Gunter, Glieben, Glauten, Globen

Steve Cavigliano

"I got somethin' to say
It's better to burn out than fade away......."

Def Leppard, July 10th, Frontier Field in Rochester NY

Canon 20D, Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 ISO100-800 F2.8-F4.0



Lead singer Joe Elliot - Pour some sugar on meeeeeeee



Bassist Rick Savage - What do ya want? What do ya want? I want Rock and roll....you betcha



Guitarist Viv Campbell - Bringin' on the Heartbreak



Lead Guitar Phil Collen - Fa fa fa Foolin'



One-armed drummer Rick Allen getting his props



To see more web-sized shots click here

I had a ball shooting these guys and Bryan Adams (pics to follow). This was the first venue I was able to bring a decent camera into. Everyone around me was "chimping" right along with me....lol

I'm finally back after 12 days in NY. I hope you enjoy these shots And yes I saw the concert thread, but I've waited 10 days to share these with my friends here and thought they deserved their own thread :rolleyes

Steve

Andy

party on, dude!

John Mueller

Keep on rockin in the free world, old dude:D
Nice captures

lynnma

andy wrote:

party on, dude!

yeah... oh sorry... best I could do.. (great shots)

BigAl

You must have been pretty close to the front to get that detail with a 200mm lens (and a Sigma at that :giggle).

Thanks for sharing
regards
alan

Thiago Sigrist

Hey again Steve!
Wow, really cool rock and roll shots you got there!
They make me really want to go to a big rock concert (something I haven't done in a while, and I really miss it).

Thanks for sharing the goods!
Take care!

-- thiago

ginger_55

Those photos make me wish I were younger (or my husband were, he is younger what is wrong here?), and very glad that I can turn my hearing aids down.

Looks like a blast! WHAT??! A BLAST! ........ nevermind,glad you enjoyed!

ginger (been there, in my dreams..)

Steve Cavigliano

andy wrote:

party on, dude!

Andy,
It was a blast. I just wish I was about 6 inches taller.....lol

Thanks for all your help on the other matter My wife and daughter enjoyed the tour and were gushing about it for days

Steve

Steve Cavigliano

John Mueller wrote:

Keep on rockin in the free world, old dude:D
Nice captures

Thanks John (I think)

I was so excited to finally be able to get a decent sized camera/lens into a concert that I was shaking Good thing I was able to get some fast speeds...lol

Steve

Steve Cavigliano

lynnma wrote:

yeah... oh sorry... best I could do.. (great shots)

Thanks Lynn

I was fairly close, but always behind some tall person with a big head....lol Isn't that always the way it works out?

Steve

Steve Cavigliano

BigAl wrote:

You must have been pretty close to the front to get that detail with a 200mm lens (and a Sigma at that :giggle).

Thanks for sharing
regards
alan

Thanks Alan

Yeah, I was pretty close. The first shot was at full wide, I believe (110mm FOV). I can't complain about the Sigma. I got some really nice results despite lights flashing all over and people's hands and heads in the way

Steve

gluwater

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Thanks John (I think)

I was so excited to finally be able to get a decent sized camera/lens into a concert that I was shaking Good thing I was able to get some fast speeds...lol

Steve

How did you get the camera in? Most shows I go to will not let "professional cameras" in. They just let P&S and camera phones in. So far I've only got my 20D into one show.
Nick

Steve Cavigliano

Thiago Sigrist wrote:

Wow, really cool rock and roll shots you got there!
They make me really want to go to a big rock concert (something I haven't done in a while, and I really miss it).

Thanks for sharing the goods!
Take care!

