The Bravery @ House of Blues

Continuing in the theme of my last post, this set is also from Q101′s Twisted concert series. Manchester Orchestra and As Tall As Lions also performed the same night.

Shooting Notes
You’ll notice the prevalence of black and white shots in this set… usually that means the light wasn’t that great. Well, the light wasn’t that great (reddish in color and not much front light)… so that theory held up in this case.

However, there are some bands that I think lend themselves well to black and white, and I think The Bravery is one of those bands. I can’t exactly explain why I feel that way – they’re not a throwback or super artsy band. Just a feeling, and I like to go with my feelings when it comes to photos.

I used my 16-35mm quite a bit for this set, even though the band only occasionally came to the edge of the stage. But, singer Sam Endicott is so tall and skinny that the distortion of the wide angle made him taller and skinnier… it was an interesting effect, and one that I wanted to explore, so I kept the wide angle on hand much of the set. Yet, you never want to have only one look in a set of photos, so I also used the 70-200mm for some more “standard” shots.