pablo at la kiva

La kiva is a small bar out in far West Texas, in Terlingua and one of my favourite places in the state to get a 2 dollar beer (1 dollar at happy hour). Wednesday night is open mic night and we were lucky enough to be within about a 100 miles of the place, so it was just a quick ride over for some great BBQ and music. I'd heard of Pablo Menudo from others who've been there before. This was the first time I got to experience hearing him. Now you can too.

The audio was recorded just with the built-in mic on my Canon 1DII. I'm surprised how reasonable the audio quality is on the camera on the occasions I've used it. In this case I think it really adds to the image. From the crazy colours, you can probably tell this was shot with the available stage lighting. There were a few other photographers in the bar that night, mostly shooting with on-camera flash. Not only does that not help you get the full ambiance of the place, it was getting to be a bit intrusive to the other patrons in the bar. A fast lens and a solid table make much better options in a dark location like this.