A few short days ago I was writing about my current favourite Canadian rock band, The Beaches (concert photographs you can be viewed by following this link), but on Friday night I found myself before Canadian musical royalty as Jann Arden was performing at the MTelus in Montreal. Over a the last 30 years there have been 15 studio albums, her most recent, Descendant, was released earlier this year. There are also 16 Top Ten Singles and 19 Juno Award nominations to go along with 8 Juno Awards. Among those are Juno's for Songwriter of the Year in 1995 and 2002 and Female Artist of the Year in 1995 and 2001. To top things off, she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2020. Her talents aren't limited to music either as there have also been awards to acting and she is also well known for her charity
work, most recently her work to prevent the export of live horses to Japan. There really isn't anything she can't do. It was a packed house to see this legend perform, and after an early hiccup, things quickly returned to normal as we were regaled with a catalogue of songs performed by a true master. This was a seated show, so rather than being able to shoot from the front of the stage, I was confined to a spot behind the soundboard. But, with trusty telephoto lens in hand, I was still able to get some nice shots of the show. It also gave me the chance to see the sound and lighting guys work their magic to make everything look and sound great. The first photograph was taken at f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 125mm and the second photograph was taken at f/5, 1/400sec, ISO 6400 at 200mm. Here are a few more photographs that I was able to take during her perfomance.
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