Photos: Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground

Reno’s finest female-fronted hip-hop / rock / soul / funk / acoustic crossover band, Knowledge Lives Forever, hosted a CD Release Party yesterday evening entitled The Trilogy … and I Shoot Reno was there to capture the magic. At a little past 10:30 PM, Chari Smith and the first incarnation of her accompanying performers took the stage at The Underground for a no holds barred, dance floor filling, featured artist extravaganza with guests including, but not limited to local favorites Whitney Myer, Gia Torcaso and Mark Sexton with numerous others joining the stage throughout the evening.

This was definitely a fun show to attend, with a solid hour and a half long mix of genres spanning hip-hop, rock, acoustic and reggae with a super-special LED-lit beach ball accompaniment to “Warriors”, as seen in the video we shot from amid the dance floor posted below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnt0imBgguU

This was the first live music performance I had the opportunity to try out my newest piece of glass, and boy oh boy does the legendary AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED live up to the reviews seen on Amazon and B&H Photo Video. As The Underground is usually pretty dark when it comes to stage lighting, I was prepared with a wide-open aperture of 2.8 and ISO boosted to 6400 for the evening, along with my standard shutter speed of 1/250th of a second, which IMHO, produced some beautiful in-the-moment shots to commemorate this once-in-a-lifetime performance.

VIEW THE FULL KNOWLEDGE LIVES FOREVER GALLERY HERE

Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

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Photos: Neko Case @ Knitting Factory Concert House

Neko Case @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-07-05 — Neko Case showing off her acclaimed singer-songwriter prowess...

After managing to NOT blow myself up with fireworks over the 4th of July, there was a very special reward waiting for me at Knitting Factory Concert House in the form of a headlining set by none other than the fiery-haired, Americana popularizing ex-New Pornographer, Neko Case. She came out promptly after an invigorating opening set by Y La Bamaba, and put on a show that I will truly remember for a long time to come.

The pit was shared with another photographer shooting for Examiner.com and during the 2nd song another showed up for Reno Metromix. I’m guessing that the later didn’t get the memo from Neko’s tour manager that pit access for photographers was limited to the 1st (2) songs only. Well, I played by the rules at least … can’t fault me for that, right?

Enough about photo-drama though, let’s feel free to talk in our native geek tongue. Aperture? Can’t shoot without it. Due to the bright lights, I felt comfortable enough closing it up just a bit to a setting of 2.0. Shutter speed? That too, can’t shoot without it folks. Settings? My trusty 1/250th of a second dear Watson. Finally, ISO. Let me note that this 50mm f/1.8D lens attached to my Nikon D7000 has been performing stupendously at 1600 (and higher). So, I left it there and am thoroughly impressed with what I was able to walk away with from the evening and hope that you, my readers, are as well! Check out the full gallery and make sure to click the ‘Like’ and ‘Tweet’ buttons at the bottom of the post/page to share with your peeps!

VIEW THE FULL NEKO CASE GALLERY HERE