We all end up buying tickets to see a show based on the headlining act, but I've never understood why so few people arrive in time to see the opening act. I've been introduced to so many bands over the years thanks to showing up for the opening act, and The Picturebooks are the most recent. On this occasion, I arrived early at the show because I had a photo pass to the event. I wanted to be there just in case there wasn't going to be a photo pit for the show, which ended up being the case. I ended up right at the front of the stage where I experienced what was described as an incredible amount of noise being made by only two guys. The Picturebooks hail from Germany and were finishing up their first 
Canadian tour here in town. They played 11 of their original songs and got the venue rocking, while also inspiring us with their own personal experiences and philosophies on life and music. For myself, I'm supposed to be trying to move around a little bit while photographing these shows, but I didn't want to lose my spot at the front of the stage since the headliners were still to come. Despite not moving around, I still tried shooting from different angles to try and make things look a little different. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 6400 at 42mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during their set.
Canadian tour here in town. They played 11 of their original songs and got the venue rocking, while also inspiring us with their own personal experiences and philosophies on life and music. For myself, I'm supposed to be trying to move around a little bit while photographing these shows, but I didn't want to lose my spot at the front of the stage since the headliners were still to come. Despite not moving around, I still tried shooting from different angles to try and make things look a little different. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 6400 at 42mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during their set.
f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 12800 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 48mm
f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm
f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 45mm
f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 28mm
f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 25mm
f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 38mm
f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm
The Picturebooks were a nice revelation. Head over to their website to hear some of their songs and find out how to purchase some of their music. As their show ended, they promised they'd be back to visit us soon, I'm sure there were many converts who can't wait for that do to come.
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