Photos: Jay Rock @ Knitting Factory Concert House

Jay Rock @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
A shirtless Jay Rock on stage at The Knit; flexing both abdominals and MC skill...

Still riding high atop the ending moments of an aural explosion named ¡Mayday!, the crowd at Knitting Factory Concert House was given a performance by up-and-coming Strange Music artist, Jay Rock and fellow Hype Man Michael Jones that not only kept the vibe going well into the night but made this evening one to be remembered for each and every one of the 1200 devoted fans in attendance.

While in the pit, with a sold-out crowd nearly pushing over the barricade behind me — waving bandanas and throwing up West Side hand gestures — I was able to freely move about, capturing some pretty impressive angles with my trusty Nikon D7000 fitted with Nikon’s least expensive, yet top 10 rated lens, the legendary 50mm f/1.8D.  Taking advantage of the D7000’s ISO sensitivity advancements, I felt comfortable setting the levels to a constant 1600.  Couple that with a wide open aperture of 1.8 and 1/250th of a second as my shutter speed of choice; add a bit of auto white balancing and the shots literally came flooding in.

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Jay Rock @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
An opening moment of Jay Rock's recent performance at The Knit...
Jay Rock's Hype Man @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Michael Jones on stage at The Knit in support of Jay Rock...
Jay Rock's DJ @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Jay Rock's DJ pumpin' out the joints; note the Monster stickers...
Jay Rock @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Jay Rock caught in a Hulk-like moment this past June...

Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D


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Jay Rock Crowd @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011
A friendly face in the crowd at Knitting Factory Concert House...

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...