"A multitude of colored stage lights illuminate Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band guitarist Kimo Williams during a concert to benefit McHenry County Public Action to Deliver Shelter at the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009."
Did you ever see Forest Gump? Of course you did, everyone did. Do you remember Lt. Dan? Well he (Gary Sinise) has a band and they preformed in Crystal Lake tonight. I didn't even know that it was a big show until I showed up. The Raue apparently sold out weeks ago and rightfully so because the bad didn't disappoint. They played a great mix of covers that the crowd knew and loved.
As most photojournalists will tell you, shooting a concert usually isn't that difficult because it's a stage performance with great lighting. All you have to do is find the moment and push the button. However the difficult part about it is that most bands only give you two or three songs to get your pictures before they kick you out. I had a totally different experience tonight. The band and their manager were great and let me shoot backstage and in front of the first row for as long as I so pleased. They understood that I had a job to do and that is to make great pictures of them so the better the access I had the better chance I had of taking great images.
I haven't shot very much concert photography so I spent a good hour working a few angles to get some things that I liked. You can see the rest of my selects HERE.
-JCE
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