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MUTEMATH – Club Nokia

Max — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:42 +0000

I shot for MUTEMATH back in 2009 at Club Nokia as my 4th concert ever taking photos and it changed my photography career dramatically. If you haven’t seen those set of photos, you can check them out here.

MUTEMATH stopped by Club Nokia in Los Angeles on their Odd Soul tour.

MUTEMATH – HOB Dallas

Max — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:59:09 +0000

MUTEMATH is one of those bands that you must see before you die. They put on an amazing show and just go crazy the whole time. These photos are from their current Odd Soul tour in Dallas, Texas.

Photo Notes:

This was one of the harder shows I have shot. Insane light setup and strobes going nuts. Also pretty strong blue and red lights (which always make it pretty difficult). I also posted way too many photos, but thats okay… I shot this with the Nikon D700, the 24-70 f/2.8, and the 10.5mm 2.8 Fisheye.

Mute Math – The Troubadour

Max — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:18:34 +0000

MUTEMATH is just simply amazing. They put on one of (if not the) best live shows ever. The have a new record coming out called Odd Soul and so far from what I have heard, it should be fantastic.

The Troubadour is one of the most challenging venus to take photos at. No pit, always sold out over capacity, and just crazy. This was definitely one of the most difficult concerts for me to take photos at, but there is still some sweet shots. But all in all, when you leave the concert with about 50% of your hearing, dripping in sweat, and being rubbed up on from dudes with no shirts on, it was a good show.

If you haven’t already, check out the first time I took photos for them at Club Nokia. Like always, you can get prints/check out higher res over at my smugmug.

Mute Math – Coachella

Max — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:02:17 +0000

I love Mute Math. I have been a fan for years and I recently shot them at Club Nokia and the shot of the drummer (Darren King) jumping back into the crowd was put in Spin Magazines soundcheck section. That photo has over a million hits on it now and is one of my favorites.

Like always, they were just crazy good and went nuts. If you haven’t listened to them, I would highly recommend it.

You can get prints/see high res at my smugmug.

~Max

Shooting Notes:

Coachella was sweet, other than security. Mute Math normally allows you to shoot the whole set but the security was lame and I could only shoot the first 3. It was also during the day, which is not my favorite, but they are such a great band that it was alright. I shout with the 24-70 f/2.8 on my D700 for the set. They run around everywhere so I had to have as fast shutter as possible.

Mute Math – Club Nokia

Max — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:21:55 +0000

Wow. Well I don’t really know even where to start with this one. I have listened to Mute Math for quite some time now and have never seen them in concert. I had heard they were good, but I was not ready for what I was about to experience.

They are all such amazing musicians and they just love music. I could just tell how much they loved just jamming. It didnt matter if there was a crowd or anything, they would have still just gone crazy.

In the encore, the drummer threw his basedrum out into the crowd and stood on it and backdove into the crowd. It was probably one of the sweetest things I have ever seen.

Because of the awesomeness that this show had, I really think that these are my best pictures to date. I just love them.

Check them all out HERE to buy some prints, download at full res, ect.

I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do.

~Max