If Marshall had super power, I think it would be being invisible — while slappin’ the bass something fierce, of course.

Glad to hear from you, I always have to wonder who reads this site. I appreciate the comment, I’m happy if any of the info has been helpful to you.

Ultra-wide is really fun, let me know if you have any questions on gear.

Anyway though, I’ve been a viewer of your site for a while, first time writing. I wanted to say that I think your work is excellent and gives me a lot of inspiration and hope that I will be able to afford some better equipment soon so I can experiment more and hopefully come out with some great looking shots. (I’ve been eying that 12-24 for awhile, just having issues justifying it when it costs more than my camera body did!)

That shot of Ferrell was a total over-the-head grab shot, thanks. Racked to wide-ish, focus, up and over.

Next time I’m spending three full songs dedicated to Marshall, I swear.

14mm is really wide on the D3. It’s addicting, too. It’s the wrong lens about 95% of the time, but when it works… it works. :)

I also feel your pain about Marshall. A good shot of him is always a prize!

And the shots from your 14-24 are always astoundingly wide. The full-frame of the D3 really lets that lens shine.

Speaking of shooting holes, I groaned a little when I saw the balloons. If it isn’t reindeer, candy canes and fake snow, it’s balloons. Next time I’m expecting plastic dinosaurs or robots at the front of the stage.

I definitely had a checklist for a few shots, like the lead shot of Matt on drums, and tried to get more involved shots of Tim. If only we got second chances with all bands. :)

Some Canon photogs are switching to Nikon just for the 12-24mm. It’s crazy.

Yeah, this set of images has a maturity (been there done that) that the first set lacks. It’s almost as if you went for all of the shots you mentally missed the first time around. Killer drummer shot *check*. Killer beyboardist shot *check*.

The all access pass was certainly really nice, and it gave me the opportunity to try out a few things with the 14-24mm that I have been interested in doing.

Another aspect that freed me up a little in approach was that the lighting was actually less interesting than that of the Christmas show, so I did have a “been there, done that” feel at the front of the stage.

I actually didn’t shoot very much at all this show, considering there was no time limit. Just a little more than I would shoot for three songs normally, really.

Great job.