Listening to some Judas Priest Unleashed in the East from 1978…and live in Osaka Japan 78.. Preparing for a busy week… Judas Priest,Thin Lizzy,Sloan,Red Light King,Everlast and back to the Anthrax / Testament tour the following week. Opted out of shooting Sting tonight…it was a soundboard shoot. Which means your far away and if you don’t have a 300 to 400mm zoom, your not getting jack crap…maybe some full stage shots if the lighting director has some talent and displays some nice lighting curtains. Still doesn’t solve getting close up shots of Sting..
Here some cool images from the past few weeks.
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Gavin Rossdale of Bush Matt Heafy of Trivium
Richard Patrick of Filter is really cool guy, who I enjoyed photographing. He told lots of cool stories and we had an awesome afternoon of just roaming around the streets of Detroit shooting photos. I also shot group images of the rest of the band as well. A great band I hope I can work with more.
Eric Peterson of Testament backstage at the Congress Theater in Chicago… Eric is showing off his new custom Gibson explorer. Frackin cool Guitar for damn good guitarist from a damn awesome band!
Dream Theater at the Royal Music Theater…Interesting show, Had a minor incident at the door. The women at the box office was trying to tell me that I couldnt get in with no ticket. Although I had a working photo pass. Well the best thing to do in these situations when being calm and rational gets you no where….is to just pull a Ross Halfin and throw a shit fit, threaten to leave and complain to the proper people..tour manager,record label, manager of the venue..ect… well as I walked out the door, she came flying out of the box office, holding the door open telling me to please come back. Soooo I said I ok..and turned around and went in..
Motion City Soundtrack at St.Andrews hall Detroit…I have to admit I knew nothing about this band until I got a magazine assignment to photograph them. Not only did this band pack the hall both nights in a row. They did something utterly cool for their fans. The first night they played their first two albums in their entirety. Then on the second night they played their third album and their brand new album. So shooting both nights I was able to hear the bands entire catalog. They also hung around at their merch booth and around the main floor after the show talking with their fans and signing autographs. I wish more bands would do this… A cool bunch of guys and an energetic show… I wish I would have done a photo session with them…well next time.
