Sunday 21 March 2010

First Night At The New O2 Academy Birmingham

Well, it has been re-open quite a few months now but all my gigs seem to have been shot elsewhere! Anyway,  tonight was my first trip back in probably well over 10 years to what will be always remembered as The Dome to people of my generation ;-) Needless to say, it's no longer a hideout of the under 16's desperately trying to pass themselves off as old enough to be drinking and clubbing the night away to Wigfield!!

Friday night however,  I was there shooting HIM, in particular Linde Lindstrom the guitarist. Laney provides Linde with an endorsement.
So apologies for all you HIM fans no picks of Ville Valo, the task in hand was to get get nice shots of Linde and his amp setup.

The gig went well, really bad lighting for the first two songs, almost entirely backlit, a nightmare for gig photography when flash isn't allowed as was the case here.  Here are a couple of pics from the evening. Shot on my Canon 1ds Mk III 24-70mm wide open at 2.8.



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