First real concert shoot in about 14 years

Critique is very welcome. I'm a long time lurker here so not a lot of you know me, but fire away, please, I can take it

And unfortunately there's only 3 'cause I'm still not sure what the agreement is between me and the publisher I haven't been able to nail him down yet to get in-depth details.

First two are a band named Seasons After. Third one is of a local band named Lost Point who opened for SA, but were just a good (if you like metal, that is).

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Great idea with the B&W. The subjects are well lit so your flash was a good idea. Did you strobe it or was it on camera flash?

It was an on camera flash. An old 430 EZ on 1/16 manual power. Just enough to bring up the shutter speed a bit.

I like the shots and great use of b&w!

Thanks. B&W was my best option because the lights were low and and close. I think in all 3 of those that pretty much the only color present was red.

Did I mention that this was a horrible place to shoot? I think the best part was that I could grab a bar stool and lug it around so that I could stand on the footrest to get that little boost above people's heads.