I was shooting a band at the Soda Bar this night, but wasn't feeling the second band , so I took a stroll down the street to the Radio Room to see what was going on there. Luckily, Prize Country was just getting started.



I love it when timing works out perfectly like this.



Since the spotlights seemed brighter than usual, I tried something new, to shoot a set with the idea that I wouldn't post-process anything, and just present them as they come out of the camera. So for this set of images, there is no exposure, color, or cropping tweaks, this is what I got when I shot it., except for a few with a quick black and white conversion. Getting it right the first time sure saves me a lot of time later on, My total processing time for this set was about 30 minutes, most of which was just going through and deleting the fuzzy/redundant ones.



I've heard good things about this band from the boys in Hostile Combover, and they are a fun band to watch. The lead guitarist and bassist are jumping around the whole time, making for some fun shots.



I wouldn't try to beat him in a limbo contest.





The music is fast, heavy punk, so it's not the kind of thing that is super catchy on the first listen, at least for me. But it's hard not to have fun when the band is clearly enjoying itself so much.





Even if you don't like the style of the music, this is a band to go see just for their on-stage energy and commitment.