dancing robots

Last night I ventured to Louisville with some of my Lexington "family" to see The National with Talkdemonic and Shapes 'n Sizes. While I was only able to take pictures of Talkdemonic, the entire show was stunning. I wish I could have captured it on camera, but for the first time in...ever, I was denied access to take pictures. I'm so used to being press that when I'm actually just a person with a really expensive camera, I'm sort of taken aback. I guess it was a nice reality check. I was there for my own personal enjoyment, not press. Despite this, I think that I was able to get in some decent pictures from Talkdemonic. I've never used my 30D at a show before, so actually metering and trying to get the light just right was difficult. My pictures came out weird, but I like them.

I bumped up my ISO to 3200. I don't think I've ever done that before.

Overall, it was a great show. The National pretty much blew me away. I don't know a lot of their music, but I knew that it would be a good show. What was great was that the crowd was absolutely smitten with the band, and you could tell that the band members were having a great time playing.

It was defiintely worth the drive to Louisville and the quiet car ride back home. As much as I hated waking up after five hours of sleep, last night was worth it.