Comments on: Warped Tour 2009 – Band Portraits

By: farid wajdi

farid wajdi — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:24:04 +0000

RT @chrisowyoung Music Photography – Band Portraits from Warped Tour, 2009. | The Best Music Photo.. http://bit.ly/13NZYc

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:48:57 +0000

That comment depresses me, and I’m already in a funk. Instead of nitpicking chosen words and and phrases, how about a critique of what they could do better in your eyes?

Better yet – if Todd isn’t one of the best, then who do you consider to be among the top, I would most certainly be interested in seeing their photos – one can never get too much inspiration.

But I still gotta go with Chris on this one… Todd’s photos are the most atmospheric and best shots I’ve seen in years. I don’t know how you can beat his sets such as Metallica, No Doubt, and Aerosmith. They’re pretty atmospheric to me, and from what I’ve seen on the net, photos rarely compare.

Just my 2 cents.

Also, I don’t know how one really over-processes photos. Maybe they just nailed the proper exposure, and upon output & flickr, get sharpened. One can’t really help that, though.

By: tony porter

tony porter — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:25:35 +0000

Your brother ‘one of the world’s best concert photographers’?

I would question that, and my reason is that virtually all the shots I have seen are far too bright (from both of you), and lack atmosphere. They also look somewhat synthetic/unnatural. You both catch some nice live show moments but there’s something important missing – they look sanitised, possibly over-processed.

Just my view as a concert photographer

Tony

By: Balint Hrotko

Balint Hrotko — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:59:41 +0000

RT @chrisowyoung: I’ll be posting the individual portraits @toddowyoung and I shot at Warped Tour today. Group shots – http://cli.gs/MGppe

By: elisa

elisa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:33:15 +0000

Great portraits Chris, I am beyond impressed…

By: chris

chris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:15:22 +0000

Hi Daniel,

Thanks, we had a lot of fun taking them. We changed locations a much as was possible with two people on a such a tight schedule – still, I feel there were several good backdrops we didn’t get to exploit.

The flashes were very close to the subjects AND were also firing on or near full power depending on how strong the ambient light was.

We did not have to worry about recycling times that much thanks to the SD-9 battery packs on the SB-900 flashes. The SD-9 pack cuts the recycle down to 1 second between full power flashes.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:31:04 +0000

God those are great Portraits! Wonderful work guys. I really like how you altered the locatiuon after with all the shots. Really makes the pics unique and gives them their own look.

When using the 14-24 at f13 didn’t that require a lot of flashoutput or have the flashes been that close, that you did not have to think about recycling times that much?

By: Chris Owyoung

Chris Owyoung — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:53:40 +0000

I'll be posting some of the individual portraits @toddowyoung and I shot at Warped Tour today. Group shots are here — http://cli.gs/MGppe

By: chris

chris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:47:38 +0000

To be totally honest, I didn’t miss the live stuff one bit. I shot Bamboozle and All Points West this year so I got my festival fix in already =)

Actually, we did a few of Alana with speedlights as well. I just prefer the ambient ones.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:22:20 +0000

Cool photos. Wish I had more time for promos, but wanted to get my mix of live stuff in, too.

You know, one thing that never even occurred to me.. natural light. I should have done that with Alana, but instead went full blown ABs. The 70-200 + fill was a very, very wise choice… I need to remember the ambient!