the civil wars.

for me the hardest part about photographing shows is finding room to move around to get a variety of shots. since i don't have a large zoom lens if i want to get a close shot i have to get close to the stage and most people do not give up their spots kindly or at all. which i don't blame them for, i'm the same way.
i do love it though! i love music really more than i know how to say and to capture people playing music, doing what they love is a really cool feeling. i would love to be able to capture emotion in a photograph that brings tears to another person's eyes, just like so many of the musicians i love do for me with their music. i don't enjoy making people cry, but i think it would really be something beautiful to capture enough emotion within a photograph to stir someone to that point.

i'm really pleased with how all of these turned out, even though they were all shot from exactly the same angle. the house of blues in downtown dallas is a great venue and i can't wait to go back. the staves were the opening band and they blew me away. the civil wars did not disappoint and i slapped down fifteen dollars to get their album on vinyl because 'barton hollow' will be an album i'll still be listening to on a porch when i'm old.

The Staves

Joy Williams & John Paul White are The Civil Wars

if you get a moment look up both bands on itunes, they really are wonderful.

Xx christine

p.s. i may have unknowingly snuck my camera into this show. i don't know if this is wrong, but i did say a little thank you prayer for having gone unnoticed all night. [: