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Saturday afternoon found me with time and desire to hone my camera skills.  Fall Out Boy, a Chicago band targeted at teens, was having a free show at Yonge and Dundas, so I slipped my camera into my pocket and to the TTC I went.

As it turns out, the opener was a no show, so I wandered around aimlessly, taking pictures occasionally and trying to develope my “eye”.  Some random pictures:

It was my luky day, though.  After doing a couple circuits of the crowd, I bumped into a familiar face, a member of the dedicated iCoke team.  Here’s a picture of them preparing the iCoke shirts to be distributed via air gun to the crowd:

The shirts, by the way, were pretty nice.  Better quality than your average giveaway, with a real logo instead of an iron-on sticker that comes off after a few washes.

Back to circling the crowds to find something interesting to capture.  Much of the crowd, expecting the cancelled opener, had been present since noon (Fall Out Boy didn’t take the stage until two).  A sampling:

The iCoke team stirring the crowd into a frenzy with free t-shirts:

Some dedicated fans waiting behind the stage for the band to arrive:

The VIPs waiting for the band on some comfy couches behind the stage:

To give an idea of the size of the crowd:

Guys like these make me feel self-conscious with my little point-and-shoot camera.  No, it is not an issue of size!

At two, Fall Out Boy took the stage.

Sorry to say, I don’t care for their music – especially at a distance of about two metres from the six metre tall speakers.  I half suspected the bass was causing jitter as I was taking pictures!  Fall Out Boy is quite a crowd pleaser; lots of spins, jumps, interacting with the audience, monkeying around:

I bummed around a bit after the concert was over, continuing to take pictures and learn the quirks of my camera.  I was also hoping to get some material to practice editing on the computer.

During these last two pictures, someone came over and asked what I was doing.  I felt a little embarassed when she described it as, “Just taking pictures of Coke, eh?”  :) Oh well.  Sadly, I didn’t think to turn the Coke bottles around except for the second picture, but the second picture over emphasizes the bottles compared to the first.  :/

There are plenty more pictures from the event, even a few videos, although the videos look even worse on YouTube compared to the originals.