Love him or hate him, Rob Zombie is an undeniable showman, and his performance at Mayhem Fest 2010 was the perfect showcase for his twisted circus. With plenty of pyrotechnics, theatrics, and the one and only John 5 as his lead axeman, Zombie was guaranteed crowd-pleaser for Mayhem.
Photographer’s Notes:
This show was chaos. But, having photographed Rob Zombie in 2009, I had a good idea of how his set was going to go down. For the most part, many of the elements of the show were the same, with Rob Zombie and crew coming out with skull bandanas over their faces and spending a lot of the first couple songs playing “musical chairs” on the three large video screens/risers that were set up at the front of the stage.
Cameras Used:
Lenses Used:
My shooting was pretty evenly split between the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 and the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8. The monitors with video screens that Zombie uses are pretty big obstacles, so the telephoto was great for when the performers were standing behind them (which is where their mic stands are located). However, when the guys are on top of these risers, that’s when the midrange zoom really came into play.
For me, my favorite part of this shoot was photographing guitarist John 5. No discredit to Rob Zombie, but J-5 is really a magnetic subject in his own right. That, and he has some great light on him during this performance.
End Notes:
Want more Mayhem? Check out the sets from Five Finger Death Punch and Lamb of God. Korn, Mayhem’s 2010 headliners, are coming up!
To compare and contrast the 2009 setup and the setup Zombie is using on Mayhem 2010, you can hit the old images here:
Comments & Feedback? Let ‘em rip.
Questions or comments? Leave a comment below, and let me know what you thought of this post.
Spread The Love
Like these images? Order prints by clicking through from the slideshow below. Share this slideshow by grabbing the embed code in the lower right of the player.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 10:28 am and is filed under Music Photography and tagged with concert photography, festival, hard rock, heavy metal, john 5, live, mayhem fest, metal, music, music photographer, Music Photography, photos, rob zombie, tour. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Welcome to ishootshows.com, your source for music photography featuring daily concert coverage, portrait features, and photo advice from professional music photographer Todd Owyoung.
Support this site by purchasing your photo equipment through my affiliate links to B&H Photo Video or Amazon.com
Learn more about how you can support the features of ishootshows.com.
Shooting Caitlin Rose and band before the Old 97s was a fantastic warm up, and a nice way to dust of…
Here’s a little preview from a recent shoot with my friends Option Control toward the end of l…
Today Adobe has released the beta version of Lightroom4, the successor to their popular image manage…
You’ve seen it before – weird, colored blobs in your photographs radiating outward from some…
About that time when I said about the megapixel war being over with the release of the Nikon D4 and …
Dude’s the definition of showmanship. I love the one with mostly green light, he definitely looks like a zombie there! :)
Yeah, all the guys were looking pretty zombieland. Seems like they did have more makeup on that last time I saw them.
Brill set Todd, so has Rob still got it, or has his back packed in yet?
I think Rob has still got it – he’s a fun show, that’s for sure. Thanks for the comment, Matt.
Rob Zombie, John 5, and more pyro than you can shake a skeleton's bony finger at: http://bit.ly/cacgE8
RT @toddowyoung: Rob Zombie, John 5, and more pyro than you can shake a skeleton's bony finger at: http://bit.ly/cacgE8
[...] Want more Mayhem? Check out the sets from Five Finger Death Punch and Lamb of God, and Rob Zombie. [...]
@goddessyz u harus liat ini… http://bit.ly/brlkOv
Stellar shots as usual Todd. I use to LOVE White Zombie back in the day. I am sure the show was killer. That shot of John 5 “smiling” at the camera is classic.
Hey Todd,
If you can nail Rob Zombie, you can nail anything … and you definitely ripped it. Awesome set from one of the masters!
Cheers,
Daniel
Ha, maybe so. Thanks for the support, bud, I really appreciate it. Rob Z. is one tough subject, but he’s such a great entertainer that I think some of that energy always comes through – even if he is in a red wash for three songs!
No problem, mate. I’m just acknowledging your unquestionable talent. You’re definitely one of my references.
And Rob? Well, let’s just say it’s probably the only concert where I the red lights don’t make me angry!
Cheers,
Daniel
Gila anjir mantep! – Photos: Rob Zombie at Mayhem Fest 2010 http://lwrb.in/9OmuTk