A Few from the Circle Pit
Metal is almost a spiritual experience for a lot of fans. Nowhere else is this more evident than in the circle pit. While I don’t recommend that music photographers jump right in unless they a) have both camera insurance and b) feel pretty confident that they can stiff-arm a 175lb dude doing the windmill, I [...]
Nov 14, 2009 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Music Photography | Tags: 2009, CONCERT, concert photography, decrepit birth, gramercy theater, Music Photography | 7 Comments »
Decrepit Birth
Decrepit Birth writes some of the most lyrically bleak songs I’ve ever heard. Taking into consideration that they’re a death metal metal band, this is a good thing. As depressing as their written content may be, their performances are anything but – they kick some serious metal ass. The band’s dynamic live show owes much [...]
Nov 11, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, concert photography, concert photos, decrepit birth, gramercy theater, Music Photography, new york, tour | 1 Comment »
Augury
If you’ve never heard Augury‘s precision shredding, furious double drumming or ridiculous bass lines, the rapt concentration depicted in many of these photos won’t do the Canadian prog metal monsters the justice they deserve. If you’re familiar with how intensely technical guitar and drum work applies to the genre, you can probably tell that Augury [...]
Nov 10, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, augury, concert photography, gramercy theater, Music Photography, nyc | 1 Comment »
Warbringer
To say that Warbringer brings the pain is an understatement of epic proportion. The band’s performance is more accurately compared to the end result of a brick of C4 strapped to a bunny rabbit – bye bye bunny, bye bye. That isn’t to imply that the guys in the band aren’t amazingly nice. As the [...]
Nov 10, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, concert photography, gramercy theater, Music Photography, new york city, warbringer | 5 Comments »
Evanescence
Before playing to a crowd of 40,000 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Evanescence performed an intimate “secret show” to just over 1,000 diehard fans from the New York area. Tickets reported sold out in 5 minutes. Though the band performed beautifully throughout, Amy Lee’s stripped down piano solo Good Enough (from Open Door, 2006) stole the [...]
Nov 07, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, concert photography, evanescence, grand ballroom, Music Photography, new york city, nyc | 9 Comments »
The Gaslight Anthem
When frontman Brian Fallon told the crowd that the band had “slept in a lot of dirty places to get to the show” last night, the crowd erupted in applause. Though the guys hadn’t necessarily had access to a working shower recently, the fans didn’t seem to mind; New Yorkers trekked to the far west [...]
Oct 16, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, CONCERT, concert photography, concert review, Music Photography, new york city, nyc, terminal 5 | 6 Comments »
Band Portrait: August Burns Red
Hot off our series of band portraits at Vans Warped Tour, Todd and I caught up with metalcore savants August Burns Red for a quick shoot on-location. Shooting notes after the jump.
Aug 18, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Portrait Photography | Tags: 2009, august burns red, band photography, cls, Music Photography, nikon, Portrait Photography | 2 Comments »
Warped Tour 2009 – Individual Portraits
One of my favorite aspects of music photography is photographing individual artists. Don’t get me wrong, photographing entire bands is awesome, but whether you’re trying to properly position the founding members of the group or make sure to photograph the drummer from his good side, band shoots often governed by rules and roles to play. [...]
Aug 18, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Portrait Photography | Tags: 2009, Music Photography, Portrait Photography, promos, warped tour | 7 Comments »
Warped Tour 2009 – Band Portraits
So you’re standing backstage at an all day music festival with a bucket full of Nikon speedlights, a brother who happens to be one of the premier music photographers in the world and a few hours to kill – what would you do? If you answered correctly, you’d shoot the hell out of whatever band [...]
Aug 14, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Portrait Photography | Tags: 2009, Music Photography, Portrait Photography, warped tour | 17 Comments »
Preview: Warped Tour Portraits
I took a few days off planning my wedding (yes, it’s in a few days) and caught up with my brother Todd for a insane day of band portraits at Warped Tour. As you can see, TAT was one of our favorite bands to work with. The Owyoung Brothers knocked out a bunch of portraits [...]
Aug 10, 2009 | Categories: preview | Tags: 2009, concert photography, Music Photography, Portrait Photography, warped tour | 13 Comments »
The Sounds
April 30, 2009 – The Sounds played a “secret show” to celebrate the release of their new album Crossing the Rubicon. Santos Party House was packed to the gills. Rumor has it that even Semi Precious Weapons frontman Justin Tranter attended the invite-only event.
Jul 12, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, CONCERT, concert photography, concert review, d3, d3 nikon, high iso, Music Photography, new york city, nyc, performance, santos party house, the sounds | 9 Comments »
Yes. More Photos of No Doubt
May 3, 2009 – What can I say, I have too many great photos from No Doubt‘s amazing performance at Bamboozle to keep them from you. Any concert where your b-side images are as good as your headlining photos from other shows is a good one. Enjoy.
Jun 04, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, bamboozle, CONCERT, concert review, d3, d3 nikon, east rutherford, gig, high iso, Music Photography, new jersey, nikon, no doubt, performance, show | 11 Comments »
No Doubt at Bamboozle 2009
May 3, 2009 – Before embarking on one of the most highly anticipated tours of the year, No Doubt gave their first major show since their 2004 hiatus to the thousands of fans attending The Bamboozle Music Festival, 2009.
Jun 02, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, bamboozle, CONCERT, concert review, d3, d3 nikon, east rutherford, high iso, music festival, Music Photography, new jersey, nikon, no doubt, performance, show | 15 Comments »
Semi Precious Weapons
March 27, 2009 – Watching Justin Tranter on stage is like witnessing the miracle of birth (only it’s about 1000 x better since babies don’t burst onto the scene in diamonds, couture or four-inch spike heels). Ladies and gentlemen, glam boys and hard rock girls, I give you Justin Tranter, Cole Whittle, Dan Crean, and [...]
