Concert, Photography

Dir En Grey

Perhaps best described as “Metal Without Boundaries” Japan’s premier metal band Dir En Grey are known for their genre diversity and epic live performances. The current US Tour being no exception.

With native lyrics and little spoken word, the band has garnered a worldwide fanbase through its diverse metal influenced arrangements and the dynamic vocal capabilities of frontman Kyo coupled with an intense live performance proportionate with metals most legendary acts.

Shooting Notes:

While Dir En Grey’s lighting treatment fit perfectly with the bands eclectic metal mix, it posed significant challenges to shooting during the first 3 songs. Lighting was entirely stage washes of color favoring red, yellow, and blue concentrated largely from the back. Front lighting was utilized in the form of minimal and largely constant red washes from stage left and right. As such, backgrounds were largely blown out to enable some exposure of the artists faces with chosen exposures from ISO4,000-ISO12,800 @ F2.8.

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Kaoru

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Dir En Grey

Allen Ross Thomas is an Atlanta, Ga based music industry photographer available for concert, promotional, portrait, and editorial coverage for local bands, national tours, multi-day festivals, and international music events.

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10 Comments

• On 09.08.10 Elanor said:
  

  I love the shots, especially of Die!

  Why don’t offer prints? For sure so many friends would love to buy! :)

• On 09.08.10 MM said:
  

  Thank you for sharing! Good looking photos.

• On 09.08.10 Allen Ross Thomas said:
  

  MM -

  Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Dir En Grey were an absolute pleasure to shoot.

  -A

• On 09.08.10 Allen Ross Thomas said:
  

  Elanor -

  Thank you much for the comment. We do offer limited edition prints to the extent the shooting agreement with the artist allows. A means for automated ordering and fulfillment is in the works. In the meantime, please email me directly and I would be happy to meet your needs.

  -A

• On 09.08.10 peri said:
  

  Oh, your pictures turned out gorgeous. The angles are fantastic! Thank you for these.

• On 09.08.10 Allen Ross Thomas said:
  

  Perl -

  Thank you. It was the first time covering the band and it certainly will not be the last. Absolute epic performance. I really love the perspective of the wide angle lens for such performances.

  -A

• On 09.08.10 Kristin said:
  

  Thank you so much for sharing these — GORGEOUS photos, really :)

• On 09.12.10 Allen Ross Thomas said:
  

  Kristin -

  Thank you for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed!

  -A

• On 09.13.10 Glyn Dewis said:
  

  Allen, I know you mentioned this briefly when we spoke at Zack’s Mixer last November but you seriously need to look at holding workshops for this stuff; seriously good!!!

  I for one wouldn’t hesitate in flying over from the UK to attend!!!

  Glyn

• On 09.13.10 Allen Ross Thomas said:
  

  @Glyn -

  Thank you sir. That is a tremendous endorsement. I would keep my eyes open for some news in early 2011. ;-).

  -A

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