not only were these series of concerts great, but it was very formative— as I can see from the photos taken. more importantly, was using Aaron as a portrait subject… and then the ability to be close enough to see how the “but the microphone is in focus” [ link ] approach. it would be…
Category: concert photography
IBTABA Nº 36 — Xiu Xiu
a memorable concert, in many ways: this also being the last time I caught them live. I hope that it can be rectified. this night was also unusual in that there were two concert… almost literally across the street was The National doing as small of a venue as they would in those days, and…
IBTABA Nº 35 — winfred E. eye ( Aaron Calvert )
an alternate is posted to Instagram [ link ]— in which it closes in on the aspect of it being a portrait, as opposed to a concert event. and yes, that is the key, and it would not be out of consideration, in hindsight due to this process, that the evolution was to go away…
IBTABA Nº 34 — Tortoise
I didn’t remember taking this photo. at the Tortoise concerts I would always stand near John Herndon, as I am always enthralled by his style and energy. while a more “proper concert” photo was posted to Instagram [ link ], this more-portrait-like photo is in line with how I see this revisit of the concert…
IBTABA Nº 33 — winfred E. eye ( Aaron Calvert )
one of my most favorite concert photos— perhaps the first of its kind up to this moment. certainly there was a hint with the Bill Callahan photograph in Nº 6, but here it is in a form that came to be remembered in future concerts as something to chase. well, it is not quite possible…
IBTABA Nº 32 — winfred E. eye
back to Bottom of the Hill— which I found to be a great venue, and as usual for most of them, if not packed. having first found out about the band in 2003, or so, when they opened for Black Heart Procession at the Great American Music Hall, I lost track of the band as…
IBTABA Nº 31 — A Place To Bury Strangers
this was a great concert performance— perhaps the best show I saw of APTBS. there were a few peripherals things of note: 1. strobe lights! I had not photographed concerts with strobe lights before, and had to figure out a way on the spot on how to handle it (using burst shots); 2. I spotted…
IBTABA Nº 30 — And Also The Trees
yes, it was “a thing” to do acoustic versions of a catalogue— perhaps it is still a thing— but I submit that And Also The Trees did it better than anyone. these were not merely loved songs done with acoustic instrumentation, but a full-blown re-work of the songs to fit the different instrumentation. (from this…
IBTABA Nº 29 — winfred E. eye
two groups would welcome me as a “regular”— and winfred E. eye was one of them. I would go to see them as often as I could, and it was a fantastic learning experience because they would play clubs, such as El Rio, and challenge me as to how to approach concert photography. in particular,…
IBTABA Nº 28 — Crystal Stilts
a memorable gig, in that I latched big-time onto their first mini-LP, and couldn’t wait to see them live. I sorely miss that the band is no-more, or so it seems, and it was the most endearing band to come out of Brooklyn during the 2000s— and there are a lot of bands like The…
IBTABA — the series (info)
the blog, with its concept of one photo and one paragraph, is now focused on the selection of one photo per gig, and one per camera used, that was photographed: from the very first one in 2005, through 2019. in addition to the photographs, and as part of the personal reasons to pursue such a…
IBTABA Nº 27 — These Are Powers
an opening band for A Place to Bury Strangers, which I remember as being cool with a varying set of personalities. touring for the eclectic sounding album All About Future.
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