Manic_Skafe

So I've been doing a lot of freelance work recently and while most of it is far from what I'd consider fun, I've managed to pull a few cool gigs out of it. These are some of the better shots from a few different concerts I've shot for a webzine. Comments and critiques are appreciated.

Daughters




Suffocation




Arsis


Death Angel

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spindles

Ah - these remind my of why I have an almost constant ringing in my ears

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Martian

The man with the BC Rich appears to be being attacked by a vicious swarm of licorice whips. I'm inclined to say that's what he gets for playing a BC Rich.

Awesome shots. I don't know a whole lot about photography, but I know that action shots are hard to do, and these seem to have turned out quite well.

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Manic_Skafe

Ha, thanks guys.

Martian - gotta take the sponsorship wherever you can get it. Being sponsored by myself, I'm stuck plucking away on a shitty lefty Ibanez.

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blahblah454

wait a second... Death Angel? As in Death Angel? Like the old thrash band Death Angel?

If so I am jealous.

Good shots man, action shots in a dark pub/club/bar are really hard to do and these look great.

My favorite is the feet and the pedals shot, I really dig that.

jewels

Amateur here, too, but I know what I like. Nice portraits are hard to capture during a high energy concert. Fabulous shots, Manic

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Manic_Skafe

Blah, yeah that was THE Death Angel. They put on a hell of a set - tons of energy and they played up to the camera so well.

Thanks for looking guys.

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Martian

I think I'd rather starve than take a BC Rich sponsorship. They are terrible guitars.

The photos still rock though. I always feel bad commenting on your threads, because I can never give you any intelligent feedback on the matter. I am clueless.

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Bacchanal

Your photos have sure come a long way Skafe! These look awesome!

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mixedmedia

I missed these earlier. Fantastic.

But I'm certain I didn't need to see that guy's ass crack.

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Cernunnos

You captured some great shots. The first and last are very expressive.