I usually don't get my first concert photographs of the year until the outdoor season begins in May. The schedule got bumped up a few months as I managed to get myself a photo pass to shoot a night of music at the MTelus (formerly known as the Metropolis) in Montreal. The opening band of the night was Montreal's own latest musical success story, The Damn Truth. They've been building their profile over the last few years and have been producing some awesome live shows. This was the first chance I had to see them live and the energy was off the wall. They played songs from their two studio releases, but I only had pit access for the first three songs of the set. During this time, I tried to snap 
away as much as possible, but was hindered by my camera which kept shutting down with an Error 99 message. It made things a little more difficult, not to mention the terrible timing, but I think I still managed to grab some pretty cool shots of the band. I guess it might be time to upgrade and ease my trusty 30D into lighter work schedule. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 43mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 32mm. Here are a few more photographs that I took while still in the pit.
away as much as possible, but was hindered by my camera which kept shutting down with an Error 99 message. It made things a little more difficult, not to mention the terrible timing, but I think I still managed to grab some pretty cool shots of the band. I guess it might be time to upgrade and ease my trusty 30D into lighter work schedule. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 43mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 32mm. Here are a few more photographs that I took while still in the pit. 
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 35mm
f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 40mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 3200 at 32mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm
f/4.5, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm
f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 60mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
It was my first time in a photo pit and it was everything I had hoped it would be. Three songs goes by real fast so there wasn't much time to take in the situation, but there was also one more group to be heard. Thanks to The Damn Truth for the great show, and of course the fine folks at Evenko for the photo pass.
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