Dead Ghosts at Ruby Room, 4/9/10
Every time I go to a show at the Radio Room on a Friday night, I see Sal Gallegos from 31G/Some Girls fame working the door. We always have a nice chat between bands and he's a much nicer guy than his extremely aggressive music would suggest. He's been telling me about a new project for a while- a heavy band that uses no distortion called Dead Ghosts . I was intrigued.
They played an opening set at the Ruby Room on Friday night, and Heather and I stopped in to check them out before going to Bar Pink to see Geezer. While they may lack distortion, they still bring the heavy.
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I know Sal as a drummer for Secret Fun Club, but he's the singer/guitarist in this band. The vocals were buried so far down in the mix they they might as well have not been there at all.
John is the other half of Secret Fun Club, playing guitar instead of switching between guitar and bass.
I wasn't able to take very many photos, since we walked in about halfway through the set. It's a good thing I didn't wait to start shooting until the second song like I usually do, since they played one 25-minute song. I ended up having about five minutes to shoot before they were done, and Sal joked that they have two more.
Next time I see them, I'll be able to form a bit of a better impression of the music, where I can actually hear what's going on and have some more time to process it. But let's continue photo-geek week here at L&E.
The above shot is taken at my eye level, looking up at Sal who's on a 2 foot stage or so. It's pretty easy to see that the bottom of his guitar is at the same height as the camera, and that by looking up, the guitar takes a more prominent role in the image. Let's compare that with the shot below.
Yes, it's a bit blurry, but it's also shot with me holding the camera over my head and composing by using the LCD preview in live view mode. Now the camera is at eye level, and has a different feel. Sal's head and guitar still occupy the same basic space in both shots, but by shooting at his eye level, it's more personal and feels closer since the camera is actually closer to his face, even though I'm standing in the same spot. As a photographer I make that choice about what's in the frame and how I want to represent it. The first shot is a bit more dramatic since you're looking up at him, but the second shot feels closer. He's less of a rock star and more of a person. You're standing next to him, not looking up at him on a stage.
Not every shot has to be at the same height. By choosing your angle, you choose what you want to say.
They played an opening set at the Ruby Room on Friday night, and Heather and I stopped in to check them out before going to Bar Pink to see Geezer. While they may lack distortion, they still bring the heavy.
Click on a photo to see the full gallery.
I know Sal as a drummer for Secret Fun Club, but he's the singer/guitarist in this band. The vocals were buried so far down in the mix they they might as well have not been there at all.
John is the other half of Secret Fun Club, playing guitar instead of switching between guitar and bass.
I wasn't able to take very many photos, since we walked in about halfway through the set. It's a good thing I didn't wait to start shooting until the second song like I usually do, since they played one 25-minute song. I ended up having about five minutes to shoot before they were done, and Sal joked that they have two more.
Next time I see them, I'll be able to form a bit of a better impression of the music, where I can actually hear what's going on and have some more time to process it. But let's continue photo-geek week here at L&E.
The above shot is taken at my eye level, looking up at Sal who's on a 2 foot stage or so. It's pretty easy to see that the bottom of his guitar is at the same height as the camera, and that by looking up, the guitar takes a more prominent role in the image. Let's compare that with the shot below.
Yes, it's a bit blurry, but it's also shot with me holding the camera over my head and composing by using the LCD preview in live view mode. Now the camera is at eye level, and has a different feel. Sal's head and guitar still occupy the same basic space in both shots, but by shooting at his eye level, it's more personal and feels closer since the camera is actually closer to his face, even though I'm standing in the same spot. As a photographer I make that choice about what's in the frame and how I want to represent it. The first shot is a bit more dramatic since you're looking up at him, but the second shot feels closer. He's less of a rock star and more of a person. You're standing next to him, not looking up at him on a stage.
Not every shot has to be at the same height. By choosing your angle, you choose what you want to say.
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