Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Shooting a Gig at Back to the 90s Bar



I was having dinner with Lisa and Agee when I mentioned that I want to shoot a rock performance. And presto! Lisa said there’s an upcoming gig where Driveway to Driveway (where Agee plays) is going to perform. I am sooo lucky!

Anticipating that the place would be really dark, I brought my 17-50 mm f/2.8 lens instead of the 18-135 f/3.5 so I can lower the ISO when using wide aperture. Here are my shots during the event.

Driveway to Driveway was the first to perform.






Below are the pictures of the other bands.









I also took some pictures of the set minus the artists and this is the one I like the most.



It was a challenge to shoot the gig because the set was too dark and even though the aperture was set at f/2.8, I had to go ISO 6400 because a very slow shutter speed wouldn’t work with the artists moving the whole time. Nevertheless, it was still fun. It always feels good when I'm able to capture the emotion of the artists when they perform.