Seeing as how these guys were rocking jet black pompadours, I had a good feeling about photographing Dommin. As it turned out, hairstyles aside, these goth metal rockers put on one of the best performances of the night.
Photographer’s Notes:
Lighting for Dommin was tough, but not unworkable. Mono-color lights dominated the three songs press were allowed to shoot, with blues and red used during the majority.
LED arrays were the main sources of lights, with setups on the sides and back of the stage. Still, the treatment was bright enough to make this show f/2.8 territory – if anything, one nice thing about single-color treatments is the ability to get away with more conservative exposures.
Due to the stage setup, the Nikon 24-70mm was perfect for this set. 24mm was wide enough for full length shots, while 70mm handled the tighter snaps with ease.
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The first shot has such beautiful light! The mono colors and haze make it feel like small club show. Sometimes I miss seeing some of the larger acts under this kind of simple lighting.
Hey Paige,
Nice to hear from you, thanks for the comment. Even though it was just blue/cyan lighting from the LEDs in back, I thought that the quality turned out pretty nice for that one shot – not quite as flat as it could have been, that’s for sure.
With the band set up as they were, it did have a much smaller feeling, since they were supporting and had a smaller stage space to work with. Strangely enough, the first two bands probably had some of the more photogenic lighting of the evening. The third band before HIM, We Are The Fallen (ex-Evanescence) pretty much just played in the dark.
Wow.
The first picture is super.
I admit that 100% of the picture ends up in my visual tastes.
Hey Przemek,
Thanks for the kind words, glad to hear the first one works for you.
Jet black pompadours, power stances, and epic goth metal: @Dommin blew it up opening for HIM. http://bit.ly/dx4ghV
Love that first shot man. The simple lighting with the strong lines and wide angle really made that photo my favorite.
Hey Rick, thanks for the comment. That first shot was easily my favorite from Dommin’s show as well.
Jet black pompadours, power stances, and epic goth metal: @Dommin blew it up opening for HIM. http://bit.ly/dx4ghV
[...] you haven’t seen them, check out the shots of HIM and Dommin from this show, and stay tuned for Drive A, coming [...]
Dommin is a great band.
In Copenhagen they supported Lacuna Coil.
Surprisingly they almost overdid the headliner,
but I’m a big bella Christina fan, so only almost.
Same darkblue lightning in Copenhagen, I ended up
processing in bw.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/headbangerphotography/sets/72157623301614299/detail/
Hey Thomas,
Thanks for the comment – I came away really impressed by Dommin’s stage performance at this concert. Not surprised they almost outdid Lacuna Coil, I think that for a lot of people, the same was true of HIM at this show.
Excellent drummer shot, there are so few of them around.
Thanks, Karohemd. As I say, “Don’t forget the drummer.”