Following support from Papa Roach and Sick Puppies, Breaking Benjamin played to a packed out arena with a legion of fans singing along with every word.
Photographer’s Notes:
Breaking Benjamin was a fun performance with plenty of challenges to keep photographer’s on their toes. Lighting was what I call the “bruiser” combo – red washes alternating with blue and purple. Overall, very intense lighting dominated this set with lots of deep color washes.
Singer Benjamin Burnley was flanked by two monitors, and favored his left side for taking a step up to rock out. With a five-foot stage, the Nikon 24-70mm was the perfect lens for capturing this action. The Nikon 70-200mm and 14-24mm came out for a few shots, but the midrange zoom dominated this set.
As usual, this show was the standard three songs, no flash for photography.
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Is that his humidifier I see in the first shot?
Love the drum shot – what a kit.
Hey Tasha,
Ha, we were all trying to guess what that was before the show. I thought it might be a hazer, but what you see is actually two pipes connected to an air conditioner just out of the frame. It was a big box set up center stage – it was sitting in the pit on its own road case. Thanks for the comment.
Yikes, it’s always a challenge when the lighting is washed out with colors like that. You definitely did a good job of dealing with the problems and still getting great shots.
We get Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace and Flyleaf in February. I hope the lighting is better!
Hi Paul,
Yeah, lighting was really tricky – there was generally enough of it, but the color combos were pretty funky. No idea of the lighting will be the same on the upcoming tour, but good luck!
Great shots, i can tell the lighting must have been a challenge. Is the fourth one from the bottom a catchflash? Its the only shot with that kind of white light.
Hi Ryan,
Thanks for the comment. The shot you mention is not catchflash – there was a tiny bit of white light for the second or third song, but that’s about it. The shot two above the one you point out also shows some white light from the back of the stage, but again this was just flaring up, nothing very constant.
Ah. The necessary shot of the drummer with about a dozen unnecessary drums. Haha.
Gotta remember to photograph the drummer.
One of my favorite bands – well done Todd!
Thanks, John!
Red lights are my least favorite. I hate them with a passion.
Yeah, red lights can be brutal – a little can be dramatic, but it’s very tough to put together a compelling set when the images are all red!