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A further instalment of rock 'n' roll [Jun. 15th, 2009|07:27 am]
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Well, now. Since my last post, I have heen to Royston Vasey to see a man about some machinery, and to the Dice Club to see Artery. More on all that later, but in LJ world we are still in Leipzig. A further instalment of rock 'n' roll shots from the WGT now follows...

I believe we were talking of hats last time. Here's a very recognisable hat:



Although I constantly complain about inadequate stage lighting, too much light can sometimes be as much of a problem. Unfortunately, you can't dim the sun down with a swift tweak of a fader. Here's a rather over-contrasty photo taken in blazing sun at the Parkbuhne to illustrate this. It's the battle of the rawk chyks in skin-tight black - round one: Grog out of Die So Fluid:



And round two. Lahannya out of Lahannya:



Incidentally, it's never been clear to me how you're supoposed to pronounce Lahannya's name, something that the marketing guys really should've sorted out before launching her career. In the absence of any official guidance, I think it should go like the trying-to-supress-a-sneeze version of 'Hancock' - as Tony Hancock himself demonstrates here.

All together now: Lah-hah-hahannya. Hours of fun!



Always great to see Monty Oxymoron on keyboards:



Scary skinhead rock star spots mate in crowd - "Oi oi, Dave!":



Looking around the interweb at other peoples' live music photos, I'm struck by how many of them are in black & white. At first I thought this was a deliberate choice on the part of the photographers, but I've come to suspect that many photos have been made into monochrome shots because that's a good way of getting a decent shot out of a slightly crap colour original.

Let's try the technique on this one - it's a bit grainy, a bit on the crap side:



Now let's pull that saturation slider right down, and - hey presto! - it all goes moody, arty, and kinda kewl:



So, if you see lots of B&W photos appearing in my webzine, you'll know I'm trying to salvage the crappers!
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[User Picture]From: [info]davefish
2009-06-15 05:45 pm (UTC)

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I always like comments about my nicely themed Sepia colouring that matches the mood of the band when all I've been trying to do is to frantically save the pictures from nasty red lighting.