So, from the top~
Takeshi and Taichi working the audience in between songs. Even though I was right in the front by the stage, there always seemed to be someone jumping in front of me just as I took a picture... I cropped out most of the heads that blocked this shot, but you can see the hair that sucked up all the light from my flash, which is why the picture is so dark. -_-;
A bit of discussion between sets? I had really high hopes for this shot, because it's the only one I got to take of Kaede's lovely smile... but it had to come out so dark! >_< Once again, note the head stealing all the light from my flash... I cropped out all that I could without cropping the guys themselves.
Ah, now we're moving up in image quality. If not for those flash-eating heads again, this would be an awesome pic. I was lucky enough to be right in front of Kiwamu, who was probably the most animated member during the concert - pointing out faces in the crowd, diving into the audience many times (even though he was mobbed every time, he kept coming back - these guys are so great to their fans~!), spinning around in circles, and generally making for some excellent photo ops. Most of mine didn't develop, sadly... ;_;
Kiwamu once again gives every camera-bearing fangirl in the room something to look at ^.^ ...but, once again... a head in the shot!! Luckily though, this one didn't seem interested in stealing ALL the light from my flash. I really need a digital camera...
The guys take their final bow after an amazing double encore. Actually, if I recall, it wasn't so much a bow as a lining-up-with-their-arms-raised-looking-cool-while-everyone-screamed-and-took-pics... but same difference~ Only two things depress me about this shot: 1) Kaede leaned back just at the moment I took the pic, so I missed his smile again *sigh*, and 2) once again someone's hair is blurring out Kiwamu. Not as bad, though, at least.
That's all I have of the concert. I had slightly better luck at Sunday's Q&A panel, since the lighting was... well, normal, at least... and there wasn't a lot of jumping around and headbanging going on. The panel was a blast - from the moment the guys walked in, Kaede had his camera out, taking pictures of everyone. They showed us once again how important their fans are to them, by posing for everyone's pictures, giving hugs to fans brave enough to ask, and even doing a hair and makeup demo on lucky Kristin. >:P On with the pics...
There's a little story behind this one... I was sitting not far from the aisle on the right side of the room, and in the open space to my right, someone was aiming a camera at the guys. They noticed and posed for him, giving V-signs and grinning and such... and Kaede gave him that charming smile. I saw my chance and bolted out of my seat, but by the time I got there, the first guy had already taken his picture and Kaede was looking away. Still no smile shot for me T_T But he still looks cute flashing that digicam around... and Taichi made up for my loss by making a really adorable face XD
Dark and grainy again, unfortunately. I think this was before people started asking questions, while they were trying to figure out what to do about a translator (the official translator never showed due to Ohio's ever-bizarre weather). It's hard to see through the hair, but Takeshi had a really cute confused look on his face~ *laughs*
When the questions got too difficult for the translators and BLOOD to handle, the guys decided to demonstrate their hair and makeup techniques on a fan. This was my best opportunity for photos, since I got to stand in an open area to one side, VERY close to the action and with very little in the way. But I still missed some good shots because I had to switch film rolls halfway through. >.> Anyway... here Kiwamu and Kaede are playing around with Kristin's makeup, while Taichi works on her hair and Takeshi decides he could use a quick stylin' touch with the blow dryer. O.o And is it just me, or does Kiwamu look adorable peeking out from under Taichi's arm? Such a focused expression... hehe, good times~
Kaede once again hides from me! T.T *ahem* ...pretty much a continuation of the above... Taichi, Kaede, and Takeshi are hard at work on Kristin, while Kiwamu sets about making one of the con's security guys look like a serial killer. ^_^
Kiwamu's work is done! The red eye from my camera was a nice touch, ne? >_o
Dekita~! The guys stood around showing off their work for some minutes, in which many, many photos were taken. I don't know how I got lucky enough to end up with Takeshi looking right at me. *glee* Did anyone else notice that? Somehow he seemed to be looking right at every camera aimed his way at the same time... uncanny...
Same thing, pretty much, except Taichi was actually paying attention ^_^; ...and gave us the infamous V-sign. Once again Takeshi seems to be posing for the camera, though hiding behind some hair.
That's about it. I got a few shots at the autograph signing too, but they're probably pretty much the same as the ones anyone else at the signing could've taken, so I didn't upload them. Maybe someday... or maybe not...
Anyway, sorry the pics aren't great, but thanks for checking them out, and I hope you enjoyed them! Oh, and if anyone managed a nice shot of Kaede smiling, I'd love to see it :D
[EDIT: Ok, due to certain issues I had to move the pics in this entry to a different image server... and for some reason I'll never know, they were automatically resized in the upload process. Sorry about this. But on the other hand, this post is ancient now anyway... and the smaller image sizes should work wonders on this blog's load time ^^]