Matt Costa at the 9:30 Club
Last night's show at the 9:30 Club in DC was definitely a good one, experience-wise, but I'll admit that it's far from my best work. I got a few pretty good shots -- see below -- but overall, I was a bit disappointed.
Many major venues / shows institute a "first 3 songs only" rule, and this was no exception. I had to do what I could in the first 15-or-so minutes, which meant there wasn't much time to experiment with different camera settings until I felt comfortable. As a relative newbie to the live music photography scene, this didn't bode well for the ultimate results. It was much harder than shooting a full set, obviously, but now I'll take what I learned last night and try and use it to my advantage next time.
As for the show itself, it was very good. Better than I expected, actually. Matt Costa has a great voice in-studio, and fortunately, it translates to his live show quite well. He's a solid guitar player, he's relatively charismatic and he did a good job of blending his saptastic love songs with his more upbeat fare.
If you have a chance to see him, I'd definitely recommend doing so. And if you've never heard of him before, you can check out a few of his songs on his myspace page.
Many major venues / shows institute a "first 3 songs only" rule, and this was no exception. I had to do what I could in the first 15-or-so minutes, which meant there wasn't much time to experiment with different camera settings until I felt comfortable. As a relative newbie to the live music photography scene, this didn't bode well for the ultimate results. It was much harder than shooting a full set, obviously, but now I'll take what I learned last night and try and use it to my advantage next time.
As for the show itself, it was very good. Better than I expected, actually. Matt Costa has a great voice in-studio, and fortunately, it translates to his live show quite well. He's a solid guitar player, he's relatively charismatic and he did a good job of blending his saptastic love songs with his more upbeat fare.
If you have a chance to see him, I'd definitely recommend doing so. And if you've never heard of him before, you can check out a few of his songs on his myspace page.
Adios, muchachos. It's 11:10 and I'm heading to bed relatively soon. The opening of DCist Exposed is tomorrow night, and if all goes according to plan, I'll be partying like a rockstar.
(Oh, and if you're interested, the rest of the pictures from last night can be seen here.)
(Oh, and if you're interested, the rest of the pictures from last night can be seen here.)
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