I haven't seen The Moods in over 11 years! We had worked a wedding together back in 2006. I was photographing the wedding and The Moods were hired to be the band. Great bunch of guys! But over the years, a couple of the members had either retired or moved on and new guys have been brought in as replacements. Still good!
They played at Chef Vince's Zeal restaurant in Schaumburg this evening and my wife and I decided to go see them and have dinner. The bar area that they played in was crowded, so we were lucky to be able to get a table in the back. The sound was decent considering the size of the venue, but there wasn't enough room in the bar area for all the diners and people who were dancing in the aisles. Still, we had a good time and I was glad to see the guys and take their photo again!
If you have the opportunity to go see them play, do so! You won't be disappointed with their sound and act. If you like songs from the Motown era and more, you will love The Moods! They put on a great show and know how to get the crowd moving!
As for the photography, it was a difficult venue to shoot. While The Moods had lights on them, most were small overhead bulbs that put harsh lighting on them creating hard shadows on their faces. The Nikon D4 and Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 had their work cut out for them. I shot most of the images with Aperture Priority using exposure compensation as much as -2 EV. The remaining effort to improve the images were done in Adobe Lightroom.
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