After a brief delay for some tasty treats, it's back to the Metropolis we go. When last we spoke, we were looking at photographs of Dorothy, who were first to step on the stage. The second act was rock and roll veteran, Lita Ford. Ford got her start with The Runaways in the late 1970's and has been regarded as a guitar hero ever since. After a couple of lean years, Ford has been having a kind of career renaissance over the last few years, and this was her third visit to the city since 2012. The lighting was a little better than during Dorothy's set, though still not quite bright enough for me to get some good shutter speeds. The one point where the lights were turned up 
happened when Lzzy Hale of the group Halestorm, who were the headliners and would play later that night, joined Lita Ford and her band on stage to play two of her best known songs, Cherry Bomb and Close My Eyes Forever. Each lady even brought out their own double neck guitars to the roaring approval of the crowd. That was a pretty cool moment. The rock queen from the not so distant past sharing the stage with the hot new contender for the crown. Lita even mentioned during their two songs together that she was 'passing the baton'. Though she only played eight songs, it was like a trip back down memory lane. I was still at my spot near the front of the stage for these shots, though the crowd was beginning to get a little more active so I found myself having to try shooting around the waving arms of the other concert-goers. It's a little frustrating at first, but after a while you learn to time the movements of the person in front of you and shoot around them. A fun little on the spot challenge. The first photograph was taken at f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.5, 1/50sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during her set.
happened when Lzzy Hale of the group Halestorm, who were the headliners and would play later that night, joined Lita Ford and her band on stage to play two of her best known songs, Cherry Bomb and Close My Eyes Forever. Each lady even brought out their own double neck guitars to the roaring approval of the crowd. That was a pretty cool moment. The rock queen from the not so distant past sharing the stage with the hot new contender for the crown. Lita even mentioned during their two songs together that she was 'passing the baton'. Though she only played eight songs, it was like a trip back down memory lane. I was still at my spot near the front of the stage for these shots, though the crowd was beginning to get a little more active so I found myself having to try shooting around the waving arms of the other concert-goers. It's a little frustrating at first, but after a while you learn to time the movements of the person in front of you and shoot around them. A fun little on the spot challenge. The first photograph was taken at f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.5, 1/50sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during her set.
f/4, 1/60sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/50sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/30sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/3.2, 1/50sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/80sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4.5, 1/80sec ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/80sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/80sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
I know that this was kind of seen as a 'passing of the torch' moment, but from what I saw, Lita Ford still has lots left in her tank. I felt kind of bad about most of the shots for this update being shots where she shared the stage, but they were the best of the bunch and also the shots where Lita appeared to be having the most fun. Some nice mementos of a great show, and there's still one more set to go.
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