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Bosse – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:36:37 +0000

With being that long on the Road as Bosse are, it promised to be a good and intense show. Only problem was that the weather was getting worse and after Frida Gold finished their set quite a couple of people left the festival area which just left more room for the others to dance, party and enjoyed themselves.

Shooting Notes
Bosse played a high action show, with a lot of stuff happening, so keeping a fast shutter speed was a must for the set. So I was shooting wide open at f2.8 and at ISO 800 gave me enough light to shoot at 1/200 and faster. Do to the fact, that the weather got worse and the rain started pouring down I was just using the Canon 24-70 and the Canon 70-200 wanting to keep my lensbag closed as long as possible. I got a couple of drops of rain on the front of the lens, but with the strong backlight coming in, it turned out to be a nice effect and I didn’t mind.

Bosse - Bochum Total 2011

Bourani – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:41:05 +0000

With being all over the Radio and the Musicvideostations Andreas Bourani was well know, which resulted in quite the crowd on this early sunday afternoon. Even though it started to rain during his set, the people still enjoyed the show.

Shooting Notes
With the Andreas Bourani and his Band staying back of the edge of the stage most time during she show, I kept the Canon Ef-S 10-22 in the bag and concentrated shooting with the Canon Ef 24-70 and the 70-200. Luckily I had a little time left at the end of the set and was able to get the Sigma 50mm f1.4 out too which turned out to be my favourite lens this weekend. Especially on the big stage with enough distance to work comfortably and no need to worry about having problems framing the shots, I loved shooting the lens wide open. Do to the bad weather I was shooting at ISO 400 to get enough light in my lenses using them at f2.8 for maximum effect at a shutter speed of at least 1/250 of a second and up. Do to the fact that it was starting to rain during the set and some nice backlight I was able to capture some great effects.

Bourani - Bochum Total 2011

Frida Gold – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:18:19 +0000

Even though it wasn’t raining really hard when Frida Gold was up on Stage, it was still a bit chilly and so Alina Süggeler seemed a bit lightly dressed. On the other hand, she was moving so much back and forth on stage, that she probably didn’t had any problems with the cold. Overall everybody seemed to enjoy the show really much and even as it started to rain more, the people didn’t seem to mind.

Shooting Notes
With the rain still down quite a bit I was still able to shoot with all my lenses. Mostly I was using the Canon Ef 24-70 at f2.8 with ISO 400 and a shutter sheed of 1/200 which proved to be pretty perfect for the stage and time. I just got the 70-200 and the 10-22 out for a few shots and a bit of variaty in the set.

Frida Gold - Bochum Total 2011

Ben Galliers – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:18:03 +0000

Do to some time issues I was just able to get to the WAZ-Stage really late and Ben Galliers Set was almost over. Next to that, Ben played a solo song at that moment, so the Band was in the back and he entertained the crowd by himself. Nonetheless it was a fun couple of Minutes and the lack of a Band made for quite an intimate atmosphere

Shooting Notes
Just like the Day before at the WAZ-Stage I was just using the Sigma 50mm f1.4 wide open, to catch some of that bokeh goodness. Do to the wide Aperture there was no need to worry about ISO or shutter speed and I could concentrage and getting some nice images.

Kettcar – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:05:31 +0000

After shooting Itchy Poopzkid I made my way to the 1Live Stage to shoot at least a couple of frames of Kettcar… and that was basicly all I got. After entering the pit I snapped about 10 frames before the securities ended the shooting for Band.

Shooting Notes
It was dark on Stage and there was just a single Spotlight on singer Marcus Wiebusch, that was it. So shooting at ISO 1250 wide open at f2.8 and a shutter speed of 1/125 was the only way to capture the scenery.

Itchy Poopzkid – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:47:53 +0000

I am not that big on punk music, but I always enjoy shooting it, because in 99% of the time you get quite an energetic show. Nothing else happened tonight with Itchy Poopzkid. Even though it started to rain again quite a bit, the place in front of the stage was packed and the crowd celebrated the band.

Shooting Notes
Do to the fact, that it got pretty dark outside by now and that there wasn’t any frontlight at the Pottmob-Stage I had to slap on the flash to get at least a little frontal fill light in. Shooting with ISO 800-1250 and a shutter speed of 1/100 at f2.8 didn’t made it any more fun. But at least the flash had the nice advantage, that it also lite up the rain that was coming down heavily as Itchy Poopzkid started their set which resulted in shots that looked a bit different.

