Photos: Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground 2012-02-03

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

 

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

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


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Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

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Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

I Shoot Reno Featured on I-80 Digital Billboard in Knitting Factory Ad

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A recent shot by I Shoot Reno of Sage Francis' Dec. 2011 performance featured on a digital billboard on I-80...

Not a whole gallery or any fancy camera mumbo jumbo here today… Just a bit of news and explanation as to why I might be seen doing the happy dance around town this week.  Say what?  Drumroll please …. <insert drumroll> … the Knitting Factory has chosen a recent shot (Nikon D7000 w/Nikon 50mm f/1.8D lens) featured in I Shoot Reno’s photo gallery of Sage Francis’ headlining set during the World AIDS Day benefit show.  Local hip-hop / blues / funk / soul group Status-FLO were among the opening acts and the evening was a total gas … magnum condoms and all.

I know I said there wouldn’t be any fancy camera mumbo jumbo, but I would like to note that I DID NOT TAKE THE PHOTO OF THE BILLBOARD ABOVE.  That’s right, wifey hooked this one up on her iPhone 4S while out running errands this afternoon.  I needed a photo to post on Instagram for the day and proceeded to import her shot into TiltShiftGen for the blur you see at the top / bottom thirds, continued on to add a white rectangular border and white vignette in FX Photo Studio followed by filling the square with white space (Instagram only) in Squaready.

If you’ve been following my recent posts, you have probably seen several ‘photographic firsts’ mentioned since mid-November, and I am proud to state that having my work published in plain view of the public eye, in the form of an advertisement on a digital billboard, is definitely another notch in the ‘ol I Shoot Reno headboard.  Besides being one of my personal favorite venues in Reno, the Knit is proving itself more and more as time goes on to be the definitive concert venue of Northern Nevada.  Interested in catching an upcoming show at the Knit?  Check here and here for some suggestions.

Now if I can just get this picked up for some airplay in the stores / clubs here in town…