Favorite Crowd Shots (post them here)

[athrasher]

The crowd is sometimes as much a part of the live experience as the band, so let's see everyone's favorite crowd shots.

Riding shoulders at the Foo Fighters, ACL 2008

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2898151436_3354e0fbb1.jpg?v=0

Dave Matthews Band at the Woodlands, 2008

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2767663006_b736cb1b88.jpg?v=0

Rocking out to Queens of the Stone Age at ACL 2007

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1383/1383866307_ad50af8a17.jpg?v=0

[rab_cilbup]

Kamelot at ProgPower in Cheltenham a few years ago :

http://rab-cilbup.smugmug.com/photos/145598001_ziRsm-M.jpg

[londonblue007]

good idea on a thread.

Newport Folk Fest from the Sound Boad
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2732989306_61263c997d_b.jpg

Newport Folk Fest from the Fort Walls
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2833683937_154d278a2c_b.jpg

[BJWOK]

"Too much for you luv, time to go home..." (A Day At The Park)
http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/adayatthepark/adayatthepark07.jpg

[ChrisRabior]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2985856578_9dc1d6029d_o.jpg

[skifurthur]

Not just the crowd, but I'm kinda liking this one.
http://www.amsaddler.com/canon/IMG_1279.jpg

[Capt_13M]

from the stage at a local hardcore show
http://members.skill-club.com/Capt_13M/New%20Folder/S5IS/Neutral%20Nation%206.22.08%20218.50%25.JPG

[Suicidenote]

That Warped Tour shot reminds me of a "Where's Waldo" picture.

[zero99]

My Favorite crowd shot. ArcadeFire live in Glasgow March 2007

This is being used in a new Ford Fiesta advert .

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/2109295586_f195ab5480.jpg

[karinne]

From a SymphonyX show @ Le Medley in Montreal

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2404394706_6e6a698869_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karinne/2404394706/)

[Jacob Dinesen]

Here are some of my favorites.

Chemical Brothers, 2002:
http://jacobdinesen.net/gallery/2002/Chemical%20Brothers,_Roskilde%20Festival,_2002/images/00409.jpg

Metallica, 2004
http://jacobdinesen.net/gallery/2004/Metallica,_Parken,_2004/images/7BBF2514_RT8.jpg

Kreator, 2005:
http://jacobdinesen.net/gallery/2005/Kreator,_Wacken%20Open%20Air,_2005/images/7BBF7395.jpg

Metallica, 2007:
http://jacobdinesen.net/gallery/2007/Metallica,_Vestereng,_2007/images/IDIOTER_C49F5837.jpg
-the crowd were seriously pissed at the photographers.

The Haunted, 2008:
http://jacobdinesen.net/gallery/2008/The_Haunted,_Wacken_Open_Air,_2008/images/_H1W9241.jpg
-it might not be that much about the crowd but it still plays an important part.

[amareica]

I know it's dark but I still love it:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2973633837_7bab433b4b.jpg

[TristanCardew]

Metallica, 2007:
http://jacobdinesen.net/gallery/2007/Metallica,_Vestereng,_2007/images/IDIOTER_C49F5837.jpg
-the crowd were seriously pissed at the photographers.

Looks a bit gnarly. Why were the crowd pissed at you guys?

[René Damkot]

Two closer shots:

Geuzenpop Festival 2008: A bit rainy:

http://www.moonglade.net/~rene/080823GP/content/bin/images/large/rhd_20080822_GP_0027.jpg

Dryer:

http://www.moonglade.net/~rene/080823GP/content/bin/images/large/rhd_20080823_GP_1226.jpg

[gregpphoto]

Metallica, 2004
http://jacobdinesen.net/gallery/2004/Metallica,_Parken,_2004/images/7BBF2514_RT8.jpg


Is it just me or is EVERYONE in that frame a blond haired aryan??

[gregpphoto]

O'death at The Music Hall of Williamsburg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2991759671_4ce046b657_o.jpg

Old Crow Medicine Show at Webster Hall
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/2897082565_9849ef04ea_o.jpg

[René Damkot]

Is it just me or is EVERYONE in that frame a blond haired aryan??

It's just you :p

More blond guys over there (Denmark?) I'd think then in the USA...

@ Jacob Dinesen: I see you had stage and all area access to Volbeat? Nice. I shot them with a 3 song rule a while back.

Images on your site look a bit too compressed though.

[johnstoy]

There are some great shots here in this thread... Keep posting we love to see more.

[gregpphoto]

Oh it was in Denmark, now it makes sense!!

[Jacob Dinesen]

Looks a bit gnarly. Why were the crowd pissed at you guys?

Because of two things.
1. The stage was 3-4 meters tall so the photographers were placed on a podium more or less at the same level as the stage, that blocked the view for some in the crowd every now and then.
2. The power failed. That pissed the crowd so they began bombarding the photogs with beers, coins; well anything which could be thrown at us.

[Jacob Dinesen]

Is it just me or is EVERYONE in that frame a blond haired aryan??

Yes. I am the only semi-black guy in the kingdom of Denmark.

[Jacob Dinesen]

It's just you :p

More blond guys over there (Denmark?) I'd think then in the USA...

@ Jacob Dinesen: I see you had stage and all area access to Volbeat? Nice. I shot them with a 3 song rule a while back.

Images on your site look a bit too compressed though.

Volbeat's old friends of mine so I usually have AA when they play.
Compressed? which ones? all or just the older stuff?

[Metalphotographer]

Sounds of the Underground 2005
http://www.mortado.com/gravemusic/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4335&g2_serialNumber=2

[René Damkot]

Volbeat's old friends of mine so I usually have AA when they play.
Compressed? which ones? all or just the older stuff?

Some of the Volbeat images...
I had a quick look, since I also shot them a while back, in Lucky, Rijssen: Click (http://www.moonglade.net/~rene/081013_Volbeat/index_2.html)

Not my best effort ever :p

[letsmakeart]

Some of my favs.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/2940544446_367b021938_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2940625190_9026e146e6_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2939463563_b9952eccbe_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2766660923_4280fcb539_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2858637847_f74d4f691b_o.jpg

[zero99]

One from the weekend

Glasvegas in Ayr Town Hall
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/2991031979_89c6394158.jpg

[René Damkot]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2939463563_b9952eccbe_o.jpg

Very nice!

[Eyelikedurt]

Here's mine.

It's from a small local gig, very low attendance.

[mono55]

One from the weekend

Glasvegas in Ayr Town Hall
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/2991031979_89c6394158.jpg

My daughter shot that show. she said the lighting was pretty much non existent.

[bacchanal]

Here's mine.

It's from a small local gig, very low attendance.

Such a great shot, and it is really says a lot about what it is to be a small time band and to put on small time shows. Interesting to see that the UK isn't much different than the US in this regard.

[DwightMcCann]

Sugarland at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez, California, in October 2004.

http://dwightmccann.com/Images/Sugarland2/Sugarland500/Sugarland7738-500.JPG

Amy Dalley at the Maverick Saloon on August 4, 2005
http://dwightmccann.com/NashvilleToYouProject/AmyDalley/medium/0007.jpg

Jack Ingram at The Graduate in San Luis Obispo, California, on July 23, 2006

http://dwightmccann.com/NashvilleToYouProject/JackIngram07232006/large/JackIngram0002-001.jpg

[londonblue007]

I'll bite...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2940914103_cafced56f9_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2732989306_61263c997d_b.jpg

Just took this one to the printer tonight. Making a 3ft wide print.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2833683937_154d278a2c_b.jpg

[dispatchermike21]

Some of my favs.







http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2766660923_4280fcb539_o.jpg



ok this one is just wrong in so many ways, great pic thu.

[TristanCardew]

ok this one is just wrong in so many ways, great pic thu.

I don't really think so. It's a naked dude sitting on another dude's shoulders. Too far out for you?

Shoulda seen the 60's...

[aduda]

I liked this one.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/3011028101_4911403df5.jpg

[René Damkot]

I'll bite...

First is great!

[WJP]

I no im digging up a kind of old fourm. But i thought i would share a recent crowd shot.
There was something about this image that i liked. Please tell me what you think!

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2664/img8323copybb3.jpg (http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img8323copybb3.jpg)

[René Damkot]

I think it's very small ;)

Looks like nice action, but I think it would have been better without chopping off heads.

[René Damkot]

Been a while since I posted here I see...

Okay: The Panacea @ Gogbot Festival
http://www.moonglade.net/~rene/080920_GogBot/content/bin/images/large/rhd_20080920_GogBot_0424.jpg

The audience cheering another DJ:
http://www.moonglade.net/~rene/080920_GogBot_3V12/content/bin/images/large/rhd_20080920_GogBot_0215.jpg

Overview of the hall during Dr. Lectroluv:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/3249961629_bd8121dd59_o.jpg

Audience & "Ottoboy, the one man thrash band":
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/3251667724_49234fd1b3_o.jpg

[Lorne Thomson]

One of my faves - a crushed but happy Buzzcocks fan...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2078801840_c6128f856e_o.jpg

[londonblue007]

another crowd shot

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/3162785869_5dc8b36d53_b.jpg

[Nouks]

Nice thread!

I think I've got some nice ones to share... First some of the Noorderslag Festival.

http://www.nouks.nl/20090117_NoSl/images/AT_20090117_NoSl_0346.jpg
Photographers are crowd aswell... :P

http://www.nouks.nl/20090117_NoSl/images/AT_20090117_NoSl_0488.jpg
Mad rapper in crowd

http://www.nouks.nl/20090117_NoSl/images/AT_20090117_NoSl_0899.jpg
Big crowd

http://www.nouks.nl/20090117_NoSl/images/AT_20090117_NoSl_1024.jpg
De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, one of the members crowdsurfing

http://www.nouks.nl/20090117_NoSl/images/AT_20090117_NoSl_1026.jpg
And another one because it was so much fun

http://www.nouks.nl/20090117_NoSl/images/AT_20090117_NoSl_1037.jpg
Lots of hands

[90c4]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q68/gastwirt/20081121_4772-1.jpg

[blackshadow]

The crowd for The Ting Tings at the Melbourne Big Day Out
http://www.photos.blackshadow.com.au/photos/464740019_tBErb-XL.jpg

Keeping things cool in the Boiler Room at the Melbourne Big Day Out
http://www.photos.blackshadow.com.au/photos/464743672_yc8du-XL.jpg

[DwightMcCann]

Anouk, excellent set!

Richard, I expected those girls to be topless! (Or, perhaps, hoping!) :-)

[Nouks]

Thank you, Dwight! :)

I've got a few others...

http://www.nouks.nl/20090110_3V12ES/content/bin/images/large/AT_20090110_3V12ES_0334.jpg

And one with No Use For A Name:

http://www.nouks.nl/20090129_NUFAN/content/bin/images/large/AT_20090129_NUFAN_0021.jpg

[Zeabrid]

Wow, your crowds are so calm.

I'm so used to having to fight for my camera's safety every time I shoot a show.

(This is why I love Hardcore)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3261240487_e39ff3a8a7_o.jpg

[blackshadow]

Anouk, excellent set!

Richard, I expected those girls to be topless! (Or, perhaps, hoping!) :-)

Geeze Dwight - you have a one track mind!

[Zeineth]

ok heres a couple.

1 Tragically Hip Feb 2008 Kingston's KROCK Centre.
http://www.z-photography.ca/img/v3/p1006177129-5.jpg

2 David Wilcox @ Kingston's KROCK 1057 Rock the Rideau - Fort Henry
http://www.z-photography.ca/img/v2/p243080317-4.jpg

3 Sam Roberts @ Rock the Fort 2008
http://www.z-photography.ca/img/v4/p926079274-4.jpg

[Nouks]

Hmmmm, you guys didn't even notice I've posted a ISO 100 2 megapixel digital compact concert photo some time ago in the singers-thread, and now 3 days already since my last post in this thread and nobody saw something remarkable yet? :D

[DwightMcCann]

Anouk, ya' gotta' remember most here are men and don't notice much!

