June 27, 2009 – Opening up for Story of the Year, local favorites Brookroyal delivered a crushing set for their rabid fans at the Pageant in St. Louis.
Photographer’s Notes:
This was a wildly energetic set to photograph. I came away really impressed by the energy Brookroyal put into their set, and the crowd response was pretty phenomenal – always two great things for concert photography.
The shoot for this performance was the standard first three songs.
The exposure for this set was kept at a relatively narrow range – about ISO 1600 at 1/160 and f/2.8, give or take a third of a stop on the shutter speed and aperture.
The band had three sets of uplights under the ego risers, which provided some nice, warm lighting. For the most part, this incandescent light was the only stage lighting on the band members at the front of the stage. Blues and reds from the back rounded out the treatment.
I also shot with one SB-600 as a remote, triggered wirelessly by my SB-900 on-camera, though this was only used periodically during the first three songs. Due to the use of uplights, the remote flash was used for fill in some instances, while other moments were better suited to stage lighting-only.
End Notes:
Big thanks to Scott with TVR for hooking everything up. You can see shots of Scott’s old band, Modern Day Zero here.
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Photos of Brookroyal; or, how I learned to stop worrying and love uplights: http://tinyurl.com/m5xgrr
Photos of Brookroyal; or, how I learned to stop worrying and love uplights: http://tinyurl.com/m5xgrr
IT must be hard photographing with red lights.
Hey Lvynne,
For concert photographers, red lights are among the most dreaded of stage lighting effects. They’re just rough to work with, but not impossible.
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Red lights are awful to work with, even with a flash!
I’ve only photographed 4 gigs so far, all with red lights (static) and have come up with my own personal preference for dealing with red lights in post processing (with some success in a few instances) but I wish I could work out a way to battle them before editing like you seem to!
I’m a long time viewer, first time poster, I’m constantly amazed at the quality of your photo’s, you’re my inspiration and the reason I’ll continue bringing my camera to gigs!
Yes, red lights are pretty much the bane of all concert photographers. Even without efforts to work around before capture, a little adjustment to white balance can really help with separation. That said, sometimes a purely red, saturated image can have a lot of impact.
Thanks for the comment, always nice to hear from a first-time poster here. Hope you’ll join in the discussions in the future.