-- thiago

Thanks Thiago

I've always longed to have a camera at concerts but after having my 717 and 828 "held at the door" a couple of times, I had pretty much given up taking cameras to concerts. The only ones I ever saw at those concerts were those tiny ones that could be snuck through security. When my daughter told me we were going to this concert, I asked her to check the camera policy. She found out that still cameras were fine, but no video or tape recorders were allowed. I was still leery until I walked through the turnstile with my 20D. I only saw one other Dslr there and I think the person using it worked for the local newspaper (my shots looked better than what I saw in the paper the next day )

Bottomline is that many venues won't allow decent sized cameras so unless you want an usher "babysitting" your camera during a concert, make sure you can get it in before you leave home

I hope you have similar luck as I had on my trip to NY While it's tough to move to the music and shoot, it was an experience I will never forget

Steve

Steve Cavigliano

ginger_55 wrote:

Those photos make me wish I were younger (or my husband were, he is younger what is wrong here?), and very glad that I can turn my hearing aids down.

Looks like a blast! WHAT??! A BLAST! ........ nevermind,glad you enjoyed!

ginger (been there, in my dreams..)

Thanks Ginger

Younger? This concert crowd was mostly made up of middle aged folks. Some even brought their kids. At 55 years old I fit right in...lol Plus, the music wasn't so loud that I continued to hear it long after I left the concert (like some concerts I've attended).

The best part of the concert was that I was able to enjoy it with my 22 yo daughter who has excellent taste in music.....lol She loves that oldtime rock-n-roll


Steve

Steve Cavigliano

gluwater wrote:

How did you get the camera in? Most shows I go to will not let "professional cameras" in. They just let P&S and camera phones in. So far I've only got my 20D into one show.
Nick

Nick,
See my response to Thiago. I was amazed that they not only let my 20D in, but let it in with the, fairly large/long", 70-200mm attached I was just glad I didn't have to use the "lens in the pants" scheme that Andy used for the Sting concert :lol Is that a 70-200 in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?


Steve

gluwater

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

I've also called ahead of time but sometimes they have told me I could bring one in on the phone but at the venue it was a whole different story. Glad you got yours in, very nice pictures.

bfjr

What's all this old dude, old time rock n roll stuff.
I'll have ya know we set the world on fire and rockin and haven't stopped yet

Extremely kewl, Steve, good work good shots great you got to take your daughter. Thanks for pointing me here

Rock on Dude, makes me want to talk like Jeff Spicolie!! :lol4
Here I'll trade a link with ya. Got myself involved in shootin for SoCal Blues Org. and boy it's fun with some really old times and rockin Blues. Check it out when you get a chance:

Aunt Kizzys Boys

and

Melvin Eddy Blues

and link to galleries here

Events

gsgary

Great shots I remember when the drummer lost his arm in a car crash not far from where i live on one of my favourite motorbike roads
Regards
Gary

Annabella

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

I was fairly close, but always behind some tall person with a big head....lol Isn't that always the way it works out?

Steve

HEY! That "tall person with a big head" was me

Excellnt!

Charlemagne

Wow.. Steve, these are all great, bringing back memories alright.. and I can't believe that Phil Collen looks no different.. that is amazing... everyone else looks aged.. he looks the same.. wierd..

Charles

DoctorIt

Def Lepard is still alive!!!


Nice shots Steve (I learned how to solo on a guitar to those guys in the background)

Steve Cavigliano

bfjr wrote:

What's all this old dude, old time rock n roll stuff.
I'll have ya know we set the world on fire and rockin and haven't stopped yet

Extremely kewl, Steve, good work good shots great you got to take your daughter. Thanks for pointing me here

Rock on Dude, makes me want to talk like Jeff Spicolie!! :lol4
Here I'll trade a link with ya. Got myself involved in shootin for SoCal Blues Org. and boy it's fun with some really old times and rockin Blues. Check it out when you get a chance:

Aunt Kizzys Boys

and

Melvin Eddy Blues

and link to galleries here

Events

and thanks Ben,

Hey we may be old, be we ain't dead yet!

You're right about old rock. I just wish there were some new rockers that I could enjoy watching or listening to All of my favorite bands have at least one foot in the grave Some, like the Stones, look mostly dead even if they are still technically alive :lol

I've been shooting some Bay Area landmarks for Baldy, so I'll check out your blues links later tonight. I'm sure they rock

Steve Cavigliano

gsgary wrote:

Great shots I remember when the drummer lost his arm in a car crash not far from where i live on one of my favourite motorbike roads
Regards
Gary

Thanks Gary ,
Yeah , I was amazed that he didn't miss a beat. My daughter told me he plays the "missing arm" part with his other foot. So I guess he's a two-footed, one-armed drummer : Kinda rare.


