Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Rock City Angels at the Monterey Club


For once in my life I was in town for a show.  I had to go to a Christmas Party the same night of course.  After the party I headed for the show.  I couldn't find the club.  I went home and got directions and tried again.  I found it.  It was a place I had suspected might be it, but the name on the building was different than what I was looking for.  I wanted to photograph the Rock City Angels live but I knew that was not going to happen.  I brought my little Panasonic LZ10 instead of my dslr as I knew the lighting would be bad and trying to shoot real photographs would be impossible (as I refuse to use flash).  I was right.  The lighting was worse than bad, it was horrible. A single blue spot light.  Besides, by the time I got there they were playing the last song, "Divine Asylum," in their set.  I tried a shot with the Panasonic but it was too dark and too blue.  What can you do?
I walked up to Bobby Durango afterwards and held the tiny camera up to his face.  He smiled and got major flash in his face.  He was a good sport.  As for shooting the Rock City Angels live, that will have to wait for another time and place.

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