Ian La Rue & the Condor

Been a while since I have done any band photography. So when I was asked to photograph Ian La Rue & the Condor I didn't know what to expect. Last time I did this there were no such thing as digital cameras. But hey photography is photography. Just point it in the right direction and push the button, right?

Well some things have not changed with digital. The lighting sucked just like it did when I shot film. But this wasn't the band's fault. The venue was in control of the sound and lights. Sound was pretty good though.

Truthfully the lighting wasn't that bad. (unless you were photographing the show) Cameras don't have the same abillity to make things look right compared to our eye/brain combination. There was a hot spot on Ian when in front of the microphone. The rest of the stage was quite a bit darker as you can see in the above image. And unfortunately the drummer was I what i called The Black Hole.