Concert photographs

John

By far and away my favourite type of photography is of musicians. However, I do prefer the more experimental end of things so thankfully not all my shots are of sweaty young men with guitars! Anyway, I was well pleased with the shots I took last weekend in Boston so here's some highlights (and the full collection is here for those interested). Any comments/criticisms/cats are most welcome.

Marissa Nadler


Nmperign feat. Jason Lescalleet


Rivulets feat. Jessica Bailiff


Gary Wilson and the Blind Dates


Little Annie


The Threshold HouseBoys Choir


Matmos




Lichens


Stars of the Lid

GhostInTheRuins

I have to admit I'm a bit partial to concert photography myself.

I really like the second Matmos shot, the Lichens pic is great and the very last one, the silhouette of the violinist is very nice.

John wrote: »

so thankfully not all my shots are of sweaty young men with guitars!

Boo! :P

Eirebear

Love the Lichens one John!

Off Topic: John, im considering taking my camera to ATP, but a bit wary as im sure it could get a bit rowdy! (I hope!) Whaddya reckon?

John

I reckon you'll be fine. The crowd were really mellow at the last Nightmare Before Christmas. And I've been through the mosh at a Melvins gig with my 400D and we survived fine and dandy.

thebaz

I like the 2nd last one - i sometimes find experimental / electronic bands are difficult to capture - i think its the lack of emotion/kraftwerk look , - as against the alcoholic guitar waving long haired loon - anyway some nice stuff here John

Eirebear

John wrote: »

I reckon you'll be fine. The crowd were really mellow at the last Nightmare Before Christmas. And I've been through the mosh at a Melvins gig with my 400D and we survived fine and dandy.

Nice one, i might just take it along then, it will give me a reason for not over-indulging!

Look forward to lots of pics of Mike Patton folks

John

thebaz wrote: »

I like the 2nd last one - i sometimes find experimental / electronic bands are difficult to capture - i think its the lack of emotion/kraftwerk look , - as against the alcoholic guitar waving long haired loon - anyway some nice stuff here John

Thanks baz. I know what you mean, a guy standing at a console/laptop is about as inspiring as any clichéd singer-songwriter shot.

charybdis

I freaked out for a sec when I saw these as I thought I'd missed a Matmos/Stars of the Lid concert in Dublin, but panic subsided when I noticed they were in Boston.

I like the long exposure shots of Stars of the Lid, but I suspect that's particularly subjective as I'm familiar with their music.

iamnothim

i saw matmos in Andrews Lane there a few months back. gotta say, i didn't really understand it musically. some interesting ideas, but generally it was just harsh noise. i took photos too, but don't appear to have any online. Just one of the support act, Si Schroeder

Weidii

They're all nice but I like the one of the violin player in particular.

John

I have shots from the Andrews Lane Matmos gig here (and I've shots from the Stars of the Lid show in Whelans but they're not great, point and click + darkness = crap).

charybdis

I was in Japan for that Matmos gig, but I didn't know Stars of the Lid played Whelan's a week ago! Now I'm pissed off like when I had to miss the M83 concert on the friday of last October bank holiday as I was going down the country.

It's hard to know when the handful of acts I'd actually go to see roll around given that I'm not a habitual concert-goer and as such don't really preuse the listings to find when the (relatively) unknown handful esoteric electronica acts I like are playing here, and even if I do, it's even more difficult to get someone to come with.

John

charybdis wrote: »

I was in Japan for that Matmos gig, but I didn't know Stars of the Lid played Whelan's a week ago!

The Whelans gig was a year ago, the photos from last week were in Boston.

taztastic

The Little Annie shot is really brilliant one.
Nice one John.

paulosacramento

Hey John,
you got some great stuff here.

Nice work!

I think this is one of best shots ever:



http://flickr.com/photos/paulosacramento/sets/72157608187718827/