Girls, Girls Girls… or as the knowing call them: a fist full of metal… god I have to stop those cheesy wordplays.
Well, Crucified Barbara were up on stage this eve and they rocked the house like nobody I got to shoot in Essen before. They even got the ground in front of the stage vibrating, a thing Death Metal Veterans Krisiun tried, but haven’t succeeded with. The girls didn’t stand still for a moment and especially Klara Force was whipping her hair from left to right without a pause. Strong Songs, great Sound and a lot of energy. That’s what I call a great gig.

Shooting Notes
Covering a gig inside the Turock in Essen is always a bit strange. As many other times before, the light was mostly coming from behind the artists with a little bit of frontlight on the singer at the middle of the stage. So shooting with an aperture of 2.8 and ISO 800 was necessary. Do to the fact, that there was quite a lot of movement on stage, I got my flash out to get some light in the faces and to get my shutter speed up to 1/160. Next to that the motto of the eve was shoot a lot to pick the best moments at the end, when the light was right.

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

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Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Crucified Barbara - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

With Bonafide there is finally a Band, which delivers what the name predicts. Old School Hard Rock as the early Ac/Dc played it… well, if you name yourself Bonifide you better don’t play Free-Jazz. Overdriven riffs and a fist full of blues was in the air as the Band started playing. The audience seemed to enjoy it, even though I was more excited about the main act of the evening. I just need more distortion… because in distortion I trust.

Shooting Notes
Covering a gig inside the Turock in Essen is always a bit strange. As many other times before, the light was mostly coming from behind the artists with a little bit of frontlight on the singer at the middle of the stage. So shooting with an aperture of 2.8 and ISO 800 was necessary. Do to the fact, that there was quite a lot of movement on stage, I got my flash out to get some light in the faces and to get my shutter speed up to 1/160. Next to that the motto of the eve was shoot a lot to pick the best moments at the end, when the light was right.

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

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Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009

Bonafide - Essen, Turock - 17.12.2009