"Black Eyed Peas w/ Click Five", a photo from Central Area, Central

Photographer's Note

More from Monday's Black Eyed Peas concert with Click 5 opening for them.

Here we see lead singer Kyle Patrick doing what he does best...

Excerpts from an Arjan interview with Kyle;
.... "Time to get the scoop about all that's new from Kyle Patrick himself who is arguably one of the hottest new singers in pop music.

Arjan: You must have had an amazing few months since you joined The Click Five. When did you become an official member the group?
Kyle: I met the guys in November of 2006 and they asked me to officially become a member of the band in February of this year. I have been around these guys for 8 or 9 months now and it has been great. I was in my third year at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and dropped out to do this.

So it was more important to be a pop star than to finish school?
[Laughs] Yeah, you can say that I guess. I felt after three years in music school I got out of it what I needed.

Did you always want to make music professionally?
Definitely. I started playing the guitar when I was eight years old. Ever since I performed at the age of eleven or so and got a crowd reaction, I freaked out and totally loved it. So from that point on I knew I wanted to be a musician.

Are there specific artists that have inspired you?
My dad was into a lot of classic rock stuff that he turned me on to, like Derek & The Dominos, Cream, Eric Clapton and James Taylor. That’s what formed my performance and songwriting skills.

Back in 2005, The Click Five was known for always wearing matching suits. What happened to them?
Those are out the door! We have kept our vision of dressing up for our shows though, and having that classy look with a rock edge to it. We still wear suits and pieces of suits. We just have evolved and grown up I guess. Our clothes are made for us so they have this cool tailored look. We don’t have stylists. We do most of it ourselves." *

More from the interview in the next posting...

The grain and high contrast were added in post production.
More images from the concert can be found at my Singapore Concerts Theme here.
I hope you enjoy the shot. More to come....
- Dan

*www.arjanwrites.com

eleparc has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

tibervince (781) 2007-10-26 22:13

Hey Dan,
Excellent shot and Post Processing. I love the choise of this redish purpulish color. Light, noise are well controled. A very succesful "live band" pic. Bravo!
Vince

nspineda9 (355) 2007-10-26 22:14

you really capture this one on its true form and the ambiance puts you right to it.

ninaL (21348) 2007-10-27 0:22

Hi, Dan.
I am really jealous about this one !!!
Perfect moment : energy, extasy, emotions, dynamism.
Powerful composition and moment.
Your PP makes this shot absolutely different from all we can see on TE in the matter.
I am impressed.
-------------
Only two critiques...? This shot deserves 100 points on TE.

Best regards. Grazyna.

ndb1958 (9289) 2007-10-27 1:25

I agree with Grazyna. You really caught his energy so well. That's it why musicians are so hot. I like the light coming through his hair and the red tone against the b+w is cool. Really hot shot. Nino

eleparc (24063) 2007-10-27 5:15

congratulations for this shot!: I love the POV from down under and the grainy aspect of the shot! I love this live "portrait"!
Eric

Dyerco (10185) 2007-10-27 7:58

Hi Dan

I like the grainy look and the capture of his face. I have to say that my eye went straight to the out of focus left hand first but you captured a dynamic moment.
Phil

Cormac (26565) 2007-10-27 9:53

Remarkable shot Dan! The close in view shows the expression very well, and gives us almost a sense of intimacy. I like the guitar cutting across the frame in a diagonal, which gives this a dynamic feel. This is first rate photography!

Moyano (163) 2007-11-02 5:25

Dan,

Your concert shots are top notch. They have it all. Respect! :)

Natalia

noborders (1010) 2008-04-23 1:05

Hi Dan, I just discovered your photo thanks to my theme : it certainly fits very well in it, describing a state near transe or extasy in the expression of this musicians, - lucky are they who can reach this state of total oblivion, I get my kick just looking at their faces ! (and had myself once a musical extasy in India that I'll never forget, so powerful - that's why I'm looking for more descriptions of that state of mind through images).
Compliments,
Cath.

s_k_ (36) 2009-04-27 11:57

What a great shot! I love the grainy-ness of it--it brings more of a focus to the central image and idea of the photo, I find, and it adds so much. Fantastic!
Shazza