Here are some random photos from a “Thirsty Merc” concert we
attended a couple of years ago.
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If you click on any of the photos it will open up a pop up Lightbox slideshow on the page.
Equipment:
Sony Alpha A-55
Sony 18-250mm F3.5 to 5.6 Zoom Lens
Dirt River Radio are led by Heath Brady and Alex Raunjak, with Kellie Fernando providing some nice solid backing Vocals.
DRR plays original songs which encompass Rock, Ballads, and Rockabilly styles. Many of the songs have great dry Aussie Humor in them, and the band looks great with their Giant Gretch Guitars.
These photos are from a Gig in March 2014 at The Elsternwick Hotel, which was also attended by well known rock photographer Eric “Chowie” Chow. Chowie is a very talented photographer who has been shooting bands for over 10 years and really knows how to capture the moment.
The next biggest highlight (after meeting Chowie in person for the first time), was some old drunk guy called “Your Dad” who followed me around the venue mimicking all my photography moves.
Thanks Chowie for capturing Dad and I working together in such beautiful synchronicity!
Here are a few of the Dirt River Radio Pictures:
A full Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed at this Link:
Flickr Photo Gallery of Dirt River Radio at The Wick
Further information about Dirt River Radio can be found at their Facebook Page:
Dirt River Radio Facebook Page
EQUIPMENT:
Sony Alpha A-55
Tamron 24-70mm F2.8
Most shots were taken with the camera set to “Sports Mode” in SCN.
Black and White Photos were created in Adobe Photoshop CS 5.5
Due to the poor and dim lighting many shots were Red in Color, but these converted reasonably well to B&W’s.
Fudge Band are a three piece who combine with professionally
sequenced drums, bass and keyboards to produce a full band.
With Jordan on Vocals and Scotty and Cam on Guitar and backing Vocals, the band plays a great mixture of covers.
They played to a packed house at Beaches of Mornington on Friday April 4th, and really got the crowd rocking.
A full Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed at the link below:
Flickr Gallery of Photos of Fudge at Beaches
Further information about the Fudge band can be found at their Website:
We went along and saw Fudge two weeks later for another shoot; this time using two different lenses, and a Yongnuo Flash.
A full Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed at the link below:
Flickr Gallery of Photos of Fudge at Beaches on Anzac Day
EQUIPMENT – First Shoot:
Sony Alpha A-77
Tamron 17-50mm F2.8
A-77 on board flash.
Beaches has dim colored lighting and the camera struggled even at 3200 ISO and F2.8 Aperture.
This was not helped by having the camera incorrectly set up with “DRO” – Dynamic Range Optimisation, which balances exposure levels throughout the entire image, and made silouetted crowds in the foreground a horrible brown color instead of black. This was my first gig shoot with the A-77 and so there is still much learning to be done!
EQUIPMENT – Anzac Day Shoot:
Sony Alpha A-77
Tamron 17-50mm F2.8
Sony 35mm F1.8 Portrait Lens
Yongnuo YN460 Flash
In this shoot I followed the general approach I am currently using for shoots at Beaches. Step 1 is to get some low light no flash band pictures using the 35mm F1.8 fixed lens. About 1 in 6 of these shots work out, but I use the good ones in the middle of the final photo album to break things up a bit. Step 2 is to attach the flash and diffuser and do some more band shots, as well as “Party People” shots of venue patrons for the Beaches Facebook page.
Most band shots were taken at ISO 1000, with shutter fixed at 1/125th. Party People shots were taken at ISO 1250, with aperture priority used, so that aperture of 4.5 or 5.0 could be used for group shots to try and get everyone in focus.
Another thing I tried out was to take some shots of the Dance Floor, with no flash, and at ISO 5000. One shot was usable, but the A-77 is very noisy at these high ISO’s. I am going to continue getting a few really high ISO shots, as they are good to use as the final photos in an album.
Overall I was quite happy with this second shoot, and the results were definitely better than the first shoot two weeks prior.
In addition, some of the patrons were overwhelmed with happiness at their photos being taken; and insisted on having this shot, (which they posed, not me), with the very handsome photographer!
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Shed Zeppelin look and sound just like Led Zeppelin.
They did a great show at The Espy in St Kilda in late March 2014.
A great range of Led Zeppelin tunes were brilliantly performed including some of the more obscure tracks from the early days.
A Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed by clicking the link below:
Flickr Photos of Shed Zeppelin at The Espy
Further information about Shed Zeppelin can be found at their Facebook Page:
EQUIPMENT:
Sony Alpha A-55
Tamron 24-70mm F2.8
Most shots were taken with the camera set to “Sports Mode” in SCN.
A great lighting setup in the Gershwin Room at The Espy Hotel venue really helped make these shots shine. It was simply a matter of timing the lighting changes when pushing the shutter button.
The Australian Queen Tribute Show “TAQTS” put on a fabulous show at The Dingley International in late March 2014.
It was great hearing all the old “Queen” songs so faithfully reproduced by an excellent show band.
The show included a two course dinner which was a good quality meal.
A full Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed at the following link:
Flickr Gallery of TAQTS Photos at Dingley International
Further information about TAQTS can be found at their Website and Facebook Page:
EQUIPMENT:
Sony Alpha A-55
Tamron 17-50mm F2.8
Tamron 24-70mm F2.8
Most shots were taken with the camera set to “Sports Mode” in SCN.