Itchy Poopzkid - Bochum Total 2011

Itchy Poopzkid - "Panzer" Daniel Friedl - Bochum Total 2011

Itchy Poopzkid - Bochum Total 2011

Itchy Poopzkid - "Sibbi" Sebastian Hafner - Bochum Total 2011

Itchy Poopzkid - Bochum Total 2011

The Frits – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:08:44 +0000

The big Highlight of the evening was the show of the legendary Ska-Band the Frits from Bochum. After being absent for 10 years, the Band started to play shows again in 2009 and found their way to the Bochum Total 2011 Stage. The Frits played a fun show and within minutes the first couple of rows started dancing to the off-beats coming from the stage. A real surprising to me were the amount of really young teens cheering for the Band and singing along every word by heart.

Shooting Notes
The high energy live show the Band played screamed for lots of light and that was what the photographers got. Shooting wasn’t really hard and even though there was a lot of backlight, there was still enough ambient light left to make it work. I was shooting wide open at f2.8 at ISO 800 and used a shutter speed of 1/200 and up. Even though I was a bit scared that all the movement on stage would result in an over average amount of images with motion blur, everthing worked out fine and I had a lot of keepers looking at the images afterwards.

The Frits - Bochum Total 2011

Alin Coen Band – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:32:29 +0000

I was actually already on my way back to my car, when I decided to take a quick detour and shoot a couple of quick frames of the Alin Coen Band. In the end I stayed for the rest of the gig… it was fantastic. The Band was so much fun to watch – combined with beautiful Songs and a stagepressence that can only be described as exhilarating, the show was the one of the weekends highlights. I can only advice anybody to check them out at alincoen.com.

Shooting Notes
Coming up to the WAZ-Stage I decided beforehand that I wanted to shoot the whole gig with my Sigma 50mm f1.4. Even though that meant a lot more images would be out of focus to do the narrow depth of field then normal and the fixed focal lens would require a lot more work to get the framing right, but I really wanted to take advantage of the wide open aperture. It just makes so much more fun when you can easily shot between ISO 200-400 and a shutter speed of 1/400 of a second. Do to the small stage, the 50mm on a crop sensor proved to be a bit too long and full body shots required me to get to the far edges of the photopit. Nonetheless I got rewarded with some fantastic Images and even though zoom lenses are so much more convenient, I would use nothing else then primes if I could.

Alin Coen Band - Bochum Total 2011

The Bonny Situation – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:02:36 +0000

I just stopped by really quickly between Bands to get a couple of shots of The Bonny Situation so I can’t say much about their show. The people in front of the stage seemed to like it though and who am I to doubt them?

Shooting Notes
It was quite dark under the roof of the WAZ-Bühne and I had to watch out and adjust my settings as soon as anyone of the Band stepped towards the back of the stage. Overall the shooting was pretty easy though and do to the limited space the Band wasn’t moving that much and you could easily capture the action happening. I was shooting mainly with the Canon 24-70 and got the Sigma 50mm out for a couple of shots before leaving

The Bonny Situation

The Bonny Situation - Benjamin Francis Santiago - Bochum Total 2011

The Bonny Situation

Ginger Ninja – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:35:23 +0000

Ginger Ninja from Denmark were up next on the 1Live Stage at the Bochum Total 2011. With their interesting mix of rock and electronic elements they attracted quite a crowd and by the amount of cheers and screams they seemed to really enjoyed it.

Shooting Notes
Shooting Ginger Ninja you had to watch out a bit when trying to capture Singer Henrik Hamilton and Bassplayer Carl Riestra because they were ‘hiding’ most of the show behind their keyboards. Other then that shooting was pretty straight and simple. With more then enough light you didn’t had to worry much about shutter speed or ISO and could concentrate on framing the Band and capturing the stagelight.

Ginger Ninja - Bochum Total 2011

Ginger Ninja - Rasmus Søby Andersen - Bochum Total 2011

Ginger Ninja - Bochum Total 2011

Auletta – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:36:31 +0000

The Indie-Rockers of Auletta started the Day for me playing the 1Live stage. The Band played a fun set and really seemed to enjoy their time. Singer Alexander Zwick was all over the stage as the rest of the Band and made the show a lot of fun to watch and shoot.

