Mudcat, of the Music Maker Revue, sprawls out on a blanket while on a foray into the crowd during his performance Friday.
Since I’m not currently working for any publication or newspaper and was thus unable to get credentialed for the festival, I set out with a camera and two lenses to see how much access I could get. While I couldn’t break through the barricades around the stage like the “real” media, I did the best I could from the fringes.
Best part about not working/being on deadline? Being able to relax and completely enjoy the shows without worrying about rushing back to the office to punch out captions (although I did that anyway on my own time). I got to meet a lot of awesome people, from musicians, fans, fellow photographers and even the production crew. A special shout out to everyone with the Music Maker Revue — y’all seriously rock and keep the music alive. It was great to get to know some of you personally this weekend!
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Professor Edwardo Alvarado with his dancing puppets and organ in the Times Square station
See a video by the AP here.
Planet Roo at the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 11, 2009. Taken on a Nokia 5310 cell phone.
Guitarist Don Henley of the Eagles performs "How Long" during the bands' concert at Mizzou Arena.
On a whim, I decided to try and acquire a press credential (for The Maneater) to photograph the Eagles’ concert in Columbia. Two emails and a couple phone calls later, to my surprise, I was successful. I’m a pretty big Eagles fan and was bummed I couldn’t attend the show because of exorbitantly high ticket prices, so snagging a photo pass pretty much made my day as I’d be able to make the concert after all.
Not really knowing what to expect, this being the first time I was shooting a major concert, I packed every lens I owned, including my massive 400mm f/2.8. It’s a good thing too, because all photographers were required to shoot from the mix board, a good 200-plus foot throw to the stage. Using a full-frame D3, anything shot with even a 70-200 was way too wide. Photographers were allowed to shoot the first three songs before having to leave the floor immediately. I got to sneak a peak at the setlist and noticed “Hotel California” was scheduled to be played fifth. Sure enough, after the first three songs we were ushered out. Just as we were forced to put our cameras away, from the rafters drifted down an elaborate California-themed backdrop and the lightshow kicked into a high gear, a step up from the relatively bland design for the first three songs. Mildly upset, I resigned myself to walking as slowly as possible to savor every waning second of all I’d see of the show that night.
Click here to view a slideshow of images from the concert.
Amazing show. I’d heard of but never listened to The Avett Brothers before this free concert on Ninth Street outside of The Blue Note. Let’s just say I’m a big fan now.