Steve

Steve Cavigliano

Annabella wrote:

HEY! That "tall person with a big head" was me

Excellnt!

Annabella, since I found out that you live in the Rochester area, I stongly suspected that one of those big heads belonged to you J/K

Being almost 6 ft tall, the big heads didn't bother me as much as the waving arms in the air. I tell ya, those chicks were goin' nutz....lol I guess that's why most boys dream of becoming rock and roll stars "Money for nothin' and the chicks for free"

Thanks for your nice comments
Steve

Steve Cavigliano

Charlemagne wrote:

Wow.. Steve, these are all great, bringing back memories alright.. and I can't believe that Phil Collen looks no different.. that is amazing... everyone else looks aged.. he looks the same.. wierd..

Charles

Charles,
I have seen lots of "oldtime" rockers with my daughter. Groups like Aerosmith, The Scorpians, Lynard Skynard and the Stones. They all looked OLD. I was amazed at how good the whole group looked. No makeup and they all looked to be in their 30's I thought sex and drugz and rock and roll were supposed to age a person These fellas have aged very well. But, I have to agree with you about Phil. He looks like he's still in his 20's :uhoh And he sure does play a mean lead

Thanks for your comments
Steve

Steve Cavigliano

DoctorIt wrote:

Def Lepard is still alive!!!


Nice shots Steve (I learned how to solo on a guitar to those guys in the background)

Thanks Doc

Yep, still alive and still rockin' and a rollin' They are my 22 year old daughter's favorite band. She sees them whenever they play Upstate NY. I was glad for her company and she held my beer while I was shooting :lol

Steve

mgmphotographics

Awesome dude!
Great shots!!! I live in Rochester too! How did I miss this? Must be the tumor. Keep on rockin'!

Mara

Steve Cavigliano

mgmphotographics wrote:

Great shots!!! I live in Rochester too! How did I miss this? Must be the tumor. Keep on rockin'!

Mara

MGM, ain't those tumahs a bummer?

Thanks for the kudos Looking back at these, I can see where I definitely needed some post processing help The first pic was rotated a few degrees and I didn't crop it, so there is white showing in the upper righthand corner.... Plus some of them could have used some added saturation.

I have since re-editted most of them and given them their own gallery here, including full size versions, if you are interested

My daughter says lots of acts come to Frontier Field, so keep checking the D&C. Plus, it's one of the only venues that ever let me take a "pro" level camera and lens inside

Steve

mgmphotographics

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

MGM, ain't those tumahs a bummer?

Thanks for the kudos Looking back at these, I can see where I definitely needed some post processing help The first pic was rotated a few degrees and I didn't crop it, so there is white showing in the upper righthand corner.... Plus some of them could have used some added saturation.

I have since re-editted most of them and given them their own gallery here, including full size versions, if you are interested

My daughter says lots of acts come to Frontier Field, so keep checking the D&C. Plus, it's one of the only venues that ever let me take a "pro" level camera and lens inside

Steve

No, I really have a brain tumor. Hard to shoot with onna those man.

Mara

leek

It was good to see your shots Steve - Thanks...

I saw Def Leppard when they were just starting out back in 1979 when they played at my University in London.
The drummer still had two arms then and they were playing the college circuit...

Not meaining to hi-jack the thread, but I just rummaged around in my shoeboxes and found a couple of faded prints from the concert...




Good to see that they're still rocking...

Seamus

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Thanks Doc

Yep, still alive and still rockin' and a rollin' They are my 22 year old daughter's favorite band. She sees them whenever they play Upstate NY. I was glad for her company and she held my beer while I was shooting :lol

Steve

The pics show that you had a great time steve and I always knew there were advantages to having children "she held my beer while I was shooting :lol "

Shay.