It's the end result I believe we are all after... each show deserves a good cross sampling, of the action on the stage...
After the show, I sort all of my pics by individual performers/instruments... then in groups of two, three, four performers and then the full stage shot...
Close ups are just part of the mix...
Then it's more of the selection process... creating a presentable "set" is the objective and always the final goal...
So obviously, just close ups would result in a difficult set ,that would not necessarily be representative of the events of the evening... But they (real good ones) are often toughest to capture.
Getting past the most difficult captures for creating a set would probably be, the close ups first, and performer interaction second, etc...
