Tonight, Ljubljana’s Hala Tivoli was filled with fans of Seal’s dance-flavored music. Known by his stage name, his original name is a bit longer, Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel. Most people also know him for his marriage to the world famous super-model Heidi Klum, who unfortunately was not present today.

His performance today was an interesting one, although not really my taste. What really impressed me was the amount of crowd interaction he had.

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I’m so far behind with posting that it’s a shame :). I have a lot of interesting stuff I want to post, including a shoot I did recently with a friend.

Anyway, I’ll start somewhere in the middle, with Capris’s open air concert in Koper. Radio Capris organized their annual concert, this time, at a rather unusual spot, besides the Bonifika sporting center. We were able to see bands like Noom8, HeaveniX, Sons, Rudi Bučar, Tabu, Dan D, Vlado Kreslin, and headliners Siddharta. The concert would be just as good, if not better, if it stopped with Vlado Kreslin. Anyway, the event was fantastic, the organization was great.

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My friends had a gig recently in Orto Bar. They were the opening act for a group called Puppetz. Interestingly enough though, there were more people there when they started than when Puppetz began :). The performance I saw was great.

Even though Miha, who was also there, speculates the crowd dissolved due to heat, I have this crazy suspicion that more people were there to see world :: within  than Puppetz. It’s not impossible.

Anyway, I also had a chance to try out a 10-22 mm lens borrowed from Jan (the lead singer ), so I did a couple test shots before they went on stage.

On 14th June, 2008, John Fogerty went on stage of the Hala Tivoli venue (read the report here).

A recap from Wikipedia tells us that:

John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was born in Berkeley, California.

The concert was amazing, even though I don’t listen to this type of music I found the performance excellent. And speaking of excellence, the drummer was AWESOME. I later found out it’s none other than THE Kenny Arnoff.

Aronoff has recorded with musicians such as Melissa Etheridge, Jon Bon Jovi, Michelle Branch, Joe Cocker, Trey Anastasio, The BoDeans, Corey Hart, Meat Loaf, Willie Nelson, The Rolling Stones, Alanis Morissette, Bob Seger, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Waylon Jennings, Bonnie Raitt, Mick Jagger, Alice Cooper, Belinda Carlisle, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Lisa Germano, Tony Iommi, Iggy Pop, The Starting Line, and hard rock and glam metal band Cinderella.

Combine that, with Dave Santos on bass, Matt Nolen on keyboard, Hunter Perrin on one guitar, and Billy Burnette (of Fleetwood Mac!) on other guitars, and you get a line-up that plays really well together.

As far as photographing goes, we were limited to two stage positions and for two songs. We had to stay fixed and so the photos are all from the same angle. The lights were OK and the ambience was great. One thing though, that was different was the placement of the stage. Instead of facing the exit, it was sideways. Interesting…

Oh, and I’m pretty sure the teeth are fake…

A couple weeks ago (I know, I’m behind :), it’s just that I have a ton of work I need to do) Križanke were filled with fans of the legendary Indexi band. The concert was really fun and I really like what came out with the photos. Photographing though, was a pain in the behind. There were no fences between the crowd an the stage, but the crowd didn’t move to the front of the stage, and the front row was sitting down. That left us needing to kneel constantly and after the show, most of us walked like ye’old cowboys.

After all this time, I’m still impressed with the sharpness of my 70-200 2.8 lens.

Ljubljana, 27.4.2008 in Hala Tivoli, saw the performance of Katie Melua. She plays acoustic folk-pop with mixes of blues, jazz and some rock. Before her, a fairly unknown singer went on stage, Andrea McEwan. I didn’t know what to expect from either of them (I’ve heard one or two songs from Katie before, but that’s it) and was pleasantly surprised after the show. Apart from excellent performances, we witnessed a really dynamic show. The people could have shown a bit more enthusiasm, but hey… that’s Ljubljana’s calm crowd :-).

Andrea McEwan

Katie Melua

Finally!!! A concert again. You can’t imagine how good it felt to shoot a concert again. Especially Nightwish. For me, the concert was good. Anette did a good job at the latest songs, but obviously, with the older ones, Tarja’s voice was sorely missed. But ok, things change.

Anyway, for the concert, I focused a lot on Emppu and his poses, because he’s known to be energetic through the whole concert, and generally a poser :-). As far as the pictures go, I’m not really that satisfied, partially because I’ve grown lazy because of the 70-200. And I need to buy myself a Lowepro 75 or something similar (suggestions anyone?) so I can change lenses a bit faster than with my current Kata R-103. Right… a bit off topic :). Here are the pics. Comments appreciated.

Today, after a game of Squash with Jan, we decided to check out Vlado Kreslin, who played in the city center. A switch of my racquet with my Nikon, and we were off. I expected to take a shot or two from a distance. But when we got there I went to the security guards, and managed to convince them to let me in for a song.

I like a couple of other photos, but this one, to me, really stands out so I’m posting only this one.

Aside from the concert, I also took a quick, handheld picture of Čopova. ISO 800, 70 mm, F 2.8 @ 1/20s, VR on.

Two days ago, Špela (otherwise from MKoncerti) called me and asked if I would like to come to the promotional concert for Leaf-fat’s new album. I don’t usually listen to this type of music, but I really wanted to go — it’s been a while since I picked up the camera, and I needed a challenge. The show was good, the energy was amazing, the light, unfortunately, was really bad. It was actually so bad we had to use flash for the most part. But it was a challenge and a fun one.

So thanks Špela :-).

I promised yesterday, I’d show you Jan Plestenjak photos and “his” panties. Well, there’s also a bra in there.

During the show, about 3 panties, and one bra came flying on stage. Those that I’ve managed to look at, had something written on it, mostly things like “come with us” but in a much more perverted way :-). I just don’t want my blog to get rated PG-13 or worse :-D, so I won’t repeat them, lol.

Anyways, as far as the concert goes, since I photographed Jan so many times before (mostly because of someone’s obsession with Jan’s back-vocalist), I took it real easy this time. I went for the whole BW thing… I like it.