Shooting Notes
Shooting the 1Live Stage was a lot easier then the other once around the festival, do to the fact that the light was just the best and also it was out of direct sunlight. So I was shooting wide open at f2.8 with an ISO of 400 to keep my shutter speed at 1/200 of a second and up. Just for a couple of shots in the end I got the EF-s 10-22 out bumping the ISO up to 800 to compensate for the difference in aperture.

Auletta - Bochum Total 2011

Auletta - Martin Kloos - Bochum Total 2011

Auletta - Daniel Juschkaz - Bochum Total 2011

Auletta - Bochum Total 2011

Benzin – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:17:40 +0000

Benzin were the first Band for me shooting at Bochum Total 2011 and they definitely made for a great opener. With their high energy rock Sound and stage show it was quite a lot of fun and with the sun coming out between the clouds, people were really enjoying themselves.

Shooting Notes
As nice as it is to have sun at a festival day, it is quite a pain in the butt shooting when it is shining right on the stage. This 3-stop light difference between the guys standing in the back of the stage in the the shadow and them coming forward to the edge of the stage right in the sun, made it quite a lot of work. So I was constantly changing my shutter speed between 1/160 and 1/1000 of a second, trying to compensate for the different amounts of light.

Benzin - Bochum Total 2011

Kellermensch – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:56:06 +0000

I just stopped by really quick for some pictures of Kellermensch passing by to the other stages, so I can’t really give an in depth review of the Band. But I can say that what I gathered while shooting, was quite interesting and different.

Shooting Notes
With it being early in the day and still quite bright outside, there was no need to watch out for much while shooting the Band. There was plenty of light and by this time of day the sun moved so much, that it wasn’t shining directly on the stage, so you didn’t had to watch out for huge differences in exposure.

Kellermensch - Bochum Total 2011

Bochum Total 2011 – Sunday Preview

Daniel — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:22:03 +0000

Sunday was the last Day of the Bochum Total Festival 2011 and even though we got lucky with the weather the days before, it was raining almost constantely on the last day. This still didn’t keep the people from coming to shows though.

Bochum Total 2011 – Saturday Preview

Daniel — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:58:53 +0000

Working today was so much more fun then yesterday, because getting around was so much easier. Bochum Total 2011 had a great Line up for the Saturday with Auletta, Ginger Ninja, The Bonny Situation, The Frits and Alin Coen Band.

Carpark North – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:47:41 +0000

This was the first time I ever heard about Carpark North, to be honest with you. As a metal guy I am not really up to date all the time when it comes to Bands in other genres, so I was really curious about them. What can I say, the Band blew me away with their electro-rock sound and energetic live show. Fun, action packed and great Songs, really made this show my favourite of the day and I definitely advice you to check the Band out.

Shooting Notes
It was still early in the day and even though the space in front of the stage was pretty full, there was no need to hurry while shooting, which was pretty nice and gave me the chance to get all my lenses out the bag and shot as much as I wanted getting to know the stage, light and angles for the next Bands coming up this weekend. With it being still bright outside shooting was pretty easy at f2.8, ISO 400 and a shutter speed of about 1/400. I even got to use my Sigma 50mm f1.4 on a show for the first time and I got to say that I love the look, even though I just snapped a couple of frames. I hope I can use the lens more often in the next days and will definitely get me some more primes for my concert bag.

Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North- Lau Højen - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011
Carpark North - Bochum Total 2011 - Preview

Jupiter Jones – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:27:50 +0000

Fridays Headlining Band on the 1Live Stage was Jupiter Jones. The Punk-Rock-Band around Singer Nicholas Müller didn’t seem to get as much response as Casper right away, still the place was full and people seemed to look forward to the show. It might have helped, that the Bands main audience seemed to be a bit older in generell in comparison to Caspers so everything was a bit more laid back. Nonetheless the guys on stage played a great show, which was a lot of fun to watch.

Shooting Notes
By now it was a getting darker outside, so I had to jump up a stop with the ISO to compensate for the missing light, going to 800, and also lowered my shutter speed to 200 with not that much fast movements happening on stage. I was still shooting mainly with the Canon EF 24-70 at f2.8, but had enough time to use the 70-200 f2.8 as well this time. Even though the Ef-s 10-22 wasn’t working that well, I got to use it for some shots, which meant that I had to up my ISO to 1250 and lowered my shutterspeed to 160 of a second to compensate for the smaller aperture of the lens.

Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Nicholas Müller - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Nicholas Müller - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Nicholas Müller - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Nicholas Müller - Bochum Total 2011
Jupiter Jones - Sascha Eigner - Bochum Total 2011

Casper – Bochum Total 2011

Daniel — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:48:42 +0000

The Place was packed when Casper entered the stage at Bochum Total 2011. With their album at number 1 of the german album charts, that was something you could have expected, nonetheless the amount of people who showed up was quite impressive. Within the first couple of seconds of Caspers set, the crowd went wild and followed the Rappers every word.

Shooting Notes
It was packed in the Photopit during the show, not only had the securities quite a bit of work on their hands trying to handle all the people pressing forwards towards the stage, but also had to deal with some crowdsurfers. Therefor there wasn’t a lot of moving around possible. I was shooting mainly with the Canon EF 24-70 wide open at f2.8 and ISO 400 to get a fast shutter speed to freeze the action by Casper on stage. With him coming up to the edge of the stage a lot, I could easily use the Canon EF-s 10-22 bumping my ISO to 800 for some nice wide angle shots too.

Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011
Casper - Bochum Total 2011

Bochum Total 2011 – Friday Preview

Daniel — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:29:39 +0000

Even though it was really really crowded today, it was a lot of fun shooting at the Bochum Total. So watch out for the full sets with shooting notes in the next couple of days.

Kamelot – Bochum, Zeche – 19.06.2009

Daniel — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:15:23 +0000

Kamelot is one of the few Power Metal Bands that I still listen too. Mostly because I got into them when I was still listening to a lot of Power Metal (which isn’t the case nowadays), so when ever they are in the area I try to see them live. During the last couple of years they got better and better and their Singer Roy Kahn has the form of his live. A couple of years ago he missed more then a couple of notes during a set, but now he pretty much nailes all those notes right on. Next to that, the Band always puts on a great show and the people go crazy, the energy in the hall is always intense, espiacally when playing in such a small venue as the Zeche.
A nice surprise was the guest appereance of Epica Singer Simone Simons. Not only does she stands out with her red hair, but for a girl she really knows how to use them metal-style.

Shooting Notes
While shooting Xandria a couple minutes earlier this evening I was really scared of having to deal with such bad light again, but the whole battery of spots was turned on, so there was much more light then before. Still not enough, but better then before.
The Lens was the 24-70 again and later the 70-200 from the balcony. This time I was able to keep the ISO most of the time at 800, which is my normal shooting mode on concerts with the 40D, and I got acceptable shutter speeds. Do to the fact, that the frontlight was missing again, as soon as the guys got close to the edge of the stage their faces went black. Bassplayer Sean Tibbitt was leaning into my lense and Roy Khan was directly singing into it, but I wasn’t able to use the images do to the fact, that their faces where pitch black as soon as they leaned forward.

Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Kamelot - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009

Xandria – Zeche, Bochum – 19.06.2009

Daniel — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:47:12 +0000

Together with Kamelot Xandria were playing at the Zeche. The last time I saw the Band live is now quite a while back… to be exact a little more then 5 years. At that time they just started out and where on tour with their debut album. A lot has happened since then and their where a couple of line up chances. The biggest difference since seeing them back in 2004 is probably the new singer Kerstin Bischof. Kerstin seems to be a completly different type then the previous singer Lisa. While Lisa had a more laid back stage attitude, Kerstin is way more active and moving all over the small area that the band had. She also did quite some headbanging which actually looked pretty elegant.

Shooting Notes
It was dark… really really dark. During the set of Xandria their was really little stage light and nearly no front light at all, worst part though was the fact, that we weren’t allowed to use flash, which made shooting the Band really hard. I got the ISO up to 1600 and was shooting wide open at a shutter speed of as little as a 1/100. In a normal Portrait Situation a 1/100 is not bad, but the band was moving all the time, which made that not really fun. Next to that to get to a 1/100 I had to underexpose the shots by 1-1/2 stops and pull up the exposure afterwards in post. After reviewing the shots on the computer most of them turned out to be blurry, but I was shooting in high speed continuous mode so there where one or two in each set that where usable.

I was shooting in front of the stage with the Canon 24-70 f2.8, after the first three songs where over I pulled out the 70-200 and got some more images out of the audience. Do to the fact that there is a balcony of sort in the Zeche, I was able to get some nice shots out of that. During the shoot I was really missing the Tokina 11-16 which is still out for repairs, the 24-70 was just not wide enough in a lot instances and the extra mm would have made this much sweeter.

Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009
Xandria - Zeche, Bochum - 19.06.2009