A long day including a gig in London (and photos)

[karohemd]

Got to work nice and early and it wasn't too bad today, either.
Off to the station, train to KingsX, early dinner at Tokyo Diner (yummy ton katsu). Wandered over to the Marquee at 7:30 but it wasn't open yet because they were still soundchecking (somebody got delayed in traffic). There was some confusion because the bloke at the door couldn't find my name on the guest list (which was sorted by djpsyche, though) and I eventually got in.
The venue was tiny, more wide than long, had a very low stage and two(!) bins for lighting. Great, I thought, this is going to be fun for taking photos.
Chatted to simonsatori for a bit while the rest of the band were setting up and soundchecking and then they started.
It was a good set and sounded good, too. toripink is a fantastic addition to the band, all they need now is a drummer and I think they could really take off. Well done, guys!

Next up was Eva O, who I hadn't heard of before and turned out to be quite fun death rock type stuff but a bit boring after a while. Very cheesy was the thing with the bloody apples (I would have a great shot of her biting into one with stuff oozing all over her but it's utterly out of focus *cries*). Bloody goths. *shakes head*.

Due to the delay, I had to leave before The Last Dance got on stage so I could catch the 11:15 train (I really didn't fancy the 0:06 and getting home at 1:30)

As always, I can't just go to bed after a gig because everything's buzzing, so here's a photo preview:


















Eva O



Audience during EvaO
Either the lights weren't that bad after all or I'm getting better at this thing, it's got to be one of the two.

Comments

[surje.livejournal.com]

the one of toripink and the one of the girl with teeth are great! :)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Tori was difficult to get right because she was standing diagonally behind nevla which meant she didn't get much of the already poor light.

A bit of a shame that the guitar is overexposed because it was so cheesy (a cupid/Amor with wings holding a big heart).

[daevid.livejournal.com]

Nice pictures there sir... and i'm glad you managed to get in, in the end (greatest plans of mice and men) ;)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thanks! There will be more but I'm really really busy until the end of the year, unfortunately...

[nevla.livejournal.com]

when you do have more, would we be able to add them to our website? we have a fotopic area we link to that has our latest photos as April! We need new piccies! :)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Of course!
I'll try to get them done over Christmas.

[nevla.livejournal.com]

Helloooo!
Did you release any more photos? I may have missed a post...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't. :o(
You've moved up the queue, though so they should be done by the end of the weekend. :o)

[nevla.livejournal.com]

Oooh no no no! There's no rush, i was just wondering! :)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Well, you *are* at the top of the backlog queue now and I have nothing on this weekend (except urgent housework) so that won't be a problem.

[nevla.livejournal.com]

*grin* Thank you!!

[jozafeen.livejournal.com]

Great pictures and I must say Mr Simon looks very good in his gangster spiv outfit!

[daevid.livejournal.com]

Yup you can't trust those latino mobsters ;)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[omnisppot.livejournal.com]

Hi, just tickled me as I was stood next to you most of the gig, but also took a pic of these guys from a different angle.
<IMG SRC="http://www.eidolon.co.uk/pics/albums/userpics/10004/normal_P1060663.JPG> if you're interested, i believe the guy on the right is synth_apathy on lj. Standing next to you was very bad for me, as it made me pine (again) for a dSLR. I really impressed that you got these shots without a flash. Even on f2.8 and 1/10th mine were too dark to keep. Anyway, if you're still interested, these are the best I managed: http://www.eidolon.co.uk/pics/thumbnails.php?album=19

[omnisppot.livejournal.com]

wrote a long comment complimenting you on your pics, but lj trimmed it to one line :(
The gist was... I want a dSLR too :) and ... the best I managed without one are at:
http://www.eidolon.co.uk/pics/thumbnails.php?album=19

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I got it in full in the email notification.

Well, I can crank mine up to ISO1600 and the 50mm lens is a f1.4 which makes a big difference. I still shot at an average of 1/30th.

I really like your pic of the two deathrockers in the audience. Some nicely cropped portraits of Eva O, too.

You might want to point daevid or simonsatori to your photos of Rome Burns.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not sure what your budget is but DSLRs have really dropped in price recently.
Depending on your manufacturer preference, the Nikon D70 (which I've got) and the Canon EOS 300D are pretty equivalent and should set you back for about £600-700 for the kit incl. a decent standard zoom lens. I'm really happy with mine and you've seen the results.

[omnisppot.livejournal.com]

Well, my budget is irrelevant as there's a difference between what I want and what I'm going to let myself have (just yet) :-)
I'm assuming the f1.4 was from that huge monster of a lens you had. Made me feel quite...inadequate ;) I've never quite sorted out in my head what the precise benefits of upgrading to a SLR are. Mine goes to ISO400, but the difference between that and 100 are negligible. I'm quite attached to my 12x zoom as well, and I'm guessing that would be quite expensive to achieve on an SLR.
The lighting wasn't bad that night. I'm going to a gig on Sat night at the Underworld, but I'm tempted to leave the camera at home this time. I've taken far too many useless photos there before over the years!
Anyway, thanks for your comments.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*laughs*
No, the 50mm is the f1.4, the "monster" (a Sigma 70-200mm) is a constant f2.8 which gets a bit too heavy to hold still at long exposures. 1/60 is probably the slowest I can hold with it and that only if I'm lucky. It's also not *that* big, the lens hood adds another three inches or so. ;o)

I'm not sure what the 12x zoom would be equivalent on a SLR so can't comment on that. You can get "super zooms" (something like 30-300mm) but they have small apertures, maybe f5.6-f8 and aren't that sharp.
Is that 12x optical? That would be quite impressive.

The Underworld isn't too bad, I've taken photos there before (http://ozzy.gigs.fotopic.net) but they have a tendency to use red lights which screws up faces. It's a better (and higher) stage as well.

[djpsyche.livejournal.com]

Very nice! :)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Nice stuff, I think that my favourite is the shot of Nev. and Tori, shame abotu Simons hand, but its a cracking shot.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I have two similar ones without Simon's hand but I kept this one because the hand is pointing the same way as the guitars. ;o)

[madmoses.livejournal.com]

Wow, those photos are really good!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Danke!