for once i had something to do on a day off. i was asked to go shoot a band tonight, called Sailing To Rome (i’d link their myspace but i’m too lazy). a friend at work sorta bankrolls them, and mentioned the show, and if i’d give it a shot. sure. my presense royally pissed off the girl who usually shoots them though. don’t worry honey, my photos sucked, your “job” is not in jeopardy haha. they’re a screamo band, but actually pretty good.
shooting was an experiment, because aside from using my super zoom minolta to shoot a nin show from row s, this is not something i’ve ever done before. i’d like to give it a 2nd try, and do things differently. mainly i shot in raw figuring they’d need a lot of editing because diablo is wicked dark, switched to jpeg for a bit because i was running out of memory cards, and i was trying all sorts of different things and settings. well my hatred of shooting in raw continues. aside from the extreme red tint, the jpeg shots looked much more like i was expecting them to look, and much more like what i like about concert photography. the raw shots all end up looking way too processed (as they are) and noisy and crap. i know i have no clue what i’m doing in raw, but even barely touching them, it was crap. in the end i’ve come to the conclusion that rob sheridan must shoot in jpeg. that, or he’s really skilled at raw and i don’t give him that much credit LOL. so next time, if there is one, all jpeg.
the band that was on before Sailing to Rome did a Hedwig cover – Wicked Little Town. wow. it was only half bad. i was mainly more shocked than anything, and i wondered if anyone else in the bar knew the song. the singer didn’t sing that good, but the band sounded great on it.
left shortly after their set, 1 drink + not eating + my fucked up head = pain. needed to get home and eat and take pain killers.
i was very happy to have not been home alone watching the sabres get slaughtered by LA. the bar put it on after the zombie movie, and just seeing the first period was horrible. thankfully the band played during the 2nd. 😛
the rest of the month gets pretty busy for my days off…well i have next monday off randomly because work is throwing a cocktail party for all 5 year employees…they gave us all the day off, which i’m not all that thrilled about, because it’s apparently unpaid. i didn’t ask for the day off. the party is 6-9, i was going to go eat, and then just go to work at 8. but whatever. jenn and i might go out after, we’ll see. next wed is islanders game with adr2, then xmas party and secret santa with work friends thurs. following week is Dirty Dancing on stage in toronto with heather on wed, ellicott development xmas party after if i make it home in time, then ctrc xmas party on thursday. i’m not sure what day aunt trudy gets in (or when adr1 gets in), but she’ll be here in time for xmas itself. busy busy. then of course, what we’ve all been waiting for, THE ICE BOWL. i don’t care if it’s cold, or if it’s snowing buckets, please god don’t let it be windy.