With A Perfect Circle currently on pause, alt-rocker Billy Howerdel brought the brooding chords of Ashes Divide to the Projekt Revolution tour. Batting second on the main stage lineup, Howerdel and Ashes complimented their grinding sound with a massive light show reminiscent of the fontman’s days as a professional lighting tech.
With their 2008 release Keep Telling Myself It’s Alright in hand, Ashes Divide turned up the heat on an already pumped crowd.
PHOTOGRAPHER’S NOTES
I’m a fan of big light shows; there is more to work with and the end results are usually more exiciting. On the flip side, they can be a real pain to shoot.
Case in point, the massive amount of smoke used in this production wreaked havoc on the Autofocus capabilities of my EOS-1D Mark III. Even when there was little flare to speak of, many of my photos were improperly focused.
Still, I’ll take a the smoke and colored floods any day.
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Chris Owyoung is a New York City based music photographer specializing in concert photography and band portraits.
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Chris Owyoung is a freelance photographer based in New York City. His work has appeared in numerous publications including: Rolling Stone, SPIN, VIBE, Billboard, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Symphony, Domino, Time, and The Village Voice. Chris is available for editorial and corporate assignments in the New York area and abroad.
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