AC/DC

AC/DC made a stop in Houston on their Black Ice Tour last night and I must say these guys certainly don’t perform like they’re in their late 50’s early 60’s! Wow I was pretty impressed!

The stage and lighting for this show was top notch. In fact, I preferred this lighting setup much more than the U2 setup a few weeks ago which was billed as the most expensive concert set ever. The U2 show seemed to be only lit with white spot lights as opposed to having any color variations etc. This show had a bit of both which was really nice.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/250th : f/2.8 : 1250 ISO : 24mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : No Flash

This was the first show I’ve shot since the U2 show a few weeks ago and I was actually expecting the same kind of photographer turn out since this was a big name show. Well surprisingly that was not the case. The U2 show had 21 credentialed photographers and we only had 2 for this show and I was one of them! Wow. Not many approved at all. It is my understanding that they did not approve anyone that shot their show last tour. I have no idea as to why that was the case but that was what I was told. Weird huh?

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 135 f/2L : 1/250th : f/2.8 : 1250 ISO : 135mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : No Flash

The stage setup had a catwalk runway that extended out into the crowd. These are always cool because you can get some pretty cool shots from behind the band members looking into the crowd as well. The bad thing about this catwalk was that it was about 6′2″ above ground level! Ugh. I’m just a tick under 6′ tall so I found myself on my tip toes the entire night to try to get a better angle for shooting. Out of the entire night that was prolly the worst thing I had to contend with and it really wasn’t all too bad, just different is all.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/250th : f/2.8 : 1250 ISO : 24mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : No Flash

This next shot is probably my favorite show of the entire set. Having the catwalk extend out past us photographers gave me the perfect opportunity to catch a few back lit type photos as Angus got the crowd fired up. I’m a sucker for back lit photos as I have mentioned in several posts here on the blog so I was pleased to see how well this one came out.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/250th : f/2.8 : 1250 ISO : 63mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : No Flash

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/250th : f/2.8 : 1250 ISO : 70mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : No Flash

I had never seen AC/DC live before so it was great to finally get to say that I have indeed seen them live and being able to photograph their show was a nice added bonus. I wasn’t sure what to expect since the guys are up in their 60’s but I was not let down. They were amazing!