HipBootJoe and David St Romain

You all know I'm going to complain about something, right? When I did engineering for bands, we had this rule of thumb that the opening act didn't usually get the same mix or light show as the headliner. It's what I used to call "engineer etiquette". Well last night it bit me. I shot Hipbootjoe first. The frontman wore black and white, the follow spots were bright and the fiber in the background was black. The upstage lighting left a lot to be desired. Need I say more?

Oh, this was my first casino shoot, by the way.

Here's one that I came up with. Mind you, this first one was after blending. (Thanks for the insight, guys) I need to take out my contacts, so I don't know how off target this is. But you get the picture. The second picture is David St. Romain. The lighting was obviously better.

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Not bad at all.
Blending on the first is nicely done. Guy in the BG isn't
I'd crop close to get rid of him.
Also: Straighten the second...

oohh i like the second, IMHO i would crop into the image as well as straighten.
the first is nice also, and yeah i think blending looks good also

But casino lighting is one hell of a lot better than the crap most of our shoots are in, eh?

There is a close comparison with the opener and poorly lit shows. I wish I had done the whole second show though. Thanks for the nice words.

they look pretty damn good to me.

The dude in the first one looks a bit like Rascal Flatts... I like the depth of the image in Photo #2...