Last weekend I collected more concert footage and managed to fill up all of my storage cards again, even after buying an additional 8gb over the Christmas holidays. The first few have been processed and uploaded. I want to avoid filler in an album like this, so I've taken the liberty of uploading my personal favourites. I'd like to give a big thank you to the bands, and I invite them to browse the pictures, and to even use the concert pictures of your own band on myspace as you want, provided that the watermark is not removed. Minor layering and obscuring is fine, so long as it is still easily legible. Some photos will be available at much higher resolutions for printing and so forth, so please just contact me with the filenames you're interested in to inquire about pricing.
Also, for the final band that night, Kitchener's "Remembering Apollo", I'd like to say thanks for coming on up, I know it's a little further than the Gig Theatre or the Lancaster. You gave a good show and I'd like to pass along my thanks in the form of videography. I recorded 8 songs and I've uploaded the first early drafts of 4, 5, and 6 to YouTube. Enjoy!
This work covers a large variety of angles, zoom levels and I'm very happy about they turned out. Most of my portfolio prior to the last year has been focused on very smooth, well-lit still-life work, but in the last 6-8 months, I've stepped up the ISO again and again to take pictures in darker and darker areas without flash.
I typically prefer to work without flashes because they reduce or negate the environmental lighting to such a great degree, and they have a long rise time. In the time it takes to take a single flash picture, I can take 5 pictures and each one will have greater authenticity. With that said, I may be using them much more in the future, when in the appropriate conditions. Flash can save what would've been a horrible picture, or can ruin a shot that could've been great. Its a powerful tool to take pictures in dark conditions while avoiding film grain, but too powerful for my tastes right now.
The Battle continues on the 16th and the 23rd, but I'm going to be busy enjoying a walk in the woods on the 16th and communing with nature. Hope everyone enjoys the first great concerts of 2011!
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