Digital Diversion

Back to the Regency Ballroom on a Sunday night … this time virus-free. I got there early planning to catch the opening bands only to find that they added a local act that was just finishing up. I ran into them later on and they were excited to have just played their biggest show ever. Nice guys that invited me to their next show. Sorry guys but Sebastapol is a bit of a haul for me … maybe next time you make it to San Francisco.

Taking Dawn and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster were both pretty fun to shoot. Good energy on stage but unfortunately I missed the shot of the night when the singer for Taking Dawn fell off the stage about 10 feet from where I was standing. I felt it and heard it over the music so it couldn’t have felt good. Ah well, I’m guess that that was something he wouldn’t have wanted to be captured for eternity.

My second time shooting Lacuna Coil was a pleasure. They brought their own stage lighting so that made a big difference relative to the other bands. Plus they had an incredible amount of energy on stage. After the requisite three songs, I shot some photos from the side of the stage that turned out pretty good. Such a great live band. I could shoot a whole set and not get bored, the only downside is I have over 500 pictures to sort through.

All That Remains sounded great but shooting them was another story. The singer wore a hat so his face was in shadow the whole time. The lead guitarist wasn’t particularly fast on his feet and only had two moves, one of which was the cliche hair toss. Sure, he had hair that any woman would die for but, seriously dude, give it a rest. The second was some sort of crazy kung fu move that I put a shot of in the gallery; it’s the picture with the bass player laughing in the background. The camera seemed to like the bass player the best … lots of movement and facial expressions.

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