# @rob.raymer on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/7dYQDGShxY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11903851-robraymer-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/5616396628.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-09-10T17:49:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Robert Raymer (@rob.raymer) — https://gondola.cc/rob.raymer

## Caption

Godspeed You! Black Emperor #live last night (9/9/2015) at 930club Washington DC.

GY!BE is a music collective from Montreal, Canada who are on tour supporting the release of their second album since their reformation after a long hiatus. Their shows are truly something to behold. Coming on stage and opening with 10 minutes of droning guitar, and not speaking a word during their 2 hour set, they tend to prefer to play on a stage lit only by ambient light and the glow of the film strips they have projected on a constant loop behind them. This minimalist live show, combined with their powerful instrumental music makes their live show quite an experience.

It is quite an experience to photograph as well. With nothing but ambient light, and ever changing light from the film strip, even my 2.8 lenses at ISO 6400 were coming out dark. Luckily, I just received a manual focus 50mm 1.2, and ended up using that for most of the show. It is hard enough nailing focus at 1.2 in bright light, especially when #nikon does not make split screen focusing screen for the D800, so focusing manually in the dark was a challenge, though I managed to do an OK job throughout the show. 
Rather than worry about perfect focus, though, I spent a good deal of time looking for more interesting moments, ways to use intentional soft focus to fit the mood of the music, and trying to use the lighting (or lack of it) to create more interesting (if not technically perfect) images.

You can see the rest of them at robertraymer.com/gybe  #godspeedyoublackemperor #GYBE #band #bandphotography #bandphoto #color #diy #independent #independentmusic #punk #music #musicphotography #live #livemusic #livemusicphotography #nofilter #washingtondc #930club #bandphotographer #musicohotographer

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gybe, musicphotography, livemusic, band, live, diy, punk, color, nofilter, nikon, godspeedyoublackemperor, independent, bandphotographer, livemusicphotography, bandphotography, 930club, bandphoto, independentmusic, music, washingtondc, musicohotographer

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