"Light travels in straight lines" a clear calm voice tutors from a moment in the past. Cramped, deafened, overheated, wedged against a foot of stage, this is where I thrive. At the heart of controlled chaos, I ride waves of the crowd powered by the drumbeat. The voice returns and whispers "Wait...wait......wait for the action, the expression, the emotion...wait....." My eyes calcualte the light, its temperature, its texture, matching shutter speed and apeture. Its in thier eyes, at the moment within the music, unspoken commnication between the band and the adoring crowd, more powerful than any words, they know this is the time, this is their moment. "Look for the action, sense it, feel it before it happens, you will know" Only a fool would ignore the wisdom. Iconic and awesome, elements synchronise, reacting instinctivley, I fire and know that was the shot.
By me.
March 2009.