Rap Concert

[Burrellimages]

I had the chance to cover a concert at a Funkmaster Flex show last weekend. It was the first time i had ever done perfomances and fell i did pretty good. Here are some of the photos. Oh, i was covering the event for Rides Magazine.

Mims singing "This is why im hot"
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Hurricane Chris singing "A Bay Bay"
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Here's one of with me while T-Pain was performing. :)
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Be easy, like i said, it was my first concert coverage!

[thekid24]

Hurricane chris...nice shot.....was the crowd not feeln it in the 3rd shot?

[Burrellimages]

I think he was between songs or something in that shot.

[Lord_Malone]

#3 - Mims looks like he's performing in front of a group of people who could care less if he's hot or not. :rolleyes:

Bring back Public Enemy!

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BTW, nice captures of wack rappers.

[Grey56]

Any more of T-Pain? I think your set is pretty good, considering you say that this was your first time doing this type of thing. I always have a hard time with these, because not only are their mics blocking their faces, but their fists are too.

The crowd sure doesn't seem impressed. Then again, you don't either. :-)

[Burrellimages]

The hardest part was trying to chase them around the stage! LOL As for me not looking excited, i just had that "im cool" look on my face!! LMAO

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[Grey56]

Now THAT'S what I'm talking about! Nice one! Just crop it in a bit to get rid of some of the distraction on the top and right, and you've got yourself a stellar shot. Not only is the mic not blocking his mouth, but he's SMILING! What a grill. :-)

And I figured that was your "I'm cool" look - it looks a lot like mine. :-) Haha.

[skifurthur]

I agree with Grey56 that the last shot is much better without the eating of the microphone bit. I will admit that rap artists DO seem keep the mic tight on their faces a lot of the time.

Besides the mic issue, nice energy from the performers and nice crisp shots.

[Burrellimages]

Thanks guys! Now that i've learned how to do this type of shots, im dying to do some more! LOL The only bad part is you take 100 photos to get 3 good ones.

[Burrellimages]

Oh, if your interested, there are a few more on my web site on this page.......

http://burrellimages.com/other.htm

[dou_b_14]

pretty good shots. I like that one of hurricane chris the best.

[simonSE15]

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that one's really good. watch which hand they hold the mic in and stand the other side. try not to chase them round the stage! ;-)

[johnstoy]

Say Brandon,

Nice shots...

Do you know of Teresa Burrell (Soprano)? She sang some sound tracks for movies in the 1970's... Was a national winner of the Roberta Peters Music Scholarship... Went to Jamaica HS (1965-68 ) in Queens, NY...

[René Damkot]

Some good energy.
Pity the lighting was crap.