I have always enjoyed shooting photos outside in the 'elements'. For Hanson, it happened to be a very rainy day, and as they say, the show must go on! It was interesting to look around and see everyone and everything covered in plastic! The danger of performing outside in a rain storm, is lightning of course, which threatened to cancel this show throughout the day. Hanson's opener 'Rooney' opted out at the last minute, due to the lightning danger. This in turn would push back the show, or make Hanson take the stage quicker than they had planned, otherwise fans would be waiting a while out in the stands for this show to start. I was relieved to find out after talking to promoters that Hanson would indeed take the stage an hour and a half sooner, which was about 20 mins from when I found out. I had my camera and other equipment wrapped in plastic for this shoot, just in case the rain chose to present itself throughout the evening. (which it did)
At one point Hanson was walking onto the stage, and turned around as it started to pouring, as roadies scrambled the stage, to cover up the gear, and it did so for about 20 minutes. Hanson returned to the stage, and Zac slipped on a puddle of water on the platform while making his way over to the keyboard, he recovered quickly, so I don't think too many people noticed. Roadies then squeegeed the stage, and Hanson was allowed to return. I was allowed to be right in front of the stage as long as I ducked down for the first 3 songs only. Being so close to Hanson I was able to get some great wide angled shots, so my 14-24 came in use well, for more up close and personal shots I took out my 80-200. ISO was right around 1600 with shutter speed at 100-130, as the stage wasn't well lit, there was no spotlight at this show.
More coming soon...