[flexnes]

Some of my favorite crowd-shots from last year:

1. Swedenrock Festival · June 2008
http://www.flexnes.com/forums/2008_06_05_0218.JPG

2. Swedenrock Festival · June 2008
http://www.flexnes.com/forums/2008_06_07_0277.jpg

3. Alter Bridge · Oslo, Norway, November 2008
http://www.flexnes.com/forums/20081120_0112.JPG

4. Slayer · Oslo, Norway, November 2008
http://www.flexnes.com/forums/20081124_0432.jpg

5. Bullet For My Valentine · Oslo, Norway, December 2008
http://www.flexnes.com/forums/20081202_0338.jpg

[deblur]

got a couple of nice crowd shots from a local gig ("Balkanarama", Glasgow) last weekend... the UWA is great for this stuff!

1
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3294451010_a9bdbbb442_o.jpg
2
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3294333333_8d19450731_o.jpg
3
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3296561421_157b06b45e_o.jpg

[Nouks]

Great series, deblur :)

[Pekka]

1.
http://photography-on-the.net/gallery/photos/TUSKA_2007/small/HV8O9464.jpg

2.
http://www.lieksabrass.com/gallery/photos/normal/CRW_2377_nr.jpg

3.
http://www.lieksabrass.com/gallery/photos/normal/CRW_3366.jpg

4.
http://www.lieksabrass.com/gallery/photos/normal/CRW_3887.jpg

5.
http://www.lieksabrass.com/gallery/photos_2005/small/HV8O1211_01.jpg

6.
http://www.lieksabrass.com/gallery/photos_2008/small/LIEKSA_BRASS_WEEK_2008_PSS0782.jpg

[narlus]

the 1st one is totally great.

[atika]

Some of mine:

[Nouks]

Hmmm, not sure where to post it (Singer or Crowd), but whatever...

Black Dahlia Murder:

http://www.nouks.nl/20090221_TBDM/content/bin/images/large/AT_20090221_TBDM_0020.jpg

http://www.nouks.nl/20090221_TBDM/content/bin/images/large/AT_20090221_TBDM_0047.jpg

http://www.nouks.nl/20090221_TBDM/content/bin/images/large/AT_20090221_TBDM_0050.jpg

[DwightMcCann]

They are all participants, Anouk! :-)

[narlus]

Nouks, good stuff, esp #1

[Nouks]

Thanks :)

[mcfatty]

Hey all of you!

I hope it isn't to late to join with one of my picture? Anyways here goes:

http://torbn.dk/svende/admin/upload/torben/img_0119.jpg

Well the girl is not the singer, but she sings, hope it's okay!

It was taking on one of the biggeste marked in hole Denmark, Hjallerup marked, and there, in the tent, there was a girl, singing to the music from the band.

Shout with my 400D and Canon 55-200 f/4.5-5.6 :)

Hope you like it

[narlus]

Phish crowd @ Fenway Park, when the rain turned to sun:
http://narlus.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p812340648-4.jpg

[zero99]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3646113883_c7fd46a7a9.jpghttp://http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3646113883_c7fd46a7a9.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3600/3636819420_4ae60cc8bb.jpg

Rockness 2009
Lochness Scotland

[Jacobredphoto]

You guys are AMAZING. I'm still new to entertainment photography, as a matter of fact I've never shot anything other than concerts that I've purchased tickets to, but hey everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?

2009 Pat Green concert.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3499397604_560b701246_o.jpg

[Jacobredphoto]

Wow, your crowds are so calm.

I'm so used to having to fight for my camera's safety every time I shoot a show.

(This is why I love Hardcore)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3261240487_e39ff3a8a7_o.jpg

NEVER been to a hardcore show before so excuse my ignorant, but what the crap are they doing? It looks like they're either writhing or they are clobbering each other, haha.
Vert intense shot by the way!:)

[Nouks]

Jacob: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosh

[ShauningtoN]

My ONLY crowd shot haha...

Shot during House vs. Hurricanes set on the 22nd of August.

50D ISO 3200, 50mm f1.8 @ 2.2

It's pretty boring but I dont have any others ;)
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3743/dpp1205filtered.jpg

EDIT: should probably add I was BEHIND the barrier and sort of took it with one hand without looking haha