David A. Barss, Photographer

Thursday, June 4, 2009

I saw a great band “The Toadies” back in April and here is a little slideshow of some of the images from the Hawthorne Theatre performance.

posted by David at 8:00 pm

Comments (1)

Great band, great photos. The behind the scenes pictures are always fun to look at. I’m a huge fan of the group and I’ve taken pictures at their shows, but as a fan not a professional. If I get front and center (no back of head obstruction) my pictures always come out decent. Once I’m two or more fan deep it’s almost pointless to take a photo because no matter how much I focus on the band the picture flashes on the nearest back of fan head giving me a great shot of male pattern baldness and a blurred shot of the band. Unless the average person is you (yes I’m jealous) with band and venue access equipped with a pro camera picture taking at shows with a point and shoot camera at a distance is pointless. Is there any way to program a point and shoot to get those shots you got from the end of your slideshow where there is a very clear focus on the band and the backs of fans heads are blurry?

Comment by Thomas — June 5, 2009 @ 8:33 am