Working a live music gig – After Action Report
It is a common dream that some day in the future you will be proficient enough in your photography that everything will work out as planned. You won’t waste shots and every image will be a keeper.
I’m as guilty of this dream as the next guy – even though I know it isn’t true.
Chiaroscuro
I’m not implying that I am living up to Paul Strand’s idea of the photographer moving past the “limitations” of painting and other art forms. I’ve just begun reading Mr. Strand’s work and it is making me look at photography as art in a whole new light.
Finally some images from UMX 2009
I’ve finally gotten around to posting some images from the 2009 Ultimate Music eXperience here on A Tenuous Blog. These images aren’t my selects for submission to the Capitol Hill group but they are some of my favorites.
Concert Photography – UMX 2009 after action report
The Ultimate Music eXperience 2009 held at Benders Tavern in Denver has come and gone. I spent 12 hours over 2 days photographing 60 or so bands; a total of – wait for it – 6426 frames in all. Now, if only all of those frames had turned out.
Concert Photography – UMX 2008, what worked and what didn’t
“No plan survives contact with the enemy” – Helmuth von Moltke
So, what worked at the Ultimate Music eXperience in 2008? What didn’t work? What am I going to do differently this year?
Well, let’s start with what didn’t work – at least not at Bender’s bar.
Concert Photography – A recap of UMX 2008
In 2008 I volunteered with the Denver Darkroom to photograph the Ultimate Music Experience (UMX) at Bender’s bar in Denver. Since 1974 the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood has hosted an event called the Capitol Hill’s People Fair. Food booths, vendors, musicians and artists fill the central part of Denver by the State capitol to celebrate Denver’s diverse urban community and its residents
Discovering Concert Photography
2008 was the year I was going to stretch myself as a photographer.
To try and discover what I liked to photograph and what I didn’t.
