Boy, I still can’t get enough of One Republic’s “Good Life”, … and “Apologize” for that matter too. I photographed them once at a smaller venue and it was awesome. Very intimate and people oriented. When I was told that there were coming to the much bigger Rockhal I was sure I wanted to photograph them. Once again they delivered a stunning performance. The guys from One Republic feel and believe in what they do on stage, and that relates directly onto the public.
On a technical note: The light was really good, the show was splendid. A though thing though for us photographers was the huge amount of backlight. I had to fight with flares and blown out pictures all through the three songs. Other than that I cannot complain too much. I used the 70-200mm F2.8 and the 28-75mm F2.8 for the three songs. I will use the opportunity though to mention something not really technical. Yesterday we were unlucky to have a photographer in the pit who was not very friendly. Usually when you find a good spot you take a couple of shots and leave the spot to the next photographer, move on and find another one. In this case we had a guy who camped on the best spot with a Fisheye lens for 90% of the allotted time. Nobody’s going to push you away but it’s always good to keep a healthy relationship with you fellow photographers. You might never know when it could come in handy 😉
The rest of the pictures here or in the slideshow below:
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