Photographing the living legend Aretha Franklin the Queen of Soul was a great honor for me. Here is an Artist  that has been photographed live so many times over the years by some of the best Music Photographers in the World and there I was.     The thoughts racing through my mind were… will I be able to capture something different, that one special moment…    And those thoughts got me very excited….

Radio City Music Hall where Aretha Franklin appeared is not my favorite venue to photograph an Artist but a great venue to see an Artist.   No photo pit and to make things more difficult it was a seated performance.  I was only allowed in one spot kneeling down in the aisle to the left of the stage for the first two songs. Looking over the stage set up as she appeared it proved to be a difficult concert to photograph.   In other words I had to wait, I had to wait for her to turn in my direction, I had to wait till she moved to a specific area of the stage where the lights would help to create something special.

As you read this, you can imagine how luck had a lot to do with photographing Aretha live in concert that night.

If any one Knows the Name of  Aretha Franklin’s  Pianist in the photograph below, please let me know

I can honestly write that I will be looking froward to be able to photograph her again in the near future. That’s all for now.

Your NYC Concert Photographer

Taso Hountas

As luck would have it I was able to photograph Diane Birch when she appeared at Joe’s Pub NYC to preform in front of a sold out crowd.  Joe’s pub is small, intimate and not a bad seat in the house; a perfect venue to see Diane up close and personal.

Diane Birch will be Appearing at Le Passion Rouge on Tuesday August 18th, check her out.

Here are a few  Concert photographs from that night.

Later,

Taso Hountas

Bad Company Played the Nikon Theater at Jones Beach…  ‘Nuff’ Said!!!!!

Here are a few Live Photographs:

Later,

Taso Hountas

When I got emailed to photograph Mika I had no Idea what to expect… I had just enough time to grab my gear and head to the venue.

By the time I arrived at the venue Le Passion Rouge about an hour or so before the show, the line was already around the Conner. Not knowing what to expect seeing a crowd as large as this so early was a good indication that the performance would be pretty good.

It was.

Here are a few concert photographs from the night.

Later,

Taso Hountas

Concert Photographer

When I found out that I was able to Photograph Ida Maria at Hiro Ball Room , I jumped at the chance.

It is not the music that made me jump at the chance to photograph her in Concert but her stage presence…Ida Maria is high energy and an emotional performer.

Here are a few Live Photographs from the night

Later,

Taso Hountas

Concert Photographer