Cavalry was opening for Gilby Clarke (of Guns N’ Roses fame), so they needed pictures. Obviously. And, in addition to that, singer Collin Patrick’s brother Micah also joined the band (on bass and keys), with this being just his second show. It was definitely a picture-worthy night.
As always, they put on a great show. Really fantastic. You should check them out.
(This picture cracks me up, thanks Loren)
Shooting Notes
On the best days I really really don’t like Reggie’s. For this show, the lights were almost non-existent and made Beat Kitchen look like a brightly lit venue. Luckily, Reggie’s isn’t the kind of place that has any restrictions on camera or flash… including off camera flash. I got out the flashes and set them on the sides of the stage and one on the amp in the back… except then I dropped one of the side stage flashes and it stopped working. So, since I was minus a flash, my final flash set-up ended up being a flash on stage right, and one on stage left, both set at 1/64th power for most of the set. I would have loved to get some back/rim lighting, but that’s the price to pay for being clumsy.
So, this was only my second show where I really utilized off-camera flash as being my main source of light. I think it went okay. It only took me eight years to use flash in concert, but better late than never, right?
Exposures were still around 1/125, f/1.8-2.8 range. My ISO was all over the place, but I don’t believe it went lower than 3200. I also used the 16-35mm and 85 f/1.8 for the entire set.
