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Concert photos starting from 1994 'till present. My concert photo career started when the best media available was film. Therefore many of these concerts were taken using film (either slide or negative most Kodak loved Kodak MAX 800!) and then scanned into digital format. I did not use a digital camera until 2005.

So, many of my concert photographs are "old school" in a sense. They were taken when one had to consider latitude exposures of different films, and the "speed" of the film. Many concerts are lit at times with a predominant color such as yellow and red. One had to consider what type of film to use under certain circumstances. Concert photography taught me to expect the unexpected when it came to concert lighting. This is but a fraction of the limitations a concert photographer faced, not to mention the special expensive lenses one needed in order to take fully advantage of film sensitivites.

Today concert photography is a little less "analog" using digital cameras that make amazing photos just by programming the camera to do so. Even focusing is done automatically. In addition, the camera needs no film, and is not limited to using one "speed" of film setting per 24/36 frames. ISO speed can be changed from frame to frame if so desired.

I began my career in photography, and concert photography using "Manual" settings, and have continued to do so. Some of my concert photography demonstrates the limitation inherited in film. In other concert photos one can see the beauty of film when used to its maxime potential. Furthermore, you will also see the steady progression of concert images from my novice stage to the experienced professional. For the trianed eye in concert photography/photography in general, there are also "evolutions of photography lenses." For the novice concert photographer I cannot stress enough the importance of lenses, even more so than camera body! "Lesson number one: "Wax On, Wax Off." LENSES with a maximum aperature of f/2.8. Anything higher (e.g. f/3.5, f/4, f/5.6) than f/2.8 will lack the sharpness, absorbtion of light detail, and hinder/slow down your shutter speeds."

All my concert photography is live photography. I address this redundancy due to the many people that have asked me if certain photos seen here were ever done in a studio. The answer to that is NO. All my concert photos were made during live performances, and there was no "posing" whatsoever. Concert photography is a passion and art form for me. I hope some of my photos succeed showing that paassion and art form. Please enjoy my concert photos, and send me any positive comments if you would like to do so. Peace

BANDS & ARTISTS ALPHABETICAL LISTINGS