{"id":1,"date":"2018-03-24T23:25:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T23:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aceartanddesign.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2019-02-27T03:53:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T03:53:24","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aceartanddesign.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/24\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Shot, Bad Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes people see something different in your image, something that even you didn\u2019t see.<\/p>\n

During Bruce Springsteen\u2019s 2006 Devils and Dust<\/em> tour, I was asked by an editor to shoot for his publication. I said yes. Are you kidding, of course I said yes. I grabbed my camera (and film, yes \u2026 film), hopped in the car headed on down the road.<\/p>\n

The venue was as moody and dark as the album. When you’re in the business of “collecting light” the lack of it can make for a challenging evening. When in doubt, load the camera and shoot. I knew even before the film was developed that I probably wasn\u2019t going to like the result but I knew I had done the best I could under the circumstances. I filed away the negs and was happy that I had been able to stay for the show.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a decade and a phone call from a photographer friend who asked me if I had shot anything during that tour. I admitted that I had, but I had never been happy with \u2026 she stopped me and quickly said, \u201dsomeone will email you, send a half dozen at least!\u201d<\/p>\n

An email did come and I spent an evening pulling the negatives, trying not to think too much about how dark they were. I rescanned a few, gathered everything together and sent them off.<\/p>\n

A day or two later, one of those images, one that I had never really thought much of, had been picked for the cover of a live, Bruce Springsteen,\u00a0Devils and Dust<\