Hawthorne Heights

I’m really excited because tonight I’m going to the Hawthorne Heights concert in Winston-Salem! I’m going for the music website I work for to shoot official photography of the show. This will be my first time in the photo pit since November so it should be fun.

To be completely honest, I haven’t listened to too much Hawthorne Heights music, but I’m a fan of the few songs I have heard. I really only know of them because I’m from Ohio and “Ohio is For Lovers” is one of their most famous songs. Hardly anyone writes songs about Ohio so this is exciting.

I just got a new lens that’s supposed to be really good in low lighting so I’m pumped to try it out for the first time tonight. It’s a 35mm f1.8 which means I should walk out with some great photos.

When I talk about music photography, people always ask me how it works so I’ll put it in a nutshell here: my boss sends a request to both the tour manager/publicist and the venue asking for a ticket and a photo pass for me. Once my name is on the guest list, I show up on the day of the concert and obtain my credentials from will call. After that, I’m allowed to shoot the first 3 songs for each band from the photo pit (if the venue has a photo pit). It’s a lot of fun but can be very hectic, especially if people are crowdsurfing and security is trying to pull people into the pit so they get down without hurting themselves. Once my job is done, I get to hang out at the front and enjoy the rest of the show. I’m convinced that I have the best job in the world.

Once the full gallery from tonight is up, I’ll post a link on here.

Until next time!