May 6, 2009 – Here are two photos from last night – both with the one and only Corey Taylor of Slipknot, performing at the Scottrade Center on the band’s 2009 All Hope Is Gone World Tour.
This was a fun concert to photograph, but the first three songs really flew by. As expected, the band put on a very energetic and theatrical show.
I’ll be posting the full set of images from this show soon, but in the meantime you can check out the photos from Slipknot’s Mayhem Fest performance here.
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Corey Taylor is a great subject – one from Slipknot last night: http://is.gd/xwBy
Make that two shots from Slipknot, because bright white backlighting is love: http://is.gd/xwBy
Amazing shot of Corey, can’t wait for the rest.
I was there last night in Row R and the show was unbelievable.
My first time seeing Slipknot and I defintely wasn’t disappointed.
Hey Janessa, thanks for the comment. Slipknot are a great band for photographers – there’s almost too much going on. Of course, Corey here is the natural choice with the stage lighting he receives, and he’s always up on the riser.
awsome work as usualy my friend! I was looking through your upcoming concerts and your previously shot concerts… dude… you’ve shot so many! kudos todd. thats really cool though. Ill catch up soon enough!
Hey Aaram, thanks for the feedback. Yeah, it’s been a good run so far – I’m looking forward to the summer concert season, it feels slow only shooting one or two shows a week. ;)
Nice photos Todd, as usual!
We had Sliknot (with Coheed and Cambria) at the arena I work at this past February. It is a very wild show, but they definitely know how to engage the audience. Our house photographer was able to take some photos, that although they were wicked looking, turned out pretty well.
Hey Paul,
Thanks for the comment. I think Slipknot make it easy for photographers. While the stage setup can be tricky (as can photographing 9 band members), the lights are bright, the performance is theatrical, and there’s always something happening on stage worth photographing.
Would have loved to catch Coheed – Devildriver put on a fun show, but their lights were punishing!
Corey Taylor is a great subject – one from Slipknot last night: http://is.gd/xwBy
Hey Todd,
Nice preview, keen to see the rest of the shots
Also lookin forward to the No Doubt/Coldplay images! Will you sign the coldplay release if fronted?
Interesting interview with AU’s most famous rock tog Tony Mott & his take on the releases if you haven’t seen it already – http://www.messandnoise.com/articles/3564717
Hey Dan, thanks for the comment. The other images are all ready to go, just need to do the write-up.
No Doubt should be a really fun show – looking forward to that. As for Coldplay, I guess we’ll have to see what the situation brings.
It’s Corey. Those are som trademark poses. Don’t really like ‘knot, but they put on a hell of a show, always! I’m sure there must be few photographers who wouldn’t like to photograph them.
Looking forward for the full post.
Cheers,
Daniel
@Todd
Yea I def. know what you mean. Im only shooting a couple every couple weeks now. I want things to speed up! Im aure warped will get that job done for all us concert photog’s.lol Hopefully you can shoot a west coast show soon so we can shoot in the pit like g’s.
Hey Todd,
Fantastic photos of Corey! You’ve really captured the intenseness of the show, I love them! I can’t wait to see the rest of the photos!
I saw them here in the UK in December on the same tour, and it was absolutely amazing. I can safely say no-one in the crowd went home disappointed!
Heather x
Hey Heather,
Thanks for the comment, glad to hear you like these images of Corey.
You can see the full set for Slipknot here:
http://ishootshows.com/2009/05/10/slipknot/
The band puts on a heck of a show, no doubt. Great for concert photography.
Wow – They are amazing! Great job, the lights must have been great to work with. I do a lot of concert photography myself, and I love it. Slipknot are without doubt my ambition to be able to photograph, I’m working my way up the bands now so one day, who knows!
Heather.