Attention Concert photographers! (4)

Welcome to the fourth episode of "Attention Concert photographers!"

Continued from: Attention Concert photographers! (3) Attention Concert photographers! (2) Att: all Concert photographers!

I attended a sarod concert by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, a well noted and respected sarod player.

The concert consisted of his two sons, himself, and a tabla player. They play Hindustani, a classical music form from north India.

These events tend to be rather austere, to the point of being severe. There is zero glamor, antics are frowned upon, lighting is constant, the players are seated.

The emphasis is on art and virtuosity, rather than entertainment. In that it's comparable to western classical. Decorum is strictly followed and the players and audience are respectful towards each other.

1. Greeting the audience.



2. Taking a moment to enter the concert mindset.


3. Tuning the instruments.


4. In the zone.



5. And off we go!




6. If you haven't seen a professional tabla player, you're in for a treat!


7. Getting lost in the performance.


8. The shiny sarod.



9. The maestro enters.



10. All set?



11. 60 yrs' worth of professional performances flow out.



12. Zen thru music.



13. Everyone sits on the floor for the duration of the performance. No theatrics!



14. Swaying to the music.



15. The fretless fingerboard is metallic and can make for nice photo ops.



16. A lifetime of mastery.



17. The effort.


18. Strumming.




19. Flow.



20. Humbly accepting the accolades.


C&C welcome and appreciated.

A58 with Tokina 100-300/f4, A77ii with 16-50/2.8, and A99 with 80-200/2.8.

I was assigned a seat and instructed not to move so I had to shoot from there, hence the fixed perspective and limited variation.

Regards
Sashi



Edited by skm.sa100 - 28 April 2024 at 16:20

I can see only #2 also.

oh ja totally, #2 has 205 characters in the url, #1 and others have 986+ characters ... guessing the backend has a 255 character limit on url (8 bit word) ... InternetExploder used to only allow 2048 characters, but most web requests allow >4k in the request; modern browsers can handle 65535+

ACTUALLY it might be permission - when I open the url in a private browser I get a google login page for all except #2 ... still trying to figure that out...

Christian McBride with his band at Blue Note.

#1


#2


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Sony SLT-A99V + Sony 70-200mm F2.8 G
f/4.5 180.0 mm 1/400 1600

Harry Gregg / Jack de Keyzer Band

Sony SLT-A99V _ Sony 70-200mm F2.8 G
f/4.0 150.0 mm 1/400 3200