So it’s over. Bomb Fest came and went and what an interesting day it was. It started off by trekking out to middle-of-nowhere, which is actually incredibly beautiful countryside Connecticut. Parked at Strickland Farm (propane jokes aside…), boarded school buses which shuttled us to and from the Durham Fairgrounds. Since I convinced my man to…
Category: concert photography
The Bled
I got into The Bled a couple of years ago when hardcore started to infiltrate my iPod and the entire discography of Glassjaw was no longer enough for me. This was my first shoot at the Webster Underground, which is a tiny corner of the Webster Theater. The small stage, barely 3 feet high, allows…
Running the Guard
From the archives: One of the best shows I got to shoot was a local band I saw while visiting Baltimore, in April of 2009. On an impromptu business trip, I decided to drag my better half with me for a weekend of fun in the port city. Our first night there, I googled around…
Dashboard Confessional Plays Hometown Show at the Webster Theater
One of my anticipated shows of the year and I had a great time. The lighting was nice and mellow, and Chris Carrabba was very gracious toward his fans last night at the Webster Theater. As Chris is a native of West Hartford CT, he had quite a bit of support from friends and family…
Dark Tranquility
The first band of the night had quite a bit of white light which made it easier to shoot. There was a TON of head-banging blonde hair which made for awesome rock shots. Still averaged a high ISO around 2000 and this would have been an amazing show to have a fisheye lens for. Soon,…
The Devil Wears Prada
I’d been looking forward to shooting The Devil Wears Prada ever since I’d seen shots like this on flickr, I knew that Mike Hranica would give some really crazy facial snarls that I wanted to capture.They were fun to shoot, and I accomplished my goal with this rockstar stance. The kids LOVED TDWP, and to…
Killswitch Engage – The Dome at Oakdale Theater
I’ve been to the Oakdale Theater 3 times in the past 3 years and this was my first experience with The Dome. For those of you not familiar, it’s basically the main atrium area that houses the concessions. It’s a fairly large area, though not nearly the size of the actual theater which is probably why…
New Found Glory — 2010
My third time in a year’s time seeing New Found Glory and I’ll keep going to see them as they do not disappoint. This tour was in support of their 10-year anniversary of their self-titled album release. The stage was adorned with large printouts of images from this album, and the majority of their setlist…
Arch Enemy
First concert of 2010!Arch Enemy put on a great show. I trekked up to the Worcester Palladium to shoot for Musician Photo Journal, with my friend Cross to review it. I redeemed myself in my skills of shooting female rockers as my Lacuna Coil set didn’t go as well as I’d hoped. I was more…
Top 5 concerts of 2009
2009 is the year that I got my first DSLR and when I started doing concert photography. I went to dozens of shows this year, some with better results than others. In order, here are the shows I had the most fun shooting: 5. Dashboard Confessional & New Found Glory – December 11th Nothing beats a GOOD…