Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band

Last night I shot Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band at the Bottom of the Hill in SF. To put it bluntly, it sucked worse than the last Foos album. I had one foot to maneuver on since there was a massive board on the side of the stage and no one cares to make space for a photographer…although the guy behind stopped jabbing me with his elbow once I kindly asked him to give me some space. There was a 3 song no flash rule which is fine with me, but when there’s 50 point and shoots going off with flash it defeats the purpose of the restriction. Where’s the logic in letting people shoot the whole show with their flashes going off and only allow the photographer 3 songs? I got really frustrated when they stopped me twice during the last song for using flash. Did you look at my camera before stopping and accusing me? Because if you did then you would have seen that I wasn’t using a flash, it was the 12 moron hipsters around me. It was bad enough I had to shoot between four mic stands but stopping me in the middle of a shot during the last song is just wrong.  I did enjoy the fact although the circumstances were trying my shots turned out alright.

On a side note what the fuck is wrong with hipsters? They could be the least considerate of life form I have ever interacted with, they should be classified lower than parasites. They push to get through crowds and they but ahead in line because they’re on the guest list…wow you’re special. A hipster on a guest list! You just don’t see them on a Friday night in this country, douchebags in sportcoats! Brilliant! There’s one thing I hate more than hipsters and its knuckleheads that use flash in concert photography. I’m not naming names but all of you really need to work on your skills or lack thereof. People in the Bay must be stoned at all times because they’ve been accepting an extreme level of mediocrity with these photogs, watch and learn chumps because I’m taking your jobs.