Lately I’ve been exploring the use of black and white in my concert photography. it has been said that photographing in black and white is photographing the soul of the person. There is certainly something about a good black and white that just looks great. Hue and colour all of a sudden mean nothing, you are dealing with tonality and composition, nothing else. I’m really liking the experience, it is making me look at photographs differently.
Patrick Simmons, The Doobie Brothers
I have been a Lightroom user for many years as an editing app. In all that time, I’ve only used Photoshop for a couple of minor little things when needed. With all the down time since the pandemic began, I have worked on learning some of it. I just thought it would be fun to explore some of the artistic things that can be done. This photo is one of the subjects I played around with. Colin James
This photo is unfortunately too typical at concerts in this day and age. Sometimes, we shoot from the pit and it doesn’t matter but other times it matters a great deal. I couldn’t begin to count how many times I have had a shot all lined up and then a cell phone pops up in my frame. I see lots of the shots you get with your cell phones too, they’re not good, nor is the video. The skin is mostly overexposed and the photos are usually not sharp………..why bother? I wish people would just put the phone away and enjoy the experience, the people behind you will thank you, promise.
It was October 13, 2016, my first concert shooting for Sound Check Entertainment. I had shot music before, but this was my first organized shoot for a full fledged media outlet. It was Kip Moore with John Pardi with special guest Meghan Patrick. This was the first concert in Kingston where I was allowed to shoot in the pit and it was exciting. I had shot there before for some big names but from FOH (sound board). Funny how memories come back to you. This is Kip Moore from that night, first time in the pit at K-Rock Centre, Kingston.
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