This is another stage shot where i used rear curtain flash. I wanted some motion blur but still needed to be sure there was enough sharpness for him to use it for publicity.

-- susan daly (slascaux@aol.com), January 07, 2001

Answers

wow there is some major jpg nasty stuff going on in this. sigh...

-- susan daly (slascaux@aol.com), January 07, 2001.

aaahhhh okay..... my browser hiccuped, and started compressing images for some reason.... geeez...now that i reset that the image looks fine to me.

-- susan daly (slascaux@aol.com), January 07, 2001.

Sweet.

-- Mike Dixon (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), January 08, 2001.

it's for sure the flash behaved as you planned. very effective. and a lefty! reminds me of another great southern guitar player, but modesty prevents my revealing his name. :)

-- wayne harrison (wayno@netmcr.com), January 08, 2001.

You know Susan, its a nice shot, but the thing is, I feel like I've seen it before. I think you should try for new angles or approaches with this method- this one does the job, but that's all- As you've probably noticed, regardless of the excitement of the music, some musicians give a lot visually and some just stand there- I usually wait to see if theres some "trademark" look or move or gesture, then wait for that... Otherwise, you tend to get people standing at microphones with their eyes closed and their mouths open. Go for a new approach- you're past the beginning, stretch out some-

-- Chris yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), January 08, 2001.

I would have to agree with Chris above, but let me just echo that this really is a nice photograph. It just has a nice feel to it. I like the little bit of motion blur that actually feels sharp (no, I can't really explain that, but the photograph reveals some beautiful details that don't seem possible with motion). But it is difficult to go for originality with shots like these unless the musician is in your living room or something.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), January 12, 2001.

Here is the image for these comments..... sorry, it was at geocities, so u know what happened.

-- susan daly (slascaux@aol.com), March 09, 2001.