I went to the shoot at the wrong concert...

 

Here is the link to see the photos from the Rhett Walker concert.

https://www.davidarment.photos/Concert-Images-Folder/Rhett-Walker

I was obviously supposed to "shoot" this concert. And I - obviously - knew as much. However I went to the wrong venue. We have two in town (both have "Blue Gate" in their names) and I went to the wrong one. I went to the one that I normally work at and it was the wrong one. There was a sign on the door which said in a very nice way, "If you are here to see Rhett Walker, your'e in the wrong place".

So I went very quickly to the correct concert venue. I was in the big truck which sometimes isn't easy to park so I parked it in the first space that it would fit that was close to the "Music Hall". I walked up the stairs and the house manager apparently remembered me and motioned me to go through a particular door, which I did as quickly as I could.

I was just getting there as Olivia Lane, the first performer of the evening, was being introduced by Bill Brooks. (Bill Brooks is famous.) I had to hurry and get my equipment in order. And I said "hi" to Scott who was running sound.

I have come to enjoy taking concert pictures. At first it was nerve wracking. All new things that I do tend to be that way. I'm afraid to "screw up" and disappoint. If you notice most of the pictures I take are very low stress. Cows, horses, cacti, waterfalls, tree, sunsets... none of them care. None of them rush. If you get it wrong, there is always another time to get it right.

Now I can sorta, kinda relax and do what I need to do when it comes to concerts.

Some of the camera settings, at least for me, when taking concert photos, are not straightforward. I now don't worry as much about "noise" as the software has become more able to reduce it. So this allows getting the shutter speed up while opening the aperture at the same time. However then there can be too much light especially when there is a "hot spot" which is pretty much all the time with stage lighting. So I stop down manually at least one stop and sometimes two. I shoot "RAW" and going dark is always better than overexposing, so that is what I try to do ie under vs overexpose.

If none of the preceding three sentences makes no sense to you... it's okay. Even the people who understood it likely don't agree.

You can go see about 50 performances photographed at the website

www.davidarment.photos

See you at the Blue Gate (make sure you go to the right one)!