Today...

[kneeshooter]

... I went to London. It wasn't the shortest meeting I've dragged myself down for, but I do slightly resent over 2 hours travel each way for an 80 minute meeting.

In other news, here are a few teasers from the Combichrist/KatScan/XP8/Trauma Pet gig. Some from Neuroticfish when I get some words from keris.

Oh, and one of my SLRs is broken. I suspect it needs a new shutter. This is likely to be annoyingly expensive at this time of year.

It's not been a good week so far.

Comments

[sparksoflight.livejournal.com]

Some really well-timed shots of Trauma Pet there!

[kneeshooter]

Thanks.

Was all skill, patience and holding down the shutter button then picking the best ;-)

[keris.livejournal.com]

words=when I get home...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Gah to equipment troubles. :o(
Tricky lighting but some good results there!
Shame about the lights in the shots of trauma_pet. Lighting techs who prefer red gels should be electrocuted. :o(

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

Agreed, red lighting is no good at all!

[kneeshooter]

And there's a lot of it about.

[lupercal.livejournal.com]

I've got the Controlled Hysteria single and was quite impressed with it; were Trauma Pet any good live?

[kneeshooter]

They were not very happy with their soundman, but I enjoyed them. It wasn't really what the crowd were there to see of course.

I'd like to get them to play Birmingham at some point.

[xp8.livejournal.com]

Great shots. Any more?

Paul

[kneeshooter]

In time... I've got unprocessed stuff going back a couple of months to catch up on.

[xp8.livejournal.com]

No worries, just curious (and slightly vain).

;)

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

Excellent work as always.

[kneeshooter]

Cheers.

Would it be bad to say how some of these acts are a bit dull to shoot though?

I suppose at least there wasn't the "curse of Infest" - bald men, backlit, behind sequencers.

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

LOL..! Plus you HAVE to be talking about Deviant UK! (rofl)

Interesting point though - can I ask you as a photographer, what would you find interesting or prefer to shoot with regard to gigs?

[kneeshooter]

There's so many different ways of cutting it really - but you want something that's visually interesting.

To think of some previous stuff...

I liked Steve Vai because I felt he was working with the photographers. Everyone got their go.

I liked New Model Army and Einsturzende Neubauten because I'm such a giggling fan.

I liked some other gigs because I've gotten good shots (like Gary Numan and The Prodigy last year).

I liked some of the Noize acts at Infest because I did manage to get some interesting shots of people and boxes-with-wires (that being one of this years targets).

I don't (with a couple of exceptions) go to gigs I have no interest in though. The next "target" is to do a tour with a band and try a different creative slant on the process.

As I've mentioned on my LJ - the quality of the photos I think I've got does affect my mood. I've been put in some really bad moods at gigs when I don't think I've got good stuff - so I guess I prefer to shoot well lit bands that don't jump around too much!

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

I guess I prefer to shoot well lit bands that don't jump around too much!

Word.