This is another photo I took during the concert where I also shot the pictures for my last post, featuring the the accordion and violin duo. The featured musician is Daniele Bonaviri, from Rome, one of the best Italian flamenco player and composer.
As in that last one, also in this case I am guilty of being part of the jungle of smartphones recording the performance intstead of just enjoying it. Taking this one has more been challenging than shooting the photo of the two musicians who played in the first part of the concert. Classical and, like in this case, flamenco guitar players are very hard to photograph as they stand essentially still while seated, thus, the main goal is to capture a moment in which the internal expressiveness surfaces.
Another issue to consider is how cluttered is the stage. When there is the liberty to move around and chose a better vantage point this is often not a serious problem. But when seated in a specific place without the possibility to move and having to care also about the surrounding people, taking a meaningful photo becomes problematic. In this case, I managed to frame the musicians properly, but the square crop of the photo reveals the compromises I had to make to achieve something viable.
At the end of the day — it was already night, actually — I got a few decent shots but, as said, I have missed the music I was there to listen. One should never say never, but I think that I am not going to take this kind of photos anymore if not on assignment.
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