Bass Players (7 images)...

Last Friday night, while in Halifax Nova Scotia, I had the chance to shoot some amazing bassists at a "bass clinic" for a music store.

These first two shots are of Dave Ellefson, founding bassist of Megadeth and current bass player for Montrose:

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The second to last one is really stellar. Great expression, and the color contrast between the backdrop and his bass is quite nice.

Overall, very nice captures.

Not being a guitarist I am always a bit surprised that everyone seems to like the images of guitarists in which they appear to be in pain ... a "look" that has been described to me using other terms. I like the second image best except for the Pearl sign.

Nice to see some expression Stevie, esp. the Doug Wimbish shots.

I love "guitar face" shots. I like #2 as well but maybe crop out some of what is behind the musician. You should also darken the pearl sign and it is perfect.

How did you get the angle? What I don't like about most "band shots" is that they are most always from "underneath" or floor and they are on the stage.

The one thing I like about shooting at Hanks is it is kind of a patio so I can go up on the roof and shoot through some openings and get a top down perspective instead of the "nose hair" shot.

Also, I wish I could shoot some with a background like that. It would sure make it easy to do the "cut-out" in my collage.

The show was held in a hall that had a wrap-around balcony over the main floor...

Nice shooting Steve. I too like the second to last one where he looks to be in "pain".

I was unaware that Dave Ellefson was playing with Montrose. My understanding is he has a new band, F5. They will be playing here thursday night. I shall be there with camera in hand.

those are great, what WB did you use?

thanks

Thanks!

I used the Tungsten setting. This seems to work best under stage lighting conditions...

yeah I like it, one to remember I think, cheers for that.
I have used tungsten setting on regular nightime/indoors shots before and it gives a nice ambience

I've greatly increased my number of "keepers" since going to the Tungsten setting...

Why not go custom? I have actually figured out what the setting needs to be for the one venue I shoot in 95% of the time and I just set it to that specific tempature, which is 2800.

The venues I'm shooting in are beginning to change. Some of the smaller clubs I won't go to anymore, just because the lighting is so bad. I'm flying out to Las Vegas next weekend to do a two-day shoot with a band, in two different venues.

I'm hoping, being "Vegas" and all, that the lighting is a bit better than what I find in some of the smaller clubs around here...