Coldplay Concert

As many of you may have read, my band that has been my favorite for a long time is Coldplay. However, I had not been to one of their concerts, due to them being prohibitively expensive or in the wrong place or at the wrong time.

BUT my girlfriend bought us tickets to a Coldplay concert for my 21st Birthday!

Pictures! All of these were taken with my little 6 yer old Fujifilm f100fd point and shoot, so they obviously aren't of the quality that my DSLR possesses. Anyways, onwards!

 We got there are almost exactly 7pm, which is when the tickets told us to get there, and this is what it looked like, so it obviously wasn't then.

 This was the second of the opening bands, the first one being mediocre so I don't remember their name, but this one was Marina and the Diamonds, and they were pretty good.

 But of course they were nothing compared to the main act. Coldplay! The whole show was absolutely mind-bogglingly amazing. I obviously know all of their songs by heart, so it was interesting to see what songs they chose to put into the concert. They didn't just do the Mylo Xyloto songs, they did all of their old good ones, plus some of their less-well known songs as well.

 As you went into the stadium each person was given a wrist band, and they all lit up at strategic times during the show, so the entire stadium was awash with lights and music.

 This was during one of the songs, I can't quite remember which one, though.

There is just something about their music that evokes an emotional response in me, and really relaxes me. I have a tendency to quell any emotions that try to come out from me, as a defense mechanism or some such nonsense.

Each song just sort of... works, if that makes sense. There is just something sublime about them that comes together into a masterpiece.

 This was taken by holding my camera way up and shooting down the row that I was sitting at.

And the final bow.

Whatever you may say about them, Coldplay knows how to put on one hell of a show, and I would gladly go to another concert.

That's all for now. School is coming back and I've got lots of engineering and swimming, and I've got a job as a photographer for the Torch (my universities newspaper).

So preow.

Kevin

The Wedding of the King and Queen of the World

So two of my very good friends got married last weekend.

They are basically the two coolest people in the world, and their wedding was pretty awesome. I think it was probably only my third wedding that I have ever been to.

Anyways, while they did have a professional photographer there, they asked everyone to take pictures with their personal cameras and email them to them afterwards, so it's fortunate that I brought my D7000 (plus my two prime lenses) with me to the reception. I unfortunately only brought my 35mm lens to the actual ceremony. Oh well, it's fine. I took way more pictures during the reception.

Here are a few pictures from the ceremony:

 Fun random collage of pictures, here.

 







I took quite a few more pictures at the reception, though. The Professional Photographer left about halfway through, but there were still some things that were fairly significant that they should have gotten.

Here's a few (or more than a few) shots from the reception:

 Cutting the Cake                                                       First Dance

 Father Daughter dance and Mother Son dance

Artsy shot

 I am very proud of these few shots, while they were dancing.

 The last picture before they headed out.

I had an awesome time, and I figured out a lot about my photography style, too.

Congratulation to Blake and Amy!

Kevin