2nd time shooting Rush...this shoot was a bit better in that we (only two other shooters!) had access to the full pit, as the 2010 shoot had a video camera/dolly set up that took the stage right half of the pit. that meant that there were no clear lines of sight to Neil Peart, due to his massive drum kit and excess of rack toms and cymbals.
The slight drag was that we only had the 1st two songs of their second set, which comprised their new record Clockwork Angels. I'm not a big Rush fan but I would have preferred to be shooting songs I liked (or at least was familiar with). A few other notes: there was a string ensemble but they were lined at the back of the stage, and not really visually obvious, at one point Neil's kit spun around in a circle, and at the beginning of the 1st song there were some fireworks that were set off (i caught the smoke trails, not the actual pyro part - see #2).
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some others at my site:
http://photos.tinnitus-photography.com/rush_tdgarden_2012
