I Exist. To celebrate Damo's last show, Jake made himself a custom microphone.
The disadvantage of shooting shows with off camera strobes, is that they only cover a certain area, so when someone in the band decides to get into the crowd, something that should make for interesting photos, you get sub par lighting. I end up just raising the ISO and hoping for the best.
Hoodlum Shouts played at the front on the 17th of February.
The front is a cafe/bar/art gallery/venue, there's no stage and barely any room for the band let alone the crowd, especially when it still functions as a cafe/bar.
I don't really know what I was thinking with lighting this, I wanted to do something different, but it was also because I didn't have many options for where to set up my lights. I used 2 back lights, they're in a bunch of the shots. It ended creating some very low key lit shots, without any fill. It's not a setup I'm likely to use again, but it did create some different shots. Shot with my 5D and 28-70mm
I shot some video of one song, this is one of their slowest, and I really wish I'd shot one of the other songs too. It's one of their best songs but it really is better in contrast to their other louder songs. Used my 50mm f1.8 for this.
This was the last show at this house, before everyone moved out. I Exist didn't play.
I took some video. The only light in the room was from a set of fake traffic lights, the kind you'd find at a primary school disco, lying on the floor to the left of the band. For most of the photos I used a 430ex to the left and one to the right both at ceiling height, also these were taken with my 5D.
