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No Age @ Black Cat

Posted on September 22, 2010

While most of D.C. was packed into the 9:30 Club to check out Superchunk, I was staking out a spot up front at the Black Cat to see No Age. Lighting here was the usual treatment at the club, decent with a red tint. I was shooting 4000 ISO with shutter speeds around 1/40 on my 50/1.4 and 35/2. Unfortunately Randy and Dean set up too far apart for me to get them in the frame together.…

Big Boi @ 9:30 Club

Posted on September 21, 2010

Back when I shot Bog Boi in Chicago at the Pitchfork Music Festival we were only allowed to shoot him for one song, so I was looking forward to shooting his solo show at the 9:30 Club. Little did I know I wouldn’t get any more time at this gig than I did I Chicago. Technically we were allowed to shoot the first three songs of this show but they seemed to go by in a flash.…

9:30 Club Concerts

Janelle Monae @ 9:30 Club

Posted on September 16, 2010

After shooting Janelle Monae not once, but twice earlier this year, I was very excited to get the chance to shoot her in the cozy confines of the 9:30 Club. On Monday she started her national tour with Kevin Barnes and Of Montreal. Despite a strong performance on her part, it was hard to overlook the problems in her set, mostly the insanely loud bass that overpowered everything else. Her vocals were buried deep in the mix…

Portraits

Adrian Fenty

Posted on September 15, 2010

After four years of progress , last night Democratic voters chose Vince Gray over incumbent Adrian Fenty in the Washington D.C. Democratic Primary, ousting Fenty after just four years on the job. Fenty sat down with Aaron Morrissey and Martin Austermuhle of DCist.com late last week and during the interview I had a chance to snap a few photos to go along with the story. The harsh backlighting from the window behind Mr. Fenty didn’t exactly make…

Portraits

Vincent Gray

Posted on September 15, 2010

Just before the Labor Day holiday weekend I had the chance to snap a few photos of Washington D.C. Mayoral candidate Vincent Gray during an interview he conducted with Martin Austermuhle of DCist.com. I had originally hoped to have some time to get a posed shot or two with Mr. Gray, but his previous interview ran way over their time allotment so we ended up not having time to do it, so I was forced to make…

Arenas & Sheds Concerts Jiffy Lube Live Nissan Pavilion

Disturbed @ Jiffy Lube Live

Posted on September 12, 2010

Headlining the Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival, Disturbed played to a smallish but very devoted audience that made the school night trek out to Northern Virginia. I jumped at the chance to shoot a metal show, we tend to not cover many of them at the Post, but ultimately I was a bit let down by the band’s subdued performance and the lack of decent lighting. Despite the occasional posing by the band members, this wasn’t a very…

Concerts DAR Constitution Hall

Trey Songz @ DAR Constitution Hall

Posted on September 7, 2010

I’ve shot quite a few shows at DAR Constitution Hall this year and the buzz outside the venue before Trey Songz performed there last weekend was greater than any other show there I can remember. The crowd (made up mostly of females) were very excited for this show, and that’s putting it mildly. The show itself wasn’t hard to shoot, save for the usual complications that DAR presents (no photo pit, etc.) I would have loved to…

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