Bentō for Life: Concert Photography

One of my great passions in life — besides photography and cooking — is music. For all my life, I have been listening to or making music. Case in point, I started singing in 4th grade as the only boy in my primary school choir and have been in some sort of choir every year since and in terms of instruments; I started playing the B flat Clarinet in sixth grade, and have been slowing teaching myself piano and electric bass on and off for the past few years. However, the reason for this post is not to talk about my past musical exploits but instead about another form of music that I am extremely passionate about: Live Musical Concerts.

While I have seen a variety of classical/high-brow concerts in the course of my life—usually at the bequest of my parents, I only started to go to concerts of my own choosing during high school. Though I thought it was more fun to go with friends, I, being of unusually eclectic musical taste, often ended up going by myself. Irregardless, no matter whether I was alone or with a group, I also enjoyed the events and always tried to grab photos/t-shirts. However, my memory was not as compliant with my desires and I often forgot my camera and so I had to resort to to using my cell phone so some of the pictures were not of the highest quality.

The photos below represent a wide variety of concert genres and shooting styles, some are of great quality and some are much less so, but all I think have merit as my exploration of concert photography has progressed. The location, date, and artists in/of each photo are listed below.