Steel Orchid is a 80s rock cover band located in the Twin Cities area.  Dave (guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist) is a colleague of mine at my “day job” and accepted my offer to take a few pictures.  They performed at Majors Sports Café in Bloomington, MN on 5/8/2010.

The slideshow is here:

Steel Orchid at Majors Sports Café on 5/8/2010

Here are a few pictures from the set:

I recently purchased an Expodisc Neutral (72mm) and this event was my first experience trying it out.  It worked wonderfully with the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 and Nikon 50mm f/1.4, but did not work well with the Nikon 55-200 f/4-5.6.  Since I could not stand on the stage to get the light readings directly, I pointed the lens vaguely toward the light cans.  For most of the shots, it saved me considerable time in post messing with white balance levels.