Comments on: PLUG Independent Music Awards 2008 @ Terminal 5 â€“ 06.03.2008

By: Internet Banking

Internet Banking — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:14:38 +0000

Just blowing some in between class time on Digg and I found your entry. Not typically what I like to read about, but it was definitely worth my time. Thanks.

By: larry

larry — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:38:07 +0000

chris,
great shots…I’m not a photographer, but designed and made the award trophies…LOVE the shot of Patton O. kneeling down to present it to Nick Cave!!
larry

By: larry

larry — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:35:19 +0000

chris,
great shots…I’m not a photographer but I designed and built the award trophies…blown away that Nock Cave is actually holding one…
larry

By: chris

chris — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:31:35 +0000

Thanks for the comment Todd. This was a sort of win/lose situation for position. Though I think I made the right choice in the end, the ideal angle was blocked completely by the runway.

I can’t actually remember exactly where the spotlights where, but they were high and far off, it was nice for a change.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:41:09 +0000

This looks like a really tricky shoot, considering the positioning you mention, though I think it worked out well for the performances.

I see you got a little of the Marilyn Manson lights for this one — a little less menacing when there’s frontlighting. That shot of The Forms’ bassist looks great.

Spotlights in the balcony? Looks great for Terminal 5.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:55:11 +0000

Hey Paul, thanks for the comment. The low backlights were totally fine for Nick Cave. There wasn’t any problem with the contrast or black levels.

They were a huge problem for St. Vincent unfortunately. All of the shots from that set were very low contrast resulting in my pulling the blacks up in post.

It all came down to the positions of the artists on stage in relation to the lights.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:15:43 +0000

Those low back lights really worked out wonderfully for you. They don’t seem to cast a haze over the shots like they some times tend to do when they’re problematic. Great stuff Chris.