Ani DeFranco 6/12/09 Bonnaroo Day 2

One of the bumps in the road at Bonnaroo was the amount of photographers in the photo pits. At some of the tents you were squeezed so tight that you found a place and stayed there. What I tried to do was get into a pit earlier (often leaving a stage before 3 songs to get to another stage before the masses) find a spot on the edge of the stage, shoot from there, then go into the wings with my longer lens and then see if I could find another angle. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.

Ani was a crowd favorite, as well as a 'tog favorite. Things get mighty hot when it's 90 degrees, outside and everyone is mashed up against each other. Thick mud in the photo pits didn't make things much better. I was not able to capture Ani's drummer in this session because of those things.

As always, comments and critique are encouraged.

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#4 has that special look in her eyes... Most interesting... especially from a well traveled musician.

Thanks, John. Ani definately is a hard working performer and makes some interesting facial expressions.

No wide shots?

DwightMcCann wrote in post #8155460
No wide shots?

None on this set, Dwight. Ani, a bassist and drummer all spread far across the stage made it difficult to get everyone in the frame. The only place one could have taken that shot was occupied by a video crew.