Over the weekend we had a big celebration here in Whistler announcing the 1 year count down to the start of the 2010 Winter Olympic games being held here in Whistler. To kick off the celebration there was a huge stage set up in the Village Square just outside of my work with 2 shows being played each day all weekend. It was such a convince to be able to open the door to my work and be able to listen to so many great Canadian artists playing awesome music.
I had the pleasure of watching Wide Mouth Mason put on a spectacular show for us on one of the first nights of celebration. This gave me the opportunity to test out one of my favorite lenses. I’ve shot a lot of concerts since I’ve moved to Whistler, mostly because there’s plenty of them happening year round. But on this occasion I wanted to try something a little different than how I usually shoot.
Wide Mouth Mason hit the stage around 6:30pm so it was completely dark by that time so I decided to shoot wide open at F4 on my Canon 70-200 F4L lens. I’ve never really tested this lens shooting wide open before so I thought this would be an excellent chance to do so.
Wide Mouth Mason was putting on a good high energy show, so it was a perfect time to take some photos of them. As I was maneuvering threw the crowds to find the perfect angles I was able to capture some great moments of them playing some of their hits. After a few songs I had snapped about 80 photo’s which satisfied my expectations, so I put the camera in my bag and enjoyed the rest of the show.
When the show was over, I went home to upload the images to see how my lens worked in the dark conditions while shooting the band zig zagging across the stage. Once I started browsing threw the images I was wide eyed and excited to see some very dynamic images. Images like none that I’ve been able to capture in the past.
At the days end I’d like to give a big shout of to Wide Mouth Mason for coming to Whistler and performing an awesome show. It’s always great to see fellow Canadians doing something they love to do, and sharing it with all of us.
