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Concert Photography: Imogen Heap & friends at the Paramount…she’s one cool lady…

Imogen Heap came to town almost 2weeks ago – and she did so in a fashion for a big musician, I rarely see…She came out to introduce each opening set – in her street clothes, pre hair/makeup…as herself. There is something there, that really sets her apart.

Imogen Heap by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com Imogen Heap by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

On top of that, she brought out a local music ensemble group as the lead off set – Sintonía, followed by her billed opener, Geese, and then one of her accompanying musicians, gave the final lead in set to hers, Ben Christophers…and of course then it was Imogen herself, in all of her lanky, prancing, crazy haired madness…incuding in much of her set, supporting instrumentation, etc from the openers on stage again. All this to a packed theatre at the Paramount…loved this show…

Photos of Imogen on SoundSpike.com – http://soundspike.com/photos/?p=Imogen

Some of my faves of the night…
Imogen Heap
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Concert Photography: Imogen Heap & friends at the Paramount…she's one cool lady…

Imogen Heap came to town almost 2weeks ago – and she did so in a fashion for a big musician, I rarely see…She came out to introduce each opening set – in her street clothes, pre hair/makeup…as herself. There is something there, that really sets her apart.

Imogen Heap by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com Imogen Heap by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

On top of that, she brought out a local music ensemble group as the lead off set – Sintonía, followed by her billed opener, Geese, and then one of her accompanying musicians, gave the final lead in set to hers, Ben Christophers…and of course then it was Imogen herself, in all of her lanky, prancing, crazy haired madness…incuding in much of her set, supporting instrumentation, etc from the openers on stage again. All this to a packed theatre at the Paramount…loved this show…

Photos of Imogen on SoundSpike.com – http://soundspike.com/photos/?p=Imogen

Some of my faves of the night…
Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Imogen Heap by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Imogen Heap by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Imogen Heap by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

A few from the openers…
Ben Christophers –
Ben Christophers by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Geese –
Geese by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Sintonía –
Sintonía by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

The rest of the set here –
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Concert Photography: Noise for the Needy 2010 – don’t forget the crowd shots!

For the third year in a row, I made it a point to photograph a couple of the shows sponsored by the Noise for the Needy Festival. Catch images / blogs from 2008 & 2009. The Festival this year was supporting “Teen Feed” – as always another great organization that does so much good. It’s great seeing so many musicians, music lovers, and volunteers come out for the events hosted at various clubs all over the city. I volunteered this year for the two shows at Neumo’s 6/11 & 6/12…featuring The Album Leaf, Delta Spirit, Kinsky, Baths, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, & Romany Rye.

As I as volunteering as a photographer this year for NFTN – one of my photo responsiblities was to take photos of the crowd…not always the easiest in some of the darker venues, particularly when not using a flash…but now and then something interesting occurs, the light is just right, or someone makes an interesting pose…

My favorite image from shows, is this one, all bathed in a bit of a green/cyan wash, w/the NFTN signage prominently in the background…if this isn’t representative of the event, I don’t know what is – though, given that I have no idea who the green dude is, it will never officially be, other than from this observatory editorial viewpoint…and hey, it’s not just the hulk that looks good in green;)

NFTN ~ crowd by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com
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Concert Photography: Noise for the Needy 2010 – don't forget the crowd shots!

For the third year in a row, I made it a point to photograph a couple of the shows sponsored by the Noise for the Needy Festival. Catch images / blogs from 2008 & 2009. The Festival this year was supporting “Teen Feed” – as always another great organization that does so much good. It’s great seeing so many musicians, music lovers, and volunteers come out for the events hosted at various clubs all over the city. I volunteered this year for the two shows at Neumo’s 6/11 & 6/12…featuring The Album Leaf, Delta Spirit, Kinsky, Baths, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, & Romany Rye.

As I as volunteering as a photographer this year for NFTN – one of my photo responsiblities was to take photos of the crowd…not always the easiest in some of the darker venues, particularly when not using a flash…but now and then something interesting occurs, the light is just right, or someone makes an interesting pose…

My favorite image from shows, is this one, all bathed in a bit of a green/cyan wash, w/the NFTN signage prominently in the background…if this isn’t representative of the event, I don’t know what is – though, given that I have no idea who the green dude is, it will never officially be, other than from this observatory editorial viewpoint…and hey, it’s not just the hulk that looks good in green;)

NFTN ~ crowd by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

And I loved this one of the gal from Teen Feed – it definitely captures the spirit of the entire gig…

NFTN Teen Feed intro by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

And my favorite music image of the event – definitely this one at the piano of the keyboard player for The Album Leaf –
The Album Leaf by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

And a few of the other images…
The Album Leaf by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Kinsky by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Baths by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Delta Spirit by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com Ezra Furman and the Harpoons by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Delta Spirit by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Romany Rye by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

Romany Rye by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

You can see all of my shots from the 2 gigs featured here –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noisefortheneedy/tags/nftn2010byelisa/show/

Until next year!

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New Psychedelic Furs website – photo featured

The Psychedelic Furs – you know them, love their music, and want to know more…

They have just launched their own official site – and I have the pleasure of having one of my photos featuring the drummer – on the new site: http://thepsychedelicfurs.com/index.html

Original photo –
Psychedelic Furs by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

For more photos on the Psychedelic Furs, check the set from this last year –
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