3 Songs & a Little Flash 

The Fumes @ The Corner
Last night I went over to the Corner to shoot Dallas Crane for Fasterlouder. I didn’t expect a photo pit for the gig but there was one. The usual rule applied – first 3 songs only although they didn’t specify holding off with the flash. I never use the flash for live band photography anyway since I think it’s disrespectful to the band performing. But a couple of the photographers there flashed away without question.
Dallas Crane @ The Corner
It’s always interesting shooting in the photo pit. Since I’m only armed with the Canon 350D and a cheapo (but still decent) 50mm lense, you get a lot of strange looks from other photographers. Most had $4000+ equipment around their necks. I even saw one photographer shooting with a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II and an uber expensive Canon L lense. All up that setup would’ve cost around $15000!!! Gone are the days when everyone and anyone can enter this field. One of the photographers I spoke to was a uni student and she had a $2000 lense and a $2000 camera with her! Fuck man – since when did all these uni students have so much cash? And there’s a bit of ego too. Since most of the photographers there had WAY more experience than me, a couple of them scoffed at my measly setup and whom I was shooting for. I actually thought that was pretty funny because you don’t need really expensive gear to shoot live gigs. It’s more about capturing a moment than anything.

Anyway, twas a decent gig and I had fun. Sydney band The Fumes warmed up the crowd nicely too.

 
 
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Friday, August 18 2006
 
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