Preview: Paramore

Just one shot of your favorite redhead: Hayley Williams of Paramore.

Paramore opened for No Doubt and put on a fantastic show that proved that their touring chops are just getting better and better. The band put on a tight, focused show that was just exploding with energy. Stay tuned for the full set of images from Paramore’s set along with photos from the one and only No Doubt.

About the author: Todd Owyoung is an internationally published music photographer specializing in concert photography and band portraits. He also grills a mean steak.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 11:54 am and is filed under Music Photography and tagged with 2009, hayley williams, live, Music Photography, no doubt, paramore, tour. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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16 Responses to “Preview: Paramore”

1. Todd Owyoung says:

   July 9, 2009 at 10:58 am

   Your favorite red-headed rocker: Hayeley Williams of Paramore, opening up for No Doubt last night: http://is.gd/1stpQ

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2. doug says:

   July 9, 2009 at 12:16 pm

   OK, staying tuned. This one’s great in the meantime.

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   • Todd says:

     July 9, 2009 at 12:42 pm

     Hey Doug,

     Thanks for the comment. Hopefully the wait will be worth it, I’m going to work on both of these sets tonight.

     I shot a lot for both Paramore and No Doubt; especially with the latter, the lighting and band were both so good that it’s going to be a huge final set, I think, even after vicious editing.

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3. Claudio says:

   July 9, 2009 at 12:37 pm

   Yeah it’s pretty cool. Can you explain a little about the metering mode you use?
   Take care

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   • Todd says:

     July 9, 2009 at 12:43 pm

     Claudio,

     You can read about my exposure technique in the two articles in the right sidebar, How-To: Metering & Exposure, pt. 1+2.

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4. Corey says:

   July 9, 2009 at 12:54 pm

   Great shot man can’t wait to see the rest … No doubt had one sick stage step up

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   • Todd says:

     July 9, 2009 at 1:29 pm

     Thanks. No Doubt’s stage setup was great – plenty of open space for the band to utilize. Gwen rocked every square inch of that stage.

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5. Chris says:

   July 9, 2009 at 1:55 pm

   Dang she’s so fine. Great shot man, love the vignette behind her.

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   • Todd says:

     July 9, 2009 at 3:08 pm

     Thanks for the feedback, Chris. This show even topped the lighting of the Fray. Not topped, blew it out of the water.

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6. Todd Owyoung says:

   July 9, 2009 at 5:58 pm

   Your favorite red-headed rocker: Hayeley Williams of Paramore, opening up for No Doubt last night: http://is.gd/1stpQ

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7. Lvynne says:

   July 9, 2009 at 10:06 pm

   Did it kill Avenged Sevenfold’s lighting? Hehe. Cool orange line at the back, how’dyou get that? I sorta liked Paramore with the older stuff, but I agree witcha, No Doubt is humongous (On your tweet comparing the both bands). I love the fact that Gwen finally stopped going solo. But she’s very talented herself; she deserved the breakout. Can’t wait for the photos, Todd. :)

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   • Todd says:

     July 10, 2009 at 8:25 am

     Hey Lvynne,

     Avenged Sevenfold has had some great light to shoot with and also some absolutely awful light. Paramore’s light was inconsistent, but generally easy to work with. Thanks for the comment.

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8. Simon Pollock says:

   July 10, 2009 at 2:13 am

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9. Cody Mulcahy says:

   July 10, 2009 at 2:42 am

   Hey Todd,

   I’m still on the antique Canon 20d. I’m really interested to see how your Nikon D3 compares. I typically don’t get great lighting so I am often shooting @ 1600. Do you have a wide-angle or something similar to this that you could post and spill some of your EXIF data and what lens you used for the shot?

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/codyraymulcahy/2709812354/

   PS – Don’t be mad at me for stealing your WordPress theme, it’s just so simple and clean!

   You the man.

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10. Zach Stern says:

    July 12, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    So how ’bout that date Hayley?

    <3

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    • Todd says:

      July 12, 2009 at 9:41 pm

      Ha, Zach.

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