July 21, 2009 – I have to admit – Kid Rock's stage performance really impressed me. I'd heard he put on a good live show, but his highly energetic and well tuned performance left me with one singular thought: This guy is a rock star.
Photographer's Notes:
Press photographed this concert for the first three songs, which really seemed to fly by faster than normal.
As you can see from the last shot in the above set, the tour featured a relatively large lighting rig in the rafters that provided abundant backlighting during Kid Rock's set. Spotlights front of house rounded out the treatment of white light. No crazy washes or anything like that for this concert.
The setup for this show included a small ramp at the center of the stage. Luckilly, unlike a lot of shows, the barricade at the front of the stage wrapped around the ramp instead of just cutting the photo pit into two sides, so it was possible to more around a bit more. This was particularly nice for photographing Kid Rock when he went closer to the crowd.
I used all the usual suspects for this gig – the Nikon 14-24mm, Niko 24-70mm, and Nikon 70-200mm.
