Dutch Uncles.
Turned up at the venue (a church) and was immediately struck with an overwhelming feeling of dread. "Is this all the lighting?" I asked the sound technician. "Yeah, but we have a few desk lamps around the band" was the reply. I can hardly see the band on stage with my naked eye, so how the hell is my camera gonna pick them up? FLASH TIME !
Now this isn't ideal, a lot of bands don't like you using flash but it was a case of no flash no shot. I shot the gig and hated that my ISO had to be at 1000 and my camera struggled to cope in the dark and to top it all half way into the show my flash dropped off a pew and smashed the radio trigger to bits. All in all a nightmare gig. On a brighter note (I needed this brightness at the venue) I have worked a difficult gig and survived. I still want to shoot bands and I haven't been put off. Hopefully a sign that I am doing the right thing. I have left my automatic answer to the question about my career path behind and am exploring my options better.
Here are some images I managed to get out of the gig.
The Paris Riots
This gig was a lot more straight forward and went smoothly. There was no crowd though. It was a bit of a strange one in that respect. The event was a corporate invite only party to celebrate the launch of capital radio nationwide. By a stroke of luck my part time photo booth job took me to the event, funny how things happen.
Here are some of the shots.
