August 30, 2008 – In surprise appearance, the St. Lunatics stormed the stage at the Chaifetz Arena, making their first group performance together in eight years. At the center of the spotlights were Nelly and Murphy Lee, who delivered a tight and quick set of the crowd-pleasing jams before Lil Wayne’s set capped off the night.
Photographer´s Notes:
This was a super high-energy set, with an appropriately large amount of unique challenges. Aside from half a dozen performers on stage to keep track of, there were only two spot lights lighting the 360º stage.
Overall, the set was a very high contrast shoot, with deep shadows even amid the swaths of bright spotlighting.
For this set, I concentrated mainly on Murphy Lee and Nelly, utilizing the Nikon 14-24mm and Nikon 24-70mm lenses for much of the set.
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i guess rock shows > hip hop
i like the ones with the fans’ hands reaching out, not commonly seen with your other shots :)
Rock shows often make me sprint less in the pit, I’ll give you that. I think the main issue with the St. Lunatics’ set was the lighting. The number of performers on stage compounded that problem.
Still, it was a fun shoot.
The “front” of the stage was very close to the barricade, with only a narrow clearance, so it was pretty easy for fans to reach out and get close to the performers.
I was ducking down for all those shots of fans reaching out. 14-24mm!
Dude. Nelly. Word.
You have reached the big time.
Ha. This is the event that landed me a gift watch.