Joe Cocker live in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

[lmgraca]

An interesting concert, nevertheless photojournalists were only allowed to shot the first two songs, Mr. Cocker could only be shot on his right side or his left side, frontal shots absolutely forbidden, and after the two songs, we could stay for the rest of the show, as long as our cameras would stay outside the building... Oh, yes, by the way, there were hundreds of people shooting and filming the whole concert with their mobile phones and compact cameras... Do I smell some hypocrisy...? Here are some of my shots, I hope you appreciate them. ;)

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[roman_t]

first and last shots show his hands. thats what i love about watching him. thanx for share

[lmgraca]

No doubt about that Roman,and it's really hard to get a perfect shot of them as he is always moving them around...

[DwightMcCann]

Nice shots. BTW, they don't need any reason at all for setting their rules not matter how illogical to you. I personally think they do it just for fun but but I always obey them. If you want to be in this business just get over it! :-)

[lmgraca]

Of course Dwight, but let me give you a hint... A few weeks ago I shot a Jean Michel Jarre concert and I broke the rules. You know what happened? The concert producer came to me and asked if I could shoot the whole concert as they were experiencing some new stage mirror thing. I guess that sometimes crime does pay...