2013-01-15 Bearmaul, Fog Dub, and Y Axes at Brick & Mortar

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Y Axes

Fog Dub

Bear Maul

Y-Axes at Brick & Mortar, 01-15-2013

 Brick & Mortar music hall is another great venue in San Francisco, conveniently located under the 101 at Mission and 14th st. I had a great night with the Y-Axes, Fog Dub, and BearMaul - thanks to the bands for putting on a great show and the venue for having all of us out for a great Tuesday night.

Update: Part two with Bear Maul, Fog Dub, and more color is here!

The Y- Axes at Hemlock Tavern, 2012-11-13

Tuesday night at Hemlock Tavern: The Y-Axes put on a great (and loud!) show. It's been a while since I've had the occasion to shoot in a little bar like hemlock, and was a little surprised that there was only one (!?) spotlight. Of course, it was pointed directly at Lexi's (the singer) face, but as she moved around she'd dive straight into shadow. The keyboard player and drummer were completely in shadow, and the guitarist had a red-gelled ceiling light on him. Basically, this was the least-consistently lit stage I've ever had to shoot. The bassist was actually off-stage, set up in front because "he's too tall to be on stage!"

One great aspect to the lighting was the ease of bringing the background to black - since there was little light, there was no light spill. Downside: having to keep track of several different exposures depending on which part of the stage I was shooting.

Technical details: Canon 5d mk3, 50mm f/1.4, 24mm f/2.8, 135mm f/2.0.

I started out at ISO 6400, but quickly bumped it up to 8000 (pretty much the 5d's top workable range) to hold back some motion blur.