Lúnasa performance at Leicester Grammar School: 27/09/13

Yesterday I photographed Lúnasa's (Irish instrumental acoustic band) performance at Leicester Grammar School. Unlike the Dervish performance last year, I had a working external flash (previously the flash batteries leaked when I was setting up). Consequently, the majority of photographs were sharp and in focus (though a bit noisy), even when handheld!

Unlike with Dervish, where I shot from the side, I got to good angles, one at the top, centre aisle, the other sitting in the front row, centre aisle (as there was an intermission, I shot half at one angle, half at the other).

First angle towering over the audience

The lighting was an interesting combination of purple from the left, gold from the right, beautifully demonstrated in this photo.

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Action shot as, being folk artists, could get quite animated

Example of the sharp photographs despite dark, concert conditions.

While not seamless, this arrangement of two photographs allows you to see Lúnasa and all the Leicester Grammar School students in one.

The Irish (Bag) Pipes (relative to the better know Scottish Bag Pipes) were popular, not least for being more unusual.

Encore where Ed Boyd (guitarist) jumped off a chair in true rock fashion (despite being folk artists)