Drifting Son: Live at Milly's Tavern

Drifting Son live
Milly's Tavern, Manchester NH 08.19.11

I got a chance to head up to Milly's Tavern last weekend and photography Leddie Jackson and his band Drifting Son. I've been meaning to get up there and shoot him since the first time we worked together about a year ago.

I'm not much of a "live music" shooter, and specifically set upon myself rules for shooting them; I'd use nothing but the light provided in the venue, and I only brought two lenses with me; the 28mm and an 85mm prime lens.

Shortly into shooting, I found a gum-ball vending machine that was to the side of the stage, and I started involving my compositions with the reflected and refracted light that was bouncing off the vending machine. By focusing on the band, it put the foreground elements in blur, and in this case, the stage lights started bouncing around in the plastic of the vending machine casing, causing all these fantastic light blooms.

I think people were probably wondering why instead of taking advantage of the open floor in front of the band next to the stage, why I was hunkered down in front of a gum-ball machine. Ha!

Special thanks to Leddie for the gift of "The Double Life of Veronique" on dvd after having a discussion about film with him.

Check out Drifting Son if you get a chance.

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Taken on: August 19, 2011

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D, f/1.8, 1/250 sec, 85mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D
Lens:	EF85mm f/1.8 USM
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	85mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
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