CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY by Kayla Benker

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – 8/9/09

Kayla — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:23:26 +0000

Oh hey, I also got a new camera during the hiatus. Here is the first show I photographed with it…

33 photos of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at The Waiting Room on August 9, 2009, HERE. At this show I abandoned my hatred for flash photography (but only a little bit).

ANDREW BIRD – 2/28/09

Kayla — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:39:03 +0000

Wow, it’s been over a year since I last uploaded the site. No, I wasn’t dead. No, I didn’t stop photographing concerts. Yes, I was a lazy pile. I think I have pictures from about 15 shows; I’ll try to upload the best 5-7 or so. Or maybe I’ll get bored doing actual work and post more than that.

Just so you know, the site was sketchily hacked or something a while back and my Google results were all messed up, but I’ve got it all cleared up now. There is no malware hosted on this site…I promise.

Also, if you looked at this site before, you caught a glimpse of the only live pictures of Monsters of Folk on the internet! Unfortunately, now there are hundreds of others.

Anyway, on to the photos. You can see 29 pictures from the Andrew Bird show at Slowdown on February 28, 2009 HERE. I don’t know what was up at this show, but I did some really weird stuff which resulted in lots of (intentionally?) blurry pictures. I really like how a few of them turned out though/

DeVotchKa with Born in the Flood & Basia Bulat – 5/25/08

Kayla — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:29:25 +0000

Here are more pictures from earlier in the year. There are 18 of openers Born in the Flood & Basia Bulat HERE, and 28 of DeVotchKa HERE

Colin Meloy – 4/26/08

Kayla — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:27:10 +0000

I haven’t updated in a while because I have been so busy and was without my computer for a bit. Here is the first in a batch of pictures from earlier this year. This is Colin Meloy from a show at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas, on April 26, 2008. There are 34 pictures HERE

Basia Bulat – 2/24/08

Kayla — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:44:16 +0000

Here are some pictures from the Basia Bulat concert from a couple weeks ago, February 24th, at The Waiting Room. There are 29 pictures HERE.

Barack Obama Rally – 2/7/08

Kayla — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:43:20 +0000

An update…finally! I seem to have been in a winter concert hibernation, but things appear to be looking up, with at least a couple shows in the coming weeks. Anyway, here are some pictures from the Barack Obama rally at Slowdown featuring Bright Eyes, M. Ward, and Jim James, among others. There are 85 pictures HERE.

Slumber Party Bands – 11/17/07

Kayla — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:04:30 +0000

Here are the pictures from two of the four bands I saw on Saturday at the Slowdown. I have a couple from the other two (Honeybee and Conchance) that I will probably put up later this week. In the mean time, there are 14 of Bear Country HERE and 27 of Capgun Coup HERE.

Stars – 11/4/07

Kayla — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:54:48 +0000

There are 70 pictures from the Stars show on November 4, 2007 at Slowdown HERE.

The Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem – 9/28/07

Kayla — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:16:32 +0000

Here’s some photos from The Arcade Fire / LCD Soundsystem show at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City on September 28, 2007. There are 21 of LCD Soundsystem HERE and 69 of The Arcade Fire HERE.

Okkervil River at The Waiting Room – 9/15/07

Kayla — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:13:33 +0000

Here’s the second batch of photos that have been waiting to be uploaded for weeks. These are from the Okkervil River show at The Waiting Room on September 15th. There were Damien Jurado pictures, but I am stupid and had to delete them to make room for LCD Soundsystem / Arcade Fire pictures (which will be posted tomorrow)…sorry.

Anyway, you can see the rest of the 59 pictures HERE.