Rational Action

So I saw Brother’s Past at the Knit tonight. They played in the Tap Bar, which was a bit more spacious than usual. Then again I haven’t been to the Knit in months and maybe things have changed. In fact, I’ll tell you one thing that did change. Concert fucking photography.

Nowadays it seems like everyone has gotten the idea to take his or her digital camera to the show. I’ll tell you why this is a bad idea, just logically. Digital cameras aren’t particularly sensitive to light; in fact, the CCD is usually equivalent to about 100 or 50 speed film (serious daylight film… or flash film — but nobody uses flash cause that would piss off the musicians.) To compensate, the cameras bump up the gain, which basically translates that dark mess into something viewable, albeit with lots of noise and blah blah blah. Look carefully: there may be bright spots, but there are no shades of grey. Bleck.

Of course it also sucks to be one of a million photographers. I mean when you’re standing in the front row with someone on your right and another guy on your left taking the same picture that you are, you start to feel a bit… redundant? I hate being wedged between other photographers. I want to fly fucking solo.

The last problem, and probably the most severe one, was that the photographers were fucking drunk. Half of them, at least. I just don’t see how that helps you take good pictures! Sigh. (Rant cont’d: I hate drunk people at concerts. The ones who love the beat so much that they just have to stick their hand up, point at the guitarist, and sort of punch it into the air. You know what I’m talking about, and it sucks.)

Anyway, we’ll see how my pictures come out. I have 3 free days and one roll, so I should be scanning them in tomorrow or something. Cross fingers.

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