Thursday, July 7, 2011

Image of the Day-"The Trench"

Chuck Ragan
Stage AE
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Northshore

Anyone who is at all familiar with my work or who has seen me shooting a show knows that I am a 'stage hugger'. I feel I have to get up in the musicians grill to get the shot. Sometimes restrictions won't allow me to get close but usually I am there as inconspicuously as possible. So it was weird not opting to go up during Chuck's set even though I could have. Maybe it was soaking up the inaugural night of the outdoor venue? I don't know. To me there is a flatness to shooting from the crowd and well, you the viewer be the judge. As for the performance, he had this raw, 'Poguesh' vibe going that, while good, went on about 15 minutes too long.

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