January 8th, 2010
I want to share a photo with you from the Crooks show at Emo’s a few days ago. These guys were fantastic, I greatly enjoyed their sound, especially the trumpet player (Sam Alberts) who also busts out a banjo when he doesn’t have a guitar strapped on. Very entertaining, and excellent music. Nice job guys! I will definitely hope to make it to your next gig!
I wish I could have walked away from that show with more photos to share, but there was really only one that turned out, out of about 40 shots. I found the lighting to be extremely difficult, but of course I’m still just a novice…

Josh Mazour of Crooks
January 8th, 2010 |
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| Tagged with bajo, crooks, emos, free week, live music, photography, trumpet |
January 7th, 2010
Here’s a photo of Henna Chou of Many Birthdays playing at Emo’s on Jan 3, 2010. They were really fun to watch and they have an amazing sound. I was hoping that more photos would turn out, and I took quite a few, but I’m just not there yet. I will definitely try to shoot this band again, and I recommend making it out to one of their shows as soon as possible.

Henna Chou
There is an excellent interview with the band at Destroy All Monsters, a fun Austin blog with lots of local film reviews and other goodies.
January 7th, 2010 |
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| Tagged with emos, free week, live music, photography, red |
January 7th, 2010
Free Week in Austin is great. It’s almost too good to be true, actually. I even a feel a little guilty for going to so many free shows and taking advantage of the opportunity to practice photography without paying for more than a couple of drinks. And it’s a great time to discover new local bands, bulk style.
I have been going out all week taking pictures of bands at various Free Week venues and I am finally starting to feel a bit more comfortable with my camera and my ability to capture something worth looking at during poorly-lit live performances. In case you don’t already know, I suck at live music photography, but I’m trying to get better, and I really enjoy doing it, so I’m going to keep trying until I figure out how to get nice shots at live events in dimly lit bars and venues. And I am going to subject my readers to all my mistakes and practice runs. Sorry!
Anyway, Sunday night I went to Emo’s to see a series of bands I had never heard of. Western Ghost House was first on the stage, and they were great, really fun to watch and they have a great sound. If you get a chance to see them play, I highly recommend it!
The photos. I am not happy with these. I kind of like the picture of the drummer, but I don’t like that I had to ditch all the color in order to make it acceptable. The other two photos are very disappointing to me, and I am determined to learn from these mistakes and figure out how to better deal with that type of lighting in the future. It was the inside stage at Emo’s.


January 7th, 2010 |
Posted in live music, music, photography
| Tagged with emos, free week, live music, music, photography |