Steve Miller Band in Concert [Large Images Warning]

Buying earplugs so you can better enjoy the concert... only a photographer, man

I like these shots. Not a Steve Miller Band fan myself but I really like the tonal range and contrast of your shots. The blacks are black and the lighter colors come out nice and bright without looking overprocessed one bit, something I occasionally have trouble with. The rim lighting on the first shot (after the colage) really works for me too.

elTwitcho wrote:
Buying earplugs so you can better enjoy the concert... only a photographer, man

Most of my muso friends do the same. Earplugs do not remove all the sound, in fact, I find that I get a much clearer representation of the sound with earplugs in. When I'm shooting, I am often right up against the speaker stacks.

Since part of the reason that I (and presumably Dwight and all the other rock'n'roll photographers) do it is for a love of both the music and photography it will mean that we are able to continue to enjoy bothfor a long time. The two days of ringing ears after a big concert is not cool!

Yes, the earplugs I have are Etymotic Research "musicians custom earplugs" ER25. The attenuators are removable/replaceable (there are three attenuation levels available) and can even be replaced with earphone plugins although those are very pricey!