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Maximo Park
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Paul Smith of Maximo Park. Didn’t enjoy photographing this gig at all, to be honest. May be down to work stress & general tiredness… but this band are a five-piece pop rock group, who like a very strong light on the bowler hat wearing lead vocalist, who virtually never keeps still and is quite an animated individual, and random bits of light here & there on the rest of the band – usually not when you’re prepared. Extremely frustrating. Getting the exposure was a challenge, far too much light (spin those dials one way) or too little (spin them like mad the other way).
Wanted to share these quick edits. Have a multitude of Paul, many blown but rescuable to some degree, but action shots were bloody difficult to pin down. Photographically it was a one man show. Practice practice practice is all I can put it down to. Enjoy, or please feel free to comment.
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Know what you mean.. I’m in the middle of editing myself.. He’s a great frontman…
Sheesh.. loads of rejects from motion blur.. Time for a 30 1.4 methinks for the wider shots..
stasber wrote:
but this band are a five-piece punk rock group,
Oh Dear!
I myself who has been a Punk for 30 years always get annoyed and pissed off with comments like the above, yes I know this is a photography forum but Maximo Park are not even 1% a Punk Rock band.
The word Punk is bandied around far too easily….
Even their own MySpace they view themselves as Pop/Rock, Where did you get the idea they’re a Punk Rock band??
If you want to know what proper Punk Rock is or what are proper Punk Rock bands are feel free to PM me but here’s a snip of what a Punk Rock band generally sound like.
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=lFtHawTg3Z8
Filmed by me less then 2 weeks ago at the Worlds biggest Punk Rock festival in Blackpool…..I also doubt the crowd were a Punk Rock crowd ;)
Punk Rock wrote:
The word Punk is bandied around far too easily….
You’re absolutely right, Punk Rock, my apologies. Have corrected my post; should have given it a bit more attention. I do know what you mean though, I get just as annoyed when people bandy around Salsa for Flamenco (I’m very passionate about Flamenco – Salsa isn’t even 1% Flamenco).
seanmcfoto wrote:
Sheesh.. loads of rejects from motion blur.. Time for a 30 1.4 methinks for the wider shots..
Was wondering how you got on Sean – lucky you, you even got some side lighting! ;)
Being a “Manual junkie” I might do myself some favours by setting up my Aperture Priority with spot metering as a backup.
stasber wrote:
Punk Rock wrote:
The word Punk is bandied around far too easily….
You’re absolutely right, Punk Rock, my apologies. Have corrected my post; should have given it a bit more attention. I do know what you mean though, I get just as annoyed when people bandy around Salsa for Flamenco (I’m very passionate about Flamenco – Salsa isn’t even 1% Flamenco).
Cheers mate. :)
The gig sounded great, but I had to head for another shoot.. great band though… defo mainstream “indie” rock… (i know that ironic in itself). Not an ouch of punk sensibility.
I can appreciate these shots having seen them live several times.
Can’t imagine you had many shots that were not blurred!The 3rd shot is great. Really sums him quite well. That’s a rather ‘spiffy’ suit he has and all!
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