Styx @ NEC, Birmingham UK - NOTE! Not mine C&C wanted

[shesgotthepic]

Hello all,

I'm sat here going through the pics from last nights shoot. As the subject says - these are not mine. My buddy took these.

C&C are absolutely wanted. Positive as well as negative.

No PP done at all.

Thank you in advance.

1
http://www.shesgotthepic.com/he/1.jpg

2
http://www.shesgotthepic.com/he/2.jpg

3
http://www.shesgotthepic.com/he/3.jpg

4
http://www.shesgotthepic.com/he/4.jpg

5
http://www.shesgotthepic.com/he/gowan.jpg

6
http://www.shesgotthepic.com/he/point.jpg

[DwightMcCann]

#1 & #6 Odd crops putting this guy in the middle ... in #6 his hand and the mic are in an unfortunate place, too. #2 is good. In #3 we have two guys' faces obscured by guitar necks. #4 His head is turned a bit far for a profile and it looks a touch soft. #5 seems to have an odd crop, again as though he was using a center AF spot and couldn't recompose.

They also seem to have a "flatness" about them ... I can't tell what it is, perhaps the smoke, but I look at the ones I recently shot (see http://www.dwightmccann.com/Images/Styx03012007/content/index.html) and they just seem snappier. I'm not claiming mine are better, but there is a difference that I can't put my finger on.

Lastly, who is the guy in the red glasses?

[johnstoy]

CHUCK PANOZZO (ORIGINAL CO-FOUNDER)
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=243433

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l60/stoy17/styx/IMG_56511-2.jpg

[shesgotthepic]

Thank you Dwight. Very good pointers there.

Johnstoy, can't really understand your comment. Care to ellaborate?

Cheers

[René Damkot]

I think Johnstay was answering Dwight... ("Lastly, who is the guy in the red glasses?") ;)

If you crop #2 it's a nice image.
Dwight said most of it. I'll add one comment though: Why was everything shot in 'landscape' orientation?

[johnstoy]

Johnstoy, can't really understand your comment. Care to elaborate?
Cheers

Sorry about not writing more to ellaborate... Chuck makes only occasional appearances with the band...

I think Johnstay was answering Dwight... ("Lastly, who is the guy in the red glasses?") ;)

Thanks Rene'... I wasn't able to reach the keyboard and I just cut and pasted the info for Dwight...:rolleyes: :D

[shesgotthepic]

Sorry about not writing more to ellaborate... Chuck makes only occasional appearances with the band...



Thanks Rene'... I wasn't able to reach the keyboard and I just cut and pasted the info for Dwight...:rolleyes: :D


LOL!

Thanks anyway.

[johnstoy]

I especially like #2... It's got great composition and color...

(I have a similar picture of some these guys together, but with a prime 85mm 1.8 lens...it's real tight and it looks more placid... This one your friend got is real nice and mellow, but also captures the great action ...)

#6 is also great in composition and colors... The subject (Tommy) is a real nice guy, and a big favorite of the groupies... If I recall correctly, he discretely made the same gesture at our show to someone in the pit...

[shesgotthepic]

#6 is also great in composition and colors... The subject (Tommy) is a real nice guy, and a big favorite of the groupies... If I recall correctly, he discretely made the same gesture at our show to someone in the pit...

The "groupie" he's pointing at happens to be me who is sat on the little barrier step, singing along to "Too Much Time" being a total "fan girl". I've waited over 20 years to see Styx and got to sit in the pit the entire show.

And yeah - he is drop dead stunning!

She - pulls on her business hat again

[Steve Parr]

Nice shots, overall.

I'm hoping to shoot them later this year. Tommy plays our guitars, so I'm hoping to use that as an "in" to get into the pit...

[blackshadow]

Please please please teach this guy/girl to crop!