With things being busy with both the day job and with wedding season (hey, shameless plug – I shoot weddings too!), I haven’t been able to go to as many concerts lately as I would like to, so I was very excited when I was able to attend the AM Taxi taping at JBTV. I love both AM Taxi and JBTV, so I felt like I was making the most of my rare free time! And what a show it was, it was loud, and sweaty, full of friends, and wonderfully fun, just like a good concert should be.
Oh, and another exciting thing? AM Taxi’s first record on Virgin is coming out in less than a month (and available for pre-order now here). This episode of JBTV will air slightly after the record release date.
And as always, I highly recommend JBTV, they always have great acts on, with a mix of exclusive interviews and live performances. If you’re in Chicago, JBTV is on Wednesdays at 11 on WJYS 62. If you’re not in the area, the shows are on iTunes and on JBTV’s website soon after airing.
(The amazing Jerry Bryant in action)
(Oh, Christian, you crack me up)
Shooting Notes
As I mentioned in the blog post with the film shots from this set, JBTV has fantastic light. Since they’re set up for filming, they use a lot of white front light with colored, hazy fill in the background. It’s my dream lighting set-up. I don’t think I went much above 1600ISO the whole night – most of the time I was closer to 800ISO. Unreal. I had such a hard time narrowing down the photos because they were all properly exposed and didn’t have any color washes!
I was doing my best to stay out of the way of the camera men, because you know, they were actually doing a job, so most of the set I shot with longer lenses and stayed off to the side with the 70-200mm and 135mm. I did shoot up for a few songs though (thanks to Steph & Sam for letting me squish in with them for a song), and for that, I used the 24-70mm for the most versatility.
Other than that, Taxi is always a pleasure to shoot. Great guys that are totally real onstage.
