GWAR @ House Of Blues
November 02, 2010
GWAR brought another set of sci-fi horror metal to the House Of Blues the other night, and having photographed GWAR at House of Blues before, at first I was worried about the stage lighting treatment — excessive backlighting, billowing fog, rapid-fire strobes, and deep colored gels. But after the first song, I realized my best bet was to embrace it as part of the “GWAR experience” and shoot accordingly. Being that their show is pretty much a horror B-movie set to metal music, you can’t expect much more. 
Photographer’s Notes: While I started with the wide zoom, I mostly rocked the 85mm 1.8 for a few reasons: One, while I don’t particularly mind getting doused by fake blood, I had a job to do. And even though my camera and lens were covered in plastic, I was still doing a lot of ducking and dodging, so I needed to step back from the action a little. Two, I wanted to isolate the elaborate costumes from all the environmental clutter (set design, mic stands, stage props, etc). So the combination on wide aperture and mid-range telephoto focal length gave a nice amount of background blur.
Category: Live ConcertTagged With: GWAR, House Of Blues
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