Christian Bowman - Concert Photography

On friday night I was invited as a VIP Guest to The Grates concert. I was also given a media pass by Jhon the guitarist from the band for me to take photos. I was a guest with Cass & Lauren Brisbane who are friends with Jhon and Patience. Unfortunately I cannot post the pictures I took in a public gallery. Instead i’ve got a wonderful picture of me being extra cool and special with my guest and media wrist bands of excellence. I did feel very special.

The actual concert was awesome, i’ve never seen them live before, and I love how energetic and beautiful Patience is on stage, definitely a work of art! Oh Jhon, Dan in the panda suit and Alana also are works of art. Or are they?

I took a few photos, as with most events such as a parades and concerts, flash photography is not permitted. I took in my Canon 20D and my “nifty fifty” 50mm 1.8 II lens and shot using shutter priority mode. As much as I could I shot at 125th for a second, whilst its not really fast enough for the bouncing and pouncing of patience’s performance, its gives me enough room to get enough light into the camera at ISO 800.