I've been spending a lot of time over the last few years hunting down bands, venues and various contacts to shoot the concerts that you have been seeing on The Old Blog. So, it's nice to actually be on the other end and be contacted by someone else. Such was the case with my friend, in The Baby Boomer's Band, who reached out for my services a few days back. They were going to be performing at the Tempèo Dance and Music Festival, which takes place on the Esplande at Place Des Arts in Montreal, and were hoping that I would be able to photograph their performance. The Tempéo Dance and Music Festival took place over 6 different nights. Each night was hosted by Philippe Fehmiu and featured a different variety of dance and musical styles. Bollywood, Haitian, Disco, Latin, and Indigenous were among the different
styles that were presented and The Baby Boomer's Band were there to present a concert of 1960s music. There was a special dance floor set up for the festival, and the hole are was already pretty full before The Baby Boomer's Band even hit the stage. If there was any doubt that a swinging good time was about to be had, they were gone as the opening guitar riffs of Johnny B Goode pierced the air. Nothing like some Chuck Berry to get people rocking and rolling. For the next hour, The Baby Boomer's Band ripped through a wide variety of hits from the era, both in English and French, as the crowd continued to dance the night away. I was tasked with shooting the show, and also getting some shots of the crowd having a good time to go along with a few band shots before the show began. I had a blast as I love that style of music and, 
having already worked with The Baby Boomer's Band in the past, they were already comfortable with me and even took the time for some well placed poses during the show. I had free reign to shoot from wherever I wanted during the entire concert, so I took advantage of it. The performance only lasted an hour, but the time went by so quickly, it felt like it had already ended in the flash of an eye. The 60s were such a rich period musically, and The Baby Boomer's Band play those songs to perfection. It's impossible to not have a good time, as everyone who was dancing away at Place Des Arts can attest to. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 800 at 24mm, the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 800 at 24mm and the third photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm Here are several more photographs of their performance.
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