Black Crowes

Bluesy rock ‘n rollers The Black Crowes laid down a big set for their sold out show at the Pageant. With two songs and out, I was happy that the band started off with some lengthier jams and ISO 1600-friendly lighting for the f/2.8 zooms.

Photographer’s Notes:

The Black Crowes’ set was a pretty straight forward affair, and while the lighting started out pretty thin, the tour’s lighting director kicked things up a notch soon into the first song for a haze-filled treatment with a tasteful mix of backlighting.

The band was set up relatively far back, so I shot this performance with the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 and Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8.

The ground rules for this show were two songs, no flash.

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 Sunday, November 29th, 2009 at 5:15 pm and is filed under Music Photography and tagged with black crowes, concert photographer, live, music photographer, Music Photography, photos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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11 Responses to “Black Crowes”

1. Al Graham says:

   November 29, 2009 at 7:14 pm

   Looks like some great lighting.
   Nice job capturing the experience.

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   • Todd says:

     November 29, 2009 at 7:31 pm

     Thanks, Al — I appreciate the comment. Simple, no frills lighting, but there was enough of it to
     get the job done, so no complaints.

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2. Ken Cote says:

   November 29, 2009 at 8:55 pm

   Sweet shots!
   Sometimes no frills lighting is the best.
   Love your work!

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   • Todd says:

     November 29, 2009 at 9:01 pm

     Hey Ken,

     Thanks for the comment. Yeah, sometimes simplicity is all that’s necessary.

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3. Todd Owyoung says:

   November 29, 2009 at 11:27 pm

   Photos of The Black Crowes on the Before the Frost…/…Until the Freeze Tour: http://ishootshows.com/2009/11/29/black-crowes/

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4. Todd Owyoung says:

   November 29, 2009 at 11:29 pm

   Photos of The Black Crowes on the Before the Frost…/…Until the Freeze Tour: http://bit.ly/5v5xYQ

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5. Chad Rieder says:

   November 30, 2009 at 2:16 pm

   Fantastic shots Todd!! The Crowes have long been a favorite of mine.

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   • Todd says:

     November 30, 2009 at 3:56 pm

     Hi Chad, thanks for the comment.

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6. Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) says:

   November 30, 2009 at 11:59 pm

   Nice work capturing one of my all time favorite bands,

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7. Damien says:

   December 1, 2009 at 4:32 am

   As always great stuff!

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8. Ryan says:

   December 5, 2009 at 8:25 pm

   Great photos. I love the first one with the green glow around his hair. I always love green light. This reminds me of a photo I took of Paramore where Hayley’s hair was surrounded with green light.

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