festival ∙ VEMF 2011 · Victoria BC

In photography by webmeister Bud

Highlights from the Victoria Electronic Music Festival.

20110830 - VEMF-0001Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
11 mm · 1/13 s · f/4.5 · ISO 3200
Strobist: Sigma EF 500 DG Super, 1/16 power, on-camera

Angie spins fabric fire as night one draws to a close.

We now begin, on the gallery, a trip back in time to a crazy week in late July/early August where, in the space of seven days, I shot:

Progressive/house/breaks Saturday/Sunday
– Industrial/thrash metal Tuesday
– Big band/pop/jazz the next Saturday

20110830 - VEMF-0002Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
10 mm · 1/400 s · f/4.5 · ISO 200

Stage dancers at an all-day dancing event = boundless energy.

20110830 - VEMF-0003Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6
74 mm · 1/200 s · f/5.6 · ISO 400

In a frozen still photo, it’s difficult to translate the energy of a bouncing crowd, but I believe this does the job.

20110830 - VEMF-0004Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
10 mm · 1/160 s · f/4.5 · ISO 200

AFK, (AKA frequent gallery visitor Davin), mirrors me as I frame him up.

20110830 - VEMF-0005Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
22 mm · 1/15 s · f/4.5 · ISO 1600

PHOOM! Mike from Primal Fire opens up their performance with his trademark fire staff EXPLOSION.

Want even more? Do check out my full set o’ photos on VEMF.org!

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