Day 2 ‘Hoboerotica Live at The Cavendish Arms’ - 28/11/09

Today i had the pleasure to photograph comedy jazz-funk band Hoboerotica Live at the Cavendish Arms Stockwell. This is really the first time i have tried my hand at any kind of gig photography, and the challenges of getting the settings right were a little tricky. I had my D90 with the 35mm f/1.8 and in the end i stuck to taking the majority of the shots at f/1.8,  1/100, iso 1600. Perhaps the biggest challenge of photographing this particular comedy jazz-funk gig was avoiding camera shake because i was laughing so hard!

Highlights of the night for me were “Worse than an Estate Agent”, “Farmers Market” and “Where my Bonus?” as well as the audience participation, where the audience had a chance to put lyrics and musical styles to the band to play. I’m not sure my co-authored “The Boy with the Biggest Fingers” will make it to any other gigs, but it was great to hear it played to the stylings of Stevie Wonder does Hip Hop!