May 12, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, blender theater, CONCERT, concert review, d3, d3 nikon, high iso, music photographer, Music Photography, nyc, performance, semi precious weapons, show | 8 Comments »
Road Recovery Benefit 2009
May 1, 2009 – For the second year in a row, the Road Recovery Benefit Concert brought together an amazing lineup of rock talent to help young people fight addiction and adversity. This year, the organization honored the legendary Wayne Kramer of MC5 and announced plans to help Kramer bring a Road Recovery program to [...]
May 09, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, Add new tag, CONCERT, concert review, d3, high iso, music photographer, Music Photography, nikon, nokia theater, performance, road recovery, show | 6 Comments »
Preview: No Doubt – Bamboozle, Day 2
May 3, 2009 – If all of the preview posts in my stream aren’t a dead giveaway, I’m currently sitting on a mountain of images that desperately need to see the light of day. Here’s one from No Doubt’s phenomenal headlining set at the end of The Bamboozle Music Festival, 2009.
May 07, 2009 | Categories: preview | Tags: 2009, bamboozle, CONCERT, concert review, d3, d3 nikon, giants stadium, high iso, izod center, Music Photography, new york city, no doubt, nyc | 3 Comments »
The Birthday Massacre
April 27, 2009 – The band needed no long winded introduction and no warm up – moving straight into pounding synth lines and blistering guitar riffs just seconds after taking the stage, The Birthday Massacre began how most bands finish (and went to eleven from there). The show included bow displacing power noogies, hysterical screaming, [...]
May 07, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, Add new tag, concert review, d3, high iso, highline ballroom, music photographer, Music Photography, nikon, nyc, performance, show, the birthday massacre | 11 Comments »
Preview: Road Recovery Benefit Concert, 2009
May 1, 2009 – Rock stars came out in droves for the annual Road Recovery Benefit Concert at Nokia Theater in Times Square. This year, the nationally recognized music mentoring organization honored the legendary Wayne Kramer of MC5. The star studded line-up included Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), Iggy [...]
May 05, 2009 | Categories: preview | Tags: 2009, Add new tag, concert review, d3, Music Photography, new york city, nikon, nokia theater, nyc, performance, preview, show, times square | 1 Comment »
The Energy
March 28, 2009 – Last month, The Owyoung Brothers caught up with the guys from The Energy for a run-and-gun portrait session right before their sold-out show at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza. Here are some of the shots.
May 01, 2009 | Categories: Portrait Photography | Tags: 2009, cls, d3, how-to, Lastolite EZYbox, Music Photography, nikon, Portrait Photography, speedlight, the energy, tutorial | 17 Comments »
Preview: The Birthday Massacre
April 27, 2009 – The Birthday Massacre are a no-so-guilty pleasure of mine – I love Canadians and synthrock and the band has them both in spades. Over the year or so that I’ve been a fan of their music, I’ve managed to miss every single show they’ve played in NYC – that is, until [...]
Apr 28, 2009 | Categories: preview | Tags: 2009, CONCERT, d3, d3 nikon, high iso, highline ballroom, Music Photography, off-camera flash, the birthday massacre | 5 Comments »
Septic Flesh
2.27.09 – The Greek metal band Septic Flesh performed a short but pounding set in support of their fellow black metal tourmates Satyricon and Cradle of Filth.
Mar 18, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, CONCERT, concert review, d3, d3 nikon, gig, high iso, Music Photography, nokia theater, nyc, performance, septic flesh | 9 Comments »
The Music of R.E.M. at Carnegie Hall
03.11.09 – When Calexico is listed as the Carnegie Hall “house band” for a concert featuring over twenty different artists, chances are it’s going to be an incredible night. In addition to performing their rendition of “Wendell Gee,” Calexico supported acts including The Feelies, Ingrid Michaelson, Glen Hansard, Kimya Dawson, Bob Mould and Patti Smith [...]
Mar 17, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, bob mould, CONCERT, concert review, d3, d3 nikon, dar williams, darius rucker, fink, gig, glen hansard, guster, high iso, ingrid michaelson, jolie holland, keren ann, kimya dawson, kristen hersh, marshall crenshaw, Music Photography, nyc, patti smith, performance, R.E.M., rachel yamagata, rhett miller, show, the apples in stereo, the db's, the feelies, TV on the radio, vic chesnutt | 4 Comments »
Cradle of Filth
2.27.09 – Unleashing wave after wave of piercing shrieks and wailing guitars, the UK’s Cradle of Filth took the Nokia Theater by extreme metal storm. The house was packed with black by the time Dani Filth lead his corpsefaced crew through a crushing set that spanned Cradle’s massive eight album catalog.
Mar 04, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, CONCERT, concert review, cradle of filth, d3, d3 nikon, high iso, Music Photography, new york city, nokia theater, nyc | 15 Comments »
Tom Jones
02.24.09 – The Terminal 5 marquee read “move over Justin, Tom Jones is bringing sexy back to NYC.” Of course, it didn’t actually say that, but given the screaming horde of panty-tossing women, it might as well have. Dressed in a black tuxedo jacket with his trademark combination of chest chair and gold jewelry, Jones’ [...]
Feb 26, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, CONCERT, concert review, d3, d3 nikon, high iso, Music Photography, show, terminal 5, tom jones | 12 Comments »
Chris Owyoung is a New York City based music photographer specializing in concert photography and band portraits. 