Posts Tagged ‘music’
Metric
Metric at the Great American Music Hall. Need I say more? My x100 was actually taken from me during the show. They said it was “too professional looking.” So I whipped out the XPRO-1 to take some shots of Emily and crew, and somehow I got away with that. Hmph!
Metric rocks!
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All Images: Fuji XPRO-1 + 35mm f/1.4 XF R and 18mm f/2 XF R
Jenny At Cafe Du Nord
The incredibly talented Jenny Lewis played this weekend with the Watson Twins, Johnathan Rice, Farmer Dave, and Nik Freitas at the Swedish American Hall in Cafe du Nord here in San Francisco. It was Jenny at her best, and this show was probably one of my favorites ever, right up there with the concert she did at the House of Blues. Front row seats are awesome for taking a few photos and grabbing one of the set lists at the end of the show.
Just a word on the Fuji XPRO-1. This thing has some staggering low-light performance. Just give the AF something contrasty to lock on to, and the camera returns some amazing files! 
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All Images: Fuji XPRO-1 + 35mm f/1.4 XF R and 18mm f/2 XF R
Out of camera files using the XPRO’s B&W film simulation (green filter)
The Google Indie Artist Meetup
A few images from the recent San Francisco indie artist meetup at Brick and Mortar Music Hall. I’m proud to say that among those who performed that night were my wife Bridget and my cousin Jasmine. Great job you two!
Photographically speaking, there was no light in this venue. ISO kabillion in there. Most of these are jpegs from my Fuji X100, processed with the camera’s black and white film simulation mode (red filter).
The folks from Photobooth were on hand, offering beautiful instant photos of each artist:
Awesome
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Images: Fuji X100
A Girl in a Tree – Priscilla Ahn at Slim’s
Fuji X100 | 1/60 sec, f/2, ISO 1600
Even though I’ve been listening to her music for a long time, I’ve never actually had a chance to hear Priscilla Ahn sing live. So I was pretty stoked when family treated us to tickets to see her at Slim’s in SF last night.
Fuji X100 | 1/60 sec, f/2, ISO 2500
We pretty easily got a spot right in front. Yessss.
Fuji X100 | 1/60 sec, f/2, ISO 2500
Fuji X100 | 1/40 sec, f/2, ISO 3200
Her performance was phenomenal. I always thought her voice was awesome just from listening to her albums, but hearing her live brought me into a whole new understanding of the incredibleness of her instrument. Her singing has got to be one of the most special, beautiful sounds I’ve heard in my entire life.
And she totally rocked out on that kazoo. =P
Fuji X100 | 1/40 sec, f/2, ISO 3200
My little Fuji did great here with its silent leaf shutter. This wasn’t exactly a rock concert, so I know the loud shutter slap of my DSLR would have been a distraction. High ISO performance continues to impress as well.
Fuji X100 | 1/60 sec, f/2, ISO 1600
Hope she comes to see us in San Francisco again! Check her out:
Her blog is pretty cool too.
