Soulfly

I chanced upon the bass player before the show and talked to him for few minutes, really nice guy. Actually getting to know the band members makes me a bit more inclined to "get" their music. So despite this show being outside of my usual tastes I found myself enjoying it more than I probably would have normally.
Shooting it on the other hand was more of a bitch, the light guys lately seemed to think red is in, which is just for shit when trying to shoot. Also I'm not liking shooting in the barrier area all that much lately. the angle annoys me. I'd like to get some height there or get back a few more feet.. but that was where the pit was so that's a no go for me and my camera. Maybe part of the problem is I have to shoot fast fstop which has a very shallow depth of field which is fine for straight on but when I'm shooting "up" the artist his DOF is pretty long from guitar to face at that angle. It can can work really well with a fish eye lens if you have the light to shoot a bit slower but in most cases it's not feasible.

I didn't do any post processing again on this stuff, I've been so busy it took me 4 days just to pick 20 something photos to even post and get around to posting them.

On a final note about this shoot. Check out image 1648 and tell me he doesn't look just like Jack Black in that shot.
Satyr
10/13/2005