Digital Diversion

Despite the crap neighborhood, the Warfield in San Francisco is always a good place to see a show.  It’s a 20’s era art deco theater than holds maybe 2,500 people tops.

This is my second time shooting at the Warfield, the first time being the Offspring, and I was looking forward to it for a couple reasons.  First off, the stage is pretty low so all the photos don’t look like you’re shooting up the artist’s nose.  Second of all, having seen Marilyn Manson several times, I knew it was going to be a visually interesting band to shoot.   Lastly, it’s going to be my first chance to shoot an indoor show with my new Nikon D700. (continue reading…)

The Warped Tour returned to the Bay Area with a performance at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View this past Thursday for their second Bay Area stop of the tour.  I went primarily for the Old School Stage which, somewhere in the course of the last 8 weeks, has become known as the Punk Rock Legends Stage.   Where else can you see Total Chaos, Channel 3, Fishbone, D.O.A., The Adicts, UK Subs, Thelonious Monster and FEAR all on the same stage?  Right here, that’s where.  Enjoy the photos …

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