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…
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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 26 — A Place to Bury Strangers ( Jonathan “Jono MoFo” Smith )
this is not the photo to take at a A Place To Bury Strangers gig. one sets up the camera at 0.5 or less seconds for shutter speed, and shake it a bit. but then again, there are loads of these types of photos, which really convey the energy of their concerts— and this must…
IBTABA Nº 25 — winfred E. eye ( Aaron Calvert )
more of the « but the microphone is in focus », and more to come as the approach evolved. winfred E. eye is an aberration in choice of concerts: I am not much into Americana music style ( just add Bill Callahan and Lambchop ), and they were ( are? ) local to San Francisco…
IBTABA Nº 24 — Tortoise
Tortoise is a bit of a challenge in that there is three fantastic drummers, and capturing their respective energies and intensities in a performance photograph is something I tried, but didn’t succeed. thus, an abstraction— we will see about the next gig.
IBTABA Nº 23 — Bill Callahan ( smog )
yet another Bill Callahan gig… but fear not, there is only two more (2011). I will say that his selection of musicians on tour deeply affects the performance impression. most radically, it was when Jim White was drumming during the album and tour. I only managed to (luckily!) catch him twice outside of the San…
IBTABA Nº 19 — Tindersticks ( Stuart A. Staples )
another surprise. meaning, most of the photos for this concert are rather “typical”, and then I found the future in the past. this photo would have been taken in recent years, rather than back then when I was just looking at concert photography differently. for one, this is a type of moment, rather than a…
IBTABA Nº 18 — Lambchop (Kurt Wagner)
« that camera must take nice photos » this phrase causes much of a reaction, something like « that pen must write nice letters » said to a writer. though, indeed, upgrading to a new camera was a noticeable improvement in these concert photograph: lower noise in low-light and more dynamic range. for the first…
IBTABA Nº 17 — The Sea and Cake
ha! not to dissimilar in composition to the photo from Wire [ here ], and it is not surprising already. perhaps many more to come: work on the elements on stage, as an easy way to focus the lens, and then add parts of the musician— in this case, drummer extraordinaire John McEntire (notably, also…
IBTABA Nº 13 — Bill Callahan (smog)
it became apparent at this gig, which was excellent, that Bill Callahan would have a very high frequency of changing backup musicians. like the previous two, the drummers were of superb quality to really enhance the songs vibrancy from the albums. this was not the first gig in Paris, as in 2005 there was And…
IBTABA Nº 11 — Wire
“but the microphone is in focus”— another Wire gig, a couple of nights after the last, and I go with this new found approach… or more like gimmick? the nice contrast here is the periphery where the energy is quite subdued. I think the vibe, overall, was more quiet than the Leuven gig (IBTABA Nº…
IBTABA Nº 10 — Wire
“but the microphone is in focus” (BTMIIF™)— this seems to be the start of this trend in my photography of concerts. I will elaborate in the next post, to talk about the evolution in concert photography. Wire, or And Also The Trees, would be the band that I have seen the most often. with Wire,…
Box of Fallen Leaves 
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