The picture above is of the rock group The New York Dolls. They reformed a couple of years ago and recently made their fourth studio album produced by the man who did their first back in 1973, Todd Rundgren. This was taken on the Friday of my diverse weekend of photography.
Rock n Roll photography is great fun and a real buzz. You need the stamina of a mile runner and the ability to muscle in to get your spot and to be able to focus the camera(s) in the dark. I work off two camera bodies one with a wide angle 16mm to 35mm f2.8 and the other a 70mm to 200mm f2.8 zoom lens. You do not have time to change lenses so you have to have your selection right and these work for me. There are usually rules associated with photographing the band and simply they are; no flash and first three songs only.
In 2009 I have photographed many acts some of my favorites were Paul Jones (Manfred Mann & Blues Band) Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, New York Dolls and Dean Friedman. I also did a couple of festivals ans photographed and met folk star Eliza Carthy and in the late summer I captured two new up and coming bands White Denim from the USA and Joy Formidable from the UK.
You can take a look at more of my concert pictures here .
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