“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ” – Leopold Stokowski

Michael Hanawalt, artistic director of the Tallahassee Community Chorus, conducts the chorus, orchestra and soloists in Haydn's "The Creation" on Sunday at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL

An experiment with "stage light" in the "Portrait" mode on my iPhone 8+

Two performers stand small against a dense field of stars and the bright band of the Milky Way, with a crowd dark below. The stage glow and the sky share the frame, so the scene reads as a concert under the night sky. Taken in Paradise, Nevada.

Festival Rec-Beat Caruaru

A guitarist appears on a giant LED screen wrapped in a violet and orange nebula, with dark silhouettes of the crowd in the foreground. The screen's immersive scale dwarfs the stage rigging below at The Sphere in Paradise.

The High and Mighty band perform at the annual James J Hill Days festival in Wayzata Minnesota

Santa Maria, California, USA

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A While ago, I had been thinking of shooting with back lights, like on stage, but they appear in the frame.

So recently, I got a contract from a new artist, Kathi G as she was preparing to release her single with Okyeame Kwame.

So I Though, "what better way to put this Back light idea to full drive after a few practices?" And voalaa!!! this is what the shoot yielded. There are more images but i am only releasing those that the artist herself has released out as well.

I know u may be interested in the strobe info, so here it is;

The 2 lights at the back are both YN465s, gelled blue and hand held by my 2 assistants behind the subject, shot bare. One light was closer than the other, adding more depth to the image.

To Camera right is my trusted 70' reflective umbrella with an SB900 and a YN467II. To the left of it is a silver reflector.

I Hope you found this informative.

Fell free to ask me any questions please.

Christian Knoll

A band plays on a stage cut through with magenta and violet light beams, while a dense crowd stands silhouetted in the haze below. The smoke-filled air softens the beams into soft color bands across the frame.