Yesterday evening Houseguest played a reunion show at Musica for the Square Records 10th Anniversary and also to benefit their friend Dan who is fighting cancer. The show was absolutely amazing and what someone called a "life reunion" - there were more people that I knew in one room than probably any other time in my life. I really don't like trying to take photos at Musica - I can't seem to get anything to work really well. I attempted bouncing my flash off the ceiling(a favorite method of mine) but I couldn't bounce it well because of the black ceiling....and I rarely like the look I get from shooting it directly at the band. So I switched to shooting everything with the too-dim-stage lighting - which meant mostly shooting wide open at high-ISO(between 1250 and 6400). It was one of those nights where capturing the moment was more important that having photos of perfect quality. Also I have begun to realize the grain/noise I see in my shots when I view them large isn't offensive to the average viewer seeing them at a much smaller size. Regardless of picture-quality it was one of the most fun nights ever. Below is a video I shot - my camera actually over-heated and shut of right at the very end of the song - I've never had that happen before.
For most of the shots(like this one) I held the camera up straight up over my head to get it above the crowd.
Ted and Steve
Crowd Surfing
Ted
Super Grain
Steve takes over...
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