Music Photography Blog

by Adam Elmakias

California Metalfest shoot

I shot the California Metalfest the other day in San Bernardino, California. I was hired by the festival to properly depict the size of the fest. In other words, lots of crowd shots that show the thousands of people attending the fest, everything should look epic. I took almost all of these shots with my Canon 5d Mark II or III mounted on top of my fully extended C-stand boom arm combo. Here is a pic of me shooting with it on Warped Tour.


It was hard to run back and forth to the stage with my setup and my day was a good 12 hours of shooting. The images below are my favorite shots, however I ended up turning in about 70 total to the festival. This was my last day on tour with Pierce The Veil and my first day out with Asking Alexandria. I will be out with Asking Alexandria for a week now.

metalfest

I See Stars live at California Metalfest
I See Stars
I See Stars live at California Metalfest
I See Stars
Memphis May Fire live at California Metalfest
Memphis May Fire
For Today live at California Metalfest
For Today
Of Mice & Men live at California Metalfest
Of Mice & Men
Of Mice & Men live at California Metalfest
Of Mice & Men
Pierce The Veil live at California Metalfest
Pierce The Veil
Pierce The Veil live at California Metalfest
Pierce The Veil
Pierce The Veil live at California Metalfest
Pierce The Veil
As I Lay Dying live at California Metalfest
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying live at California Metalfest
As I Lay Dying
Asking Alexandria live at California Metalfest
Asking Alexandria
Killswitch Engage live at California Metalfest
Killswitch Engage