I think I learnt quite a bit from covering yesterday night's Year End Celebrations, or otherwise named in a classy/cheem manner as C'est La Vie II: Unveiled.
1) Don't buy a ticket when you have free entry.
2) Flash kills the ambient lighting. Use ultra, mega high ISOs or rear sync flash.
3) The PA doesn't give a hoot about production-quality stage lighting, so you'll have to pray for the light to be right when the moment calls. I complained a little and they said they "randomed" it and that I'll have to "catch the right beat". Random got beat meh?
4) Bring earplugs or something to stuff in the ears when shooting in close proximity to the stage. I was standing next to the loudspeakers for some time and after that my right ear was ringing. Ouch.
5) Concert photography's not my cup of tea. I don't even have the right equipment.
Alright, enough of self-reflection. Here are the pictures. It's a quick and dirty selection from the hundred-odd.
Oh, and I've lowered the quality of the images because I observed that band pictures were often "kope-d" or stolen and used with without permission. Ask and you shall receive the high-res copies.
They had a bar in the hall! But it's rather expensive - $2 for a small plastic cup of soda water and something else. Haha. I'd rather pay for sparkling juice since alcohol's a no-no.
The dancers(?) on the T-stage in front. Fooled around with rear-sync, slow shutter speed and violent camera movements.
Here's a closer look.
The turn-out for the dance party. No, this wasn't shot early on. This was shot at 8pm. The brightness and blur is because of the long exposure. Okay la, later on there were more people who came to watch the bands. But I think the turn-out still fell short of expectations.
Since there was nothing to shoot on the dance floor, I got bored and started trying to photograph the projector.
The emcees.
Chinese dance kicked-off the event.
Western dance was next. Screwed up this shot.
Close-up.
I wonder what she did.
The first band that played was a collaboration between One Hot Minute and 3:45. Here's Paul from OHM on the lead guitar.
Sze Kiat from 3:45 on the rhythm.
The bassist. Zhi Ler.
Wei Shuen from 3:45.
Lead singer's Wen Song from OHM.
Close-up.The first band was rather dead IMO. Probably because the floor was like a cemetery. They didn't really have the poses that photographers crave for too. I mean, ham it up for the camera a bit la. Paul did try at the end though, and I appreciated it. But I'm not posting those pictures.
Next band was Revival(?), the all-girls band.
Drummer.
I think it's the bass and rhythm.
Singer 1.
Singer 2, although she was pointing 1.
Lead guitar I think.Anyway, I didn't know any of the songs that the second band played. Haha.
The last band to play was Captain Caleb and The Love Machines. Pity they didn't play What I've Done.
Captain Caleb the smoke machine.
Lead guitar. I kinda liked this guy because he has all the cool poses. But by then I was too tired and deaf to move and snap. Heh.
Captain Caleb.
Not sure who on the keyboard.
The most relaxed rock drummer of the night.
The 3 guitarists. I have close-ups of the other 2 but I can't be bothered.
Great stage dynamics. But aiya, most of the time Caleb was behind me on the T-stage.
I kind of liked this shot although I cropped the elbows by accident. I just wish the two bright lights were star-shaped. That would be perfect.End!
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