More problematic, I didn't have a deadline for getting these pictures done. I would keep taking new pictures and needing to get those edited (because they were for someone else--my mom, a friend, or a sibling would want to see them within a week or two), but no one besides me wanted to see these, or even remembered that they existed. So my workload pushed them further and further back...but I always knew they were there, because I knew I had some good shots, and I wanted to be able to finish going through them, really see what I had, and be able to share them.
Last night I edited the last picture, and today I'm sharing them on the blog...so for me, this is an achievement, a momentous occasion. This is the work of six months, though the photos themselves were taken in less than 4 hours.
All that to say...you better appreciate this ;)
This concert introduced me to the music of Ben Rector, who is absolutely fantastic--I've rarely seen someone as talented as he is, in so many areas. He can play so many instruments, with skill like I've only dreamed of...it's amazing. And I'm still absolutely sold on his music--I have all his current albums, I think, and would completely recommend them =)
Introducing one of his best songs, which sadly is not on any of his cds, called "Forever Like That"--look it up on YouTube--it's soooo incredibly sweet =)
Yep, he sings, he plays guitar, he plays piano like a master...I had more than one friend who was in love with him before he got off the stage...look up his music video for "I Want to Dance with Somebody" to see all the other instruments he can play...it's kind of incredible...
And then we had the main act...I hadn't realized till this show how amazing NeedtoBreathe was. But they are phenomenal. And my respect for them as a group and for their talent and their music has only grown since the concert...I listen to their albums all the time. Also, they use all kinds of fun lighting which makes a photographer's job really great =) This concert was probably the best I've ever been to (and I've been to good concerts)....so here goes =)
Oh, I realized the other day that most people don't know this--I don't make pictures really large on the blog because I don't want the page to take forever and a day to load on your computer. However, if you click on any of them, a larger version will come up, and then you can look at large versions of all of the pictures from that post...just in case you ever care =)
The lead vocalist, Bear Rinehart--he's got an amazing voice! His talent is a big part of the band...
See, I'm learning! It's only recently that I've known how to control settings to get pictures like this...but I do now =)
He doesn't hold anything back =)
One of the coolest moments in the show (other than at the end when they unplugged everything and sang with no mics or anything into the huge auditorium--incredible!) was the two brothers singing together--they sang one of the band's most personal songs, and it was really moving...beautiful.
All the different colors and lights are challenging, but sooo much fun for a photographer--you have to catch them quickly, though, because they switch so fast!
Bo climbed up on one of the speakers while he was playing--the audience was pretty happy about it =)
It was a pretty rocking show...if I said things like that =)
One of the awesome things about NeedtoBreathe is how they use instruments like the banjo and the fiddle in rock music...it's so cool! They blend them right in...but it gives a really distinctive sound to their music that nobody else has =)
And then we had to say goodnight...it was so sad...but it was such a good show, that we couldn't grudge them their rest--I, anyway, went back to my room to listen to more of their music as I went to sleep, because I never get tired of it...they are glorifying God by what they do, in an incredible way, and reaching many, many people because of it...it's a beautiful thing, and I was so privileged to hear it for one night, and to have a record in my few photos =)
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