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The Naked and Famous are currently touring Europe supporting the release of their most recent album 'Simple Forms'.
I shot the bands Cologne performance for Coolibri Magazine, and also managed to get a backstage shoot with the groups singer Alisa.
Here's the photos from the show. Enjoy!
Any photographer will know that feeling... You got the composition right, had your exposure all set hit the shutter, and walk away with the shot in the bag. Until... you get home, get the images off of your memory card to find the big shot of your shoot was off - you missed focus.
This, of course may not have been down to you - such cases usually are, but heres a case where one shot that i missed wasn't necessarily down to me!
The image below is Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, shot on 30.01.17 in Cologne. I knew this moment was coming. Billie was already starting to sprint along the stage runway back to the stage.
My metering was set. My focus was tracking him. Locked and loaded.
His feet leave the floor. The lighting totally changes and that's it! The camera freaks out. It has a split second to decipher the new levels of contrast it's now seeing on the subject it's tracking - and in the split second that i press the shutter, focus hasn't been totally re-aquired. The microphone stand that came into the foreground may have confused things further. Shame. But these things happen. This would have been THE shot of the night. But hey, there were a bucket load of great shots!
I've come across pro's that would still use a great shot even if the focus was missed and it wasn't quite sharp. I was torn myself, but decided against it in the end.
What would you have done? Use or lose?
Let me know in the comments!
Guys!! It's been forever!!
Sorry it's taken so long to get a post up in 2017 - things have been so busy! Anyway! Thanks to my friends over at Monkeypress for getting these pictures out into the world - i've edited a few more too!
So, the first show of the year was at the Kulturkirche in Cologne. I've been wanting to shoot this venue for a while, and Von Brücken coming to town was the perfect opportunity! So, enjoy, leave a comment, and come back soon for more! I promise i'll post again next week!
Hey!
Last night I shot White Lies, performing for the first time in Germany for a few years. The guys are currently touring their latest album 'Friends' - check it out here.
Hope you enjoy the shots from the show! A new episode of 'From the Photopit' from this show will be coming to my youtube channel soon!
Cheers!
Ant
