lost in the trees @ wallace plaza

lost in the trees @ wallace plaza, originally uploaded by minervacat. we’ll find a church that suits both of our needs we’ll forgive ourselves, we’ll forgive our enemies The trouble with local bands is that you hear all their new stuff long before they ever commit it to record.

lost in the trees @ cat’s cradle

lost in the trees @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. I absolutely killed it shooting Lost in the Trees last night at the Cradle, in part because the light was great, in part because they’re all crazy-comfortable with my camera and I’m crazy-comfortable with them, in part because any 13-person indie pop chamber orchestra…

megafaun @ TRKfest 2009

megafaun @ TRKfest 2009, originally uploaded by minervacat. God love my 50 mm f1.8 lens; it is really, really, really the best thing I’ve bought this year and that includes the new car. This shot was taken well after midnight on an outdoor stage that had about 25% of the lights you’d optimally like to…

embarrassing fruits @ TRKfest 2009

embarrassing fruits @ TRKfest 2009, originally uploaded by minervacat. I’m really not cut out to be a full-time pro concert photographer — for one thing, the festivals would kill me: I’m into indoor bathrooms, sleeping in real beds, and showering regularly, plus by about hour five on day one of Bonnaroo I’d want to murder…

holy ghost tent revival @ trekky records studio

holy ghost tent revival @ trekky records studio, originally uploaded by minervacat. One of my favorite shots of hands from this year. There were a lot of good things about shooting Holy Ghost in the studio earlier this year, but one of the best ones was that none of them asked me what I was…

the never @ local 506

the never @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Sometimes I think that I should give more credit to the bands that I shoot over and over again, for being patient with me and always infinitely intriguing photographically. Local bands in the Triangle have given me such great opportunities to hone my shooting through repeated…

lost in the trees @ open eye cafe

lost in the trees @ open eye cafe, originally uploaded by minervacat. There’s things I struggle with in concert photography that aren’t related to photography specifically, per se, or venue lighting, or any of those things — and sometimes the non-photography-related struggles I have bug me more than the actual photography related ones. Like the…

the never @ tir na nog

the never @ tir na nog, originally uploaded by minervacat. Late night yesterday, and an early morning today. Coffee’s necessary, I think.

vibrant green @ the reservoir

vibrant green @ the reservoir, originally uploaded by minervacat. One of my biggest flaws as a photographer is that, while I’m great at checking my levels and setting my f-stop and my shutter speed correctly (my E-series 50mm is a full manual, which is sometimes a major pain in the ass, but also makes me…