Yesterday night, I had the opportunity to photograph an Indie band, ‘The Twang’ along with their supporting bands, ‘Jersey Buds’ and ‘The Hours’ for the University Newsletter. The first band playing was ‘Jersey Buds’, who I thought were really good. The next band up was ‘The Hours’ who had varied types of music. The final and most anticipated band, ‘The Twang’, were probably quite, but they weren’t my type of music. Photography, however, was another thing.

The lighting for the first two bands was more or less the same, and played havoc with White Balance. I shoot in RAW so that I would have lots of room for further editing. I was not allowed into the photographer’s pit for the first two bands, since I didnt have a pass. To compensate, I stood right at the front, so that I could have a choice of angles. My viewpoint was limited since I couldnt move about too much and had to stick to one place. When ‘The Twang’ came onto the stage, the lighting was spectacular, and I’d also lost my position in the front. Although I was only one row behind the front, it made a lot of difference. And just when I thought that it would be great if I could get into the photographer’s pit, which was empty, my friend showed up with a Press Pass she’d got for me. I was delighted and had the entire photographer’s pit all to myself. There were endless opportunities there, and I clicked like there was no tomorrow. It was great to be right infront of the band, and away from the crushing crowd. I had to leave after some time and I was happy with the time I’d got in there. I took some pictures of the crowd and as if on cue, I ran out of space on my CF Card. It was the first time I was photographing a concert, putting all my theory I’d learned into practical, and it was a great fun. I cant wait to do this again.

My heart thumping in rhythm with the music, while I clicked photographs and listened to the music, was one helluva experience. While I watched the drummer of ‘Jersey Buds’, it reminded me of my days of drumming in school, and at that moment, I wanted to go and start playing again. The sound was flawless, I cant imagine how many hours they must have spent doing the sound check. And for better sound, I’d noticed that they had microphones on every speaker so that they could monitor sound output and change it during the concert. My ears were still ringing after the concert, but I had an amazing time the ringing in my ears was just a small price to pay for it.

Click here to view the photographs which I took at the event.

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