Photos: Y La Bamba @ Knitting Factory Concert House

Y La Bamba @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-07-05
Luz Elena Mendoza of Y La Bamba caught in an energized guitar + vocal delivery...

The day after the fourth of July.  The fifth of July, to be exact is the date when Y La Bamba shared their musical grace with the city of Reno at Knitting Factory Concert House as the opening act for Neko Case.  The music was lively, bi-lingual (English y Español), and blurs the lines of indie, folk and jam band in a way that could be described as something that may or may not already exist: Pueblo Rock.  Let me know if you disagree.

As per la cámara, and how they interacted with la cámara… I’m sure you can guess my shutter speed.  Go on, give it a try.  Did you guess 1/250th of a second?  Bingo!  That allowed me to capture just enough of the action to essentially ‘suspend’ each band member in time. How about the aperture on my 50mm f/1.8D that was attached to the Nikon D7000?  1.8.  Did I hear a 1.8?  Bingo again!  Why?  To let the light in!  Now for my last trick… ISO.  1600.  Guess why?  Also, to let the light in!  Remember we’re in pitch black except for stage lighting folks, there’s no moon to ‘brighten’ up our evening here.  It’s just not going to happen.  Anyway, you get the gist… This band is amazing.  Follow them, download their music and make it a point to see them perform live for a spectacular show.  Come back and thank us when you’re ridin’ the high.

VIEW THE FULL Y LA BAMBA GALLERY HERE

 

Y La Bamba @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-07-05
Ben Meyercord of Y La Bamba showing off his multi-instrumental side...
Y La Bamba @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-07-05
Mike Kitson of Y La Bamba taking a break from the drums to harmonize...
Y La Bamba @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-07-05
Paul Cameron of Y La Bamba keeping an honest rhythm...
Y La Bamba @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-07-05
Eric Schrepel of Y La Bamba squeezing the life back into the room...
Y La Bamba @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-07-05
Scott Magee of Y La Bamba keeping the drums on the up-beat...

Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D


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Y La Bamba @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-07-05
Y La Bamba crowd at The Knit...

Photos: Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House

Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Gianni Cash of ¡Mayday! rockin' the guitar solo on-stage in Reno...

Holy cow, holy water and holy crap did ¡Mayday! put on an AMAZING opening set for Tech N9ne at Knitting Factory Concert House this past June in Reno, NV.  Keeping things numerically paired — like musicians walking onto Noah’s Ark — there were two dueling MC’s, two headbanging keyboard players who switched over to guitars mid-show and count them — two — masters of the beat cranking out the funky rhythm which exploded in a fiery storm upon a seemingly unsuspecting crowd.

Being the only photographer in the pit that evening, I had free rein to shoot at will, and only being limited to the first three songs of Tech N9ne’s set (not the opening groups), there was plenty of room to experiment with camera settings, positioning and a more artistic meets photo-journalistic approach to covering the opening acts.

I personally feel that the results from ¡Mayday!’s set, along with the rest of the evening were some of my best, and with the Nikon D7000 body and Nikon 50mm f/1.8D lens in tow, an ISO of 1600, aperture of 1.8 and shutter speed set to 1/250th of a second I was able to give these guys my full creative attention and connect with both individuals and the group as a whole in a way completely different than every other body in the venue … yet simultaneously in exactly the same way (new found fandom).

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Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Wreckonize of ¡Mayday! showing the crowd some love in-between verses...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Bernz of ¡Mayday! caught in-between moments of microphone manipulation...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Gianni Cash of ¡Mayday! looking a bit like Johnny Depp on the keys...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Plex Luthor of ¡Mayday! before the instrument switch...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Nonymous of ¡Mayday! working the bongos, congas and crowd into a frenzy...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Lt Hopkins of ¡Mayday! pounding out the rhythm; lettin' y'all get down...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Bernz (L) & Plex Luthor (R) of ¡Mayday! killing the stage at Knitting Factory Concert House...

Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D


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Mayday Crowd @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
The crowd during ¡Mayday!'s performance; very much enjoying the show...