Grammatics @ The Louisiana, Bristol (02/12/2009)

Other than a pretty average gig at The Louisiana I’m not particularly sure what this post is about. You see I attended this gig not for the music, but to wield my camera, not something I’ve particularly done before. Still a quick opinion of the music on offer must be heard, so here it is: The first support act was simply dull, the second verged on actively terrible, and so nothing to write about there. Grammatics themselves were as equally new to me as the support acts, yet I still got that feeling that I was watching that headline band that everyone’s incredibly excited to see (to the rest of the crowds credit). Watching the reactions of their avid fans surrounding me they obviously weren’t disappointing, yet I didn’t really get it, nor did I imagine that I ever could. Frankly I think it’s the vocals that put me off the most; a plain voice polished to a completely emotionless perfection. That’s not to say he doesn’t put enough gusto into the performance, just that I can never see any feeling in it.

Photography wise I’m okay with the results. As always I’m disappointed I can never get shots that look good at large size on Flickr (as opposed to the medium sizes I’m displaying here), but I have to accept that with no autofocus, fast moving objects, low light conditions, and a camera that noises up terribly quickly from about ISO 400, that just ain’t going to happen.

Another quick tip for other photographers in how to not be thoroughly annoying (maybe I’m annoying, I don’t know I suppose): If you happen to be lucky enough to get right up the front and practically in the front man’s face, do not autofocus with a massively bright autofocus light; it looked utterly ridiculous that every time the photographer to my left took a shot the front man’s face lit up a really sickening shade of green. It was undoubtedly completely unnecessary (the lighting was actually pretty reasonable) and coupled with the said photographers more expensive kit, I was finding it easy to be grated by her.

More Photos: Grammatics @ The Louisiana – 02/12/2009 on Flickr