The Hives

music photographers waiting for the live show to start at X-Tra Zürich

At X-Tra, you'd normally find not-so-bright light, along with the braces holding the rail to the audience in place, not the best thing if you intend to take pictures from the pit. PeeBee of usgang.ch (see his page here) and I discussed this at length whilst waiting for the band to hit the stage. Which setting to try your luck with today? One thing was clear: We weren't in for longer shutter speeds today - The Hives aren't necessarily known for their static stage show, to say the least.

The Hives live in concert at X-Tra in Zurich

When they got on stage, we were pleasantly surprised: Not only did they strike poses (stepping on darkly clothed photographers trapped between braces included) and truly rock the place, they also had one of the brightest lit stages ever. So we got to toss all of our nicely thought through plans and make the best of it. Gotta say: If everybody lit their stage like that, it'd be a hell of a lot more easier (the drawback is that everybody looks as if you're lighting their behind on purpose...).