Point well taken, Frank. This group was playing "cool" jazz. Great stuff, to my taste, but not the kind of music that results in animated performers. I loved his performance, and he looked like a cool guy, so I liked this image. On reflection, I will admit that it lacks much interest.
Thanks for looking and commenting. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:51 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I must be brutally honest here: that is a rather static and undynamic (if > that's a word) photo. > > And to me that's always a difficulty shooting jazz. The guy can be blowing > the most amazing Coltranesque solo and be standing stock-still staring into > space (as this guy seems to be doing). Sometimes they will get into it > physically but that can be hard to capture as well as that can be sporadic > and unpredictable. Some are physically gesturing all the time, but my guess > is that this player isn't one of them. > > ;-) > > So, whatever the reason, I have to say that this is unfortunately a fairly > uninspiring photo of a musician who was likely playing amazing music - but > not showing the outward indicators of it. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> > Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO: Sax Solo > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16469093 > > Comments are always welcome. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
