I should probably begin this update by sending out an apology to my old schoolmate Riaz. Sorry I didn't take your advice to listen to The Pixies back in High School. That aside, I never would have thought that almost 30 years after that conversation, I would be photographing them at the Centre Bell on a soggy March evening. The Pixies are close be being Ground Zero for the alt-rock explosion that took over the airwaves in the late-80's/early 90's. Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain himself had said that he was pretty much just trying to copy the band. While it was a thrill photograph the band, from a photography stand point there wasn't much to shoot at. The band didn't move around very much and while there was some nice light for the first of our three songs, the band was pretty much in shadows for the rest. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 3200. Here are a few more photographs that I took during my three song period.
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 34mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 64mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 58mm
f/2.8, 1/2500sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/16, 1/80sec, ISO 3200 at 34mm
f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
Quite the experience, which we'll get more into with the next update...or the one just before this depending on when you're reading. In the meantime, if you're not aware of The Pixies, head over to their website now to find out why you should be.
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