Hollow Day Live at 12th and Porter

[PurelySwift]

This concert was the first time that a band requested my photo services and got me on the guest list, as opposed to me coming on my own. Got to hang out and meet the guys backstage before they went on (more photos of that later) and it turned out to be a great night and fun show. While I've been to this venue quite a few times now, as my luck would go, the lighting director decided to make my life the most difficult when a band was expecting results. It's hard to tell in the photos, but the lighting sequences on stage were much quicker and darker than usual. In the end I'm happy with the shots, and more importantly the band is very pleased with them. For more on Hollow Day and their upcoming shows leading to a new album in June, check out: http://www.myspace.com/hollowday.

Full Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/andrewjennings/hollowdaylive

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Thanks for viewing!

[pwen watkin]

Some really great shots, I like the 3rd & 5th photos most of all!

[narlus]

5 and 6...nice ones!

[BJWOK]

what lense did you use for these champ?

[blackshadow]

what lense did you use for these champ?

What the hell is a lense? :p

[DwightMcCann]

What the hell is a lense? :p
Goodness, Richard, lighten up! After all, he's an Aussie! Not everyone knows how to spell!

[René Damkot]

I like #3 and 6 best.
Too bad #4 is focussed on the hand / beard.

[PurelySwift]

BJ, I used an EF 85mm f1.8, and a EF-S 10-22mm for this shoot.

Thanks for the comments. Rene I agree on 4, but I still love the emotion in that shot.

Backstage photos of this band coming tomorrow!

[tmcman]

Nice job capturing different qualities of light
to compliment the gesture of the performer.
Really outstanding.

[BJWOK]

thanks for the info champ, and yes, we do spell lens lense here in australia.

without trying to get into a "who spells correctly" arguement and ruin this thread, it's interesting to note Dwight McCann's comment and that he is American. Note the irony.

[DwightMcCann]

thanks for the info champ, and yes, we do spell lens lense here in australia.

without trying to get into a "who spells correctly" arguement and ruin this thread, it's interesting to note Dwight McCann's comment and that he is American. Note the irony.

I thought it was clever at the time given that Richard is also in Australia ... kind of a double entendre but I should know better since so many here are so tense about so much. :lol:

[BJWOK]

ahh, ok no worries mate. i am new here and clearly i have a way to go before i start recognising people!!

anyway, i better split, i think a dingo is taking my baby...

[DwightMcCann]

That's nothing ... wait until you start dealing with the Danes, er, no, ah, I mean Dutch!

[BJWOK]

well my gf is dutch, perhaps i will have a slight advantage!

[René Damkot]

well my gf is dutch

We won't hold that against you ;)

[BJWOK]

lol! i am in australia and she is amsterdam, not even i can hold her against me :(

but i am coming over at the end of the year! yeehaa!

[DwightMcCann]

lol! i am in australia and she is amsterdam, not even i can hold her against me :(

but i am coming over at the end of the year! yeehaa!
So, you see the synergy that comes about when you only assume the best of others? I knew Rene would soon sniff out comments by me about his native land and other places close by that I mix up all the time. :rolleyes:

[narlus]

So, you see the synergy that comes about when you only assume the best of others? I knew Rene would soon sniff out comments by me about his native land and other places close by that I mix up all the time. :rolleyes:

typical american xenophobe. :lol:

[DwightMcCann]

typical american xenophobe. :lol:
Au contraire! Typical old man with failing memory! :cry:

[narlus]

it's destined to happen to us all.

[PurelySwift]

Shameless promo for my backstage shots from this same band that went unnoticed as this thread goes OT,

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=482264