In concert January 31, 2014 in the Attic at Buffalo Gap.

I came to photograph Subterranean Howl in front of a (too) packed house. I stayed for the rest of the show and was very glad that I did! The Lovely Lost was the second of the three bands to perform at the Gap and they put on a fantastic show. I had never heard their music before and I found myself really enjoying their set. The combined vocals of Michael Collins and Jo Bewley had me hooked.

From a photographic standpoint the second band was better than the first for completely non-musical reasons.  First of all, as it got later, more people left, leaving me a lot more room to move around. Second, while the band was getting set up I stashed a remote flash on a Gorilla Pod in the rafters.  I hung it from one of the spots lights out in front to augment the house lights in some of my shots.  This allowed me to capture more of what was going on in the corners and on the back row where the drummer likes to hang out.  Near the end of the set, I put my flash on a big amp box directly to stage left and pointed it directly at the drummer. I still alternated between popping the flash and just shooting with the ambient light and a wide open aperture.

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