... so if you get some feedback from them, not to worry... they all are housewives or career professionals.

[DwightMcCann]

I forwarded your photo link to some groupies from the last STYX show over here in PA... These girls traveled here, to the Poconos, from as far as; Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlantic City, NYC, Binghamton, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg... They post their own Point and Shoot camera pics on fan web sites, and share stories among themselves... I still get email form one of the gals... so if you get some feedback from them, not to worry... they all are housewives or career professionals.

Starting a few months ago I now look for potential fan club groupies at shows and give them my card and encourage "image borrowing!" I get a few emails a week from folks who trip over my images. I also get a request or two a week for prints that I must refuse as I don't have model releases.

[Croasdail]

I used to like these guys a lot, but then with Mr. Roboto.... they lost me for good. It always make me feel a little good when I see people my age or greater out there still doing their thing.

Nice work Dwight.... those close ups are something.

[johnstoy]

Starting a few months ago I now look for potential fan club groupies at shows and give them my card and encourage "image borrowing!" I get a few emails a week from folks who trip over my images. I also get a request or two a week for prints that I must refuse as I don't have model releases.

I'll communicate with them as usual amd let them know...they follow a few groups around...The one girl works in the state treasury dept. and they all have a substantial email list of friends.

[Steve Parr]

Steve, I think it must be the other twin brother... Here is my pic from this fall.

My mistake. John Panozzo, the drummer passed away in 1996. Weird, too, he died on my biirthday...

[DwightMcCann]

John Panozzo, the drummer, passed away in 1996. Weird, too, he died on my biirthday...

Aha, I thought I also saw the devil's sign, 666, on your forehead and now it all comes together ... I'm getting my tinfoil hat back out of storage!

[johnstoy]

Aha, I thought I also saw the devil's sign, 666, on your forehead and now it all comes together ... I'm getting my tinfoil hat back out of storage!

I hear ya Dwight, I was born at a # 6 or was it a #66 street address... maybe it has something to do with my disposition...:rolleyes:

Let me know if the tinfoil had works for you, I don't have one yet...:rolleyes:

Say Steve, 1996 was a while back, His surviving twin, currently has some medical complications of his own, and only makes occasional special apperences... He was back in the hospital, last I heard from the groupies... It's really not something I want to discuss here though... right? I'll PM you guys if I hear something serious about this... Cause it is pretty sad, and there is no need to drag it out...:(

[Steve Parr]

I hear ya Dwight, I was born at a # 6 or was it a #66 street address... maybe it has something to do with my disposition...:rolleyes:

Let me know if the tinfoil had works for you, I don't have one yet...:rolleyes:

Say Steve, 1996 was a while back, His surviving twin, currently has some medical complications of his own, and only makes occasional special apperences... He was back in the hospital, last I heard from the groupies... It's really not something I want to discuss here though... right? I'll PM you guys if I hear something serious about this... Cause it is pretty sad, and there is no need to drag it out...:(

I think I know what you're referring to...

[johnstoy]

I think I know what you're referring to...

Now, Dwight's picture of Tommy (a long time favorite of the groupies) is excellent...especially the close up...

Tom Shaw, sometimes scans the audience with a quick glance and at one time during that one show, I caught him looking at his guitar and the audience at the same time... I couldn't use the picture without explaining it... ;) :D

[narlus]

just saw in today's paper that tommy shaw is playing w/ the guy from ...er....Night Ranger tonight.

gonna go see Fu Manchu instead.

[Curtis N]

Lots of nice shots there, Dwight. I really like the drummer shot. Those are hard to do usually since the light always sucks back there and they never quit moving. #8 is really cool, too.

If anyone cares, you can add the copyright symbol to the copyright statement that Lightroom puts on gallery images (or anything you export) by holding down the [alt] key and typing 0169. This should work in any text editor, also.

[DwightMcCann]

Lots of nice shots there, Dwight. I really like the drummer shot. Those are hard to do usually since the light always sucks back there and they never quit moving. #8 is really cool, too.

If anyone cares, you can add the copyright symbol to the copyright statement that Lightroom puts on gallery images (or anything you export) by holding down the [alt] key and typing 0169. This should work in any text editor, also.

