Tracy Conover

This was the second time shooting Tracy Conover and though it was the bigger stage and with the bigger lights, the Dan Electros shoot was ultimately a better one. Still I got some decent stuff. Once again there was no photo pit so I was pretty much stuck to this one place I got at the front of stage right. It was limiting but at least it was the side she spent most of her time at. The Joe Bonomassa crowd really got into her set, and I was happy to see that. It was a pretty good matchup of opener and headliner bands if you ask me.. Both really can play the guitar.
There was some guy there with a high end Canon and a 70-200 mm IS lens shooting with a flash so I'm sure he got some incredible stuff. I noted a few other folks with decent digital bodies as well.. they were all shooting with flash.. It annoys me that I pretty much have to forgo the use of flash when I have the official photo pass. On the other hand grainy and challenging as it is.. I still love the existing light photography method of concert photography. Something gritty and real about it and it appeals to me. I think if I was shooting for a magazine I'd hope to use a bit of fill flash and shoot a lower ISO though. In way, the way I shoot mirrors the performances I shoot. Live and real with possible flaws. Not polished and finished without imperfections like a studio album would be. Overall I'd rather experience life.. live than on tape.
Satyr
7/21/2006
satyr at satyrgraphs.com