The show was muscular, sweaty, passionate, and ethereal. It was also my first concert that I brought my camera to and I now cannot imaging attending another without it. I shot over 500 pictures during the course of a hour and a half set, it worked out to around a snap every 10 seconds which means I watched the show through the lens.
Management and I had a brief discussion of what glass but decided to travel as light as possible: Canon EF 50mm f1.4, Canon EOS 350D, spare battery, spare memory card, and a cleaning cloth. The 50mm was the best choice as the lighting was tricky and most of the shots bounced around the 400-1600 ISO range but a little post work in UFRaw and Gimp help rescue some of the noisier images. The smaller aperture Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 would likely have been useless in that lighting and changing glass in tight quarters likely would have been a recipe for heartbreak on my part.
You can see the full set on Flickr.
Tags: Blonde Redhead, Concert, Mass MoCA, Photography
wow man…these pics are awesome. i now want to hear and see this band. One question. You hide the EOS in your pants?
If you get the chance see them, they put on a great show with lots of heart and energy. Mass MoCA has a very friendly photography policy, no flash and don’t be obtrusive, so I didn’t need to shove my rig down my pants.