Thanks, Curtis ... it is pulling it from the IPTC data as near as I can see ... I will experiment when I get time ... I usually use the character map in Windows.

[maybeyousee]

I love the close ups - and there are some equally great ones in your gallery.

[Steve Parr]

just saw in today's paper that tommy shaw is playing w/ the guy from ...er....Night Ranger tonight.

gonna go see Fu Manchu instead.

Guy's name is Jack Blades.

He and Tommy put on a Helluva' show...

[narlus]

Guy's name is Jack Blades.

He and Tommy put on a Helluva' show...

guessing that for me, the Fu Manchu show rocked just a wee bit harder. :D

good to meet Compact Diss as well!

[worldeb-images]

Check out my site. A lot of STYX Stuff as well as others.
Hope you enjoy

www.worldeb.com/worldebimages/ (http://www.worldeb.com/worldebimages/)

[DwightMcCann]

Check out my site. A lot of STYX Stuff as well as others.
Hope you enjoy

www.worldeb.com/worldebimages/ (http://www.worldeb.com/worldebimages/)

Oh, Dude, your website is way too slow to look at, sorry!

[taygull]

I missed this thread...amongst a bunch others in the last few months. I don't see things slowing down either.

The images you chose are very good, I prefer less close ups as they don't convey the "feel" of the show.

There were several in the gallery I liked much better than those above.

I will have a 30 day trial of lightroom when you arrive, so I hope to tinker with it a bit. I'd like to see what other gallery options are available. Did you have the option for image names in the gallery?

So did you shoot these in RAW?

[Steve Parr]

Oh, Dude, your website is way too slow to look at, sorry!

Agreed...

[taygull]

I did not find the site slow at all. I am on DSL, but I was also on my laptop via wireless and I did not see any lag to speak of.

...but I'd put much less "copy" on the website and do more of the collage style graphics...time to update your site Dwight! Get more creative!

[DwightMcCann]

I missed this thread...amongst a bunch others in the last few months. I don't see things slowing down either.

The images you chose are very good, I prefer less close ups as they don't convey the "feel" of the show.

There were several in the gallery I liked much better than those above.

I will have a 30 day trial of lightroom when you arrive, so I hope to tinker with it a bit. I'd like to see what other gallery options are available. Did you have the option for image names in the gallery?

So did you shoot these in RAW?

I know you are busy.

I understand about the closeups.

I have two LR books on order from Amazon and they keep sending me notices that the shipment will be delayed ... started in March and we are now into May. I'll show you what little I know.

I don't think I show much in RAW.

It looks the Chumash Tribe has found me from my work at the Chumash Casino. They have booked me for an event on the 15th and we are looking at doing some work at their camp over the summer. We will need to talk about books.

[taygull]

I know you are busy.

I understand about the closeups.

I have two LR books on order from Amazon and they keep sending me notices that the shipment will be delayed ... started in March and we are now into May. I'll show you what little I know.

I don't think I show much in RAW.

It looks the Chumash Tribe has found me from my work at the Chumash Casino. They have booked me for an event on the 15th and we are looking at doing some work at their camp over the summer. We will need to talk about books.


Glad to hear about the extra work.

My book came in today, I'm blown away by it. We will see how it does in the DPPA contest. I found 2 mistakes that I just goofed up. I'll be curious to see if the judges notice them and if so what the deduction will be.

[DwightMcCann]

Glad to hear about the extra work.

My book came in today, I'm blown away by it. We will see how it does in the DPPA contest. I found 2 mistakes that I just goofed up. I'll be curious to see if the judges notice them and if so what the deduction will be.

It's more about the connections than the work ... I don't need more work but am willing to make the connections.

Will you have the book when I am there?

[taygull]

It's more about the connections than the work ... I don't need more work but am willing to make the connections.

Will you have the book when I am there?

Yes I have two of them, you and I have not discussed my wedding sample book but I think you've seen the pdf.

I agree...contacts is the name of the game.

[johnstoy]

You guys gotta leave some time to check the bronze horses of Las Colinas...
It's a herd of horses galloping and jumping off a low, but wide, waterfall... they are more than lifesize... lots of them, all in one huge outdoor display... you can take pictures all you want around them... and they are just a mile west of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in the center of Las Colinas... It's a famous Dallas secret...

[taygull]

You guys gotta leave some time to check the bronze horses of Las Colinas...
It's a herd of horses galloping and jumping off a low, but wide, waterfall... they are more than lifesize... lots of them, all in one huge outdoor display... you can take pictures all you want around them... and they are just a mile west of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in the center of Las Colinas... It's a famous Dallas secret...

They are neat but it really is not that big of a deal...at least to me since I've seen them a hundred times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustangs_at_Las_Colinas

I've never had much of a desire to shoot them as here in Texas they are "overshot out the wazoo".

I kinda think we are going to take advantage of two and half days to share and exchange knowledge...I know Dwight wants to pick my brain and he is always a great guy to bounce things off of.

It also looks like "kathy.patterson" is going to hang out with us on Tuesday so there will be at least two really good photographers in the group.....

I'll let you guys decide who the two are!:lol:

[johnstoy]

They are neat but it really is not that big of a deal...at least to me since I've seen them a hundred times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustangs_at_Las_Colinas
I've never had much of a desire to shoot them as here in Texas they are "overshot out the wazoo".
I kinda think we are going to take advantage of two and half days to share and exchange knowledge...I know Dwight wants to pick my brain and he is always a great guy to bounce things off of.
It also looks like "kathy.patterson" is going to hang out with us on Tuesday so there will be at least two really good photographers in the group.....

I'll let you guys decide who the two are!:lol:

Yeah, I can see that...It's been a while since they went up... I first saw them when I moved to Las Colinas in 1985-86...The whole place was new then... Things change over time...

It sounds like you guys have a pretty busy plan...it should make some good threads, out of the get together...

And thanks for the link to the Mustangs... I'll save it for my future web site...

[DwightMcCann]

Oh, John, you can come, too, if you want! :-)

[taygull]

Oh, John, you can come, too, if you want! :-)

Hey you need to get my permission!:lol:

[johnstoy]

Oh, John, you can come, too, if you want! :-)

"No way Jose' "... But thanks for the offer Taygul...:D
Prior commitments deem, I stay put...

Hey you need to get my permission!:lol:

I couldn't go if I wanted to...at least for now, anyway...

You guys need to stay focused on the objectives of the, get together... It sound's like the ultimate cram course... so be taking lots of notes for future reference...

Someday in the future, there might be another opportunity for us to get together...:D

[DwightMcCann]

I couldn't go if I wanted to...

Well, certainly not if you can't get by Taygull Texas Immigration! :rolleyes:

[Ballen Photo]

Dwight, These are GREAT! Cant believe I missed them. The close up portraits look good, but I'm a bit undecided about the real tightly framed one.
I guess my fave of the bunch has to be the drummer. Speaking of which, He looks like Don Brewer to me, anyone know for sure?
-Bruce

[nicolerork]

Solid stuff Dwight! Always a pleasure to view.

[DwightMcCann]

Dwight, These are GREAT! Cant believe I missed them. The close up portraits look good, but I'm a bit undecided about the real tightly framed one.
I guess my fave of the bunch has to be the drummer. Speaking of which, He looks like Don Brewer to me, anyone know for sure?
-Bruce

Thank you and I understand about the cropping ... but since it isn't cropped (in the technical sense) there is nothing to be done about it. :-)

Solid stuff Dwight! Always a pleasure to view.
Always a pleasure to please you! :cool:

[johnstoy]

Well, certainly not if you can't get by Taygull Texas Immigration! :rolleyes:

Dwight... I'm convinced that;:D
In his previous life and dreams, :rolleyes: Taygull rode high in the saddle as a Texas Ranger and still maintains that attitude...:D

[taygull]

Well, certainly not if you can't get by Taygull Texas Immigration! :rolleyes:


Any of you guys are welcome to visit Texas....











Just don't stay to long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



:lol:

[Ballen Photo]

Speaking of which, He looks like Don Brewer to me, anyone know for sure?
Question still stands. I'm 98% sure the drummer here looks like Don Brewer (Whom also toured with Bob Seger). Anyone know for sure?
-Bruce