Timeline Photos: Bruce Springsteen

Welcome to Timeline Photos. A few years back I started peeking around my archives in search of some of the first photographs I had taken. Here records my quest into better understanding my long term love of camera and experiencing the world with it in hand. All photos appear in chronological order hopefully revealing an evolution of how I see and what moves me to speak with light.

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Throughthecrowdphotography.com

May 14, 2014: AKA "I dream of a photo pit pass" and/or "If I was only taller with an awesome pro lens." LOL. I can't help but chuckle as I finally pull a late one to jump back into my Fest photos and process. I have some great shots, but dang, what a challenge to shoot through the crowd. More to follow, and this one definitely captures my view and the back and forth of bodies in front of me. After looking at so many, and the others do have a clearer view, I'm nearly attached to the foreground blur. Certainly it's a great exercise in making the most of what you've got.

The Bruuuuuce crowd!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Happy Girl II - Jazz Fest

Photo taken by Andrew Whitehead
Jazz Fest, April 29, 2012

This is my happiness. Being in New Orleans, attending Jazz Fest, and special times with good friends. There was a huge crowd for the Acura Stage - Johnny Sansone with Anders Osborne, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Dr. John, and Bruce Springsteen. We didn't move from there except for a bathroom visit and drink run, and it was all good. Loved it all!!

Here's my set of images from the day. In it are the people and times, as well as my growing wish to one day attend Fest with a press pass hanging around my neck. Either that or a beautiful Grand Marshal pass to give you access front and center to the stages. :)

Remember A Dose of Happy with the Rebirth Brass Band here in town?

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Don't stand in a crowd behind tall men holding beer cans

The Moment: Jazz Fest, April 30, 2006. It's the first Fest since the federal levee failures and flooding in New Orleans in 2005. Bruce Springsteen gets it - the pain, the broken hearts, the frustration, the need to heal and find hope in recovery. He delivers a stellar and moving set of music, and the crowd becomes one in spirit. During "City of Ruins" we were in tears with people around us as he sang 'with these hands...c'mon rise up'. He understood and connected, and it was one of the best concert moments I have ever experienced.

Looking back at my set of photos, I don't know why I didn't move to get the beer in hand out of my field of view. At the time I remember being so in the moment with everyone, but still wanting to get a shot of the scene. That dang beer can is in almost every shot, and if not that, it's tall men wearing hats creating a visual distraction. It may not have been THE shot without the 'beer can in hand', but it definitely would have been an improvement. How funny that this man didn't feel the urge to put the beer down. That's a Fest moment in itself.

I revisited these photos tonight looking for some good shots from past Jazz Fests. Nola.com is running a photo contest where you can win a pair of Fest tickets and a spot in the photo pit for Arcade Fire's appearance on 5/6. I was hoping to find at least one potential, and I remembered the hands and the moment...but not the beer can. Soooo, this will be the riveting lesson in making sure I move, no matter my emotional state or the number of children draping themselves across my body, and be aware to get the shot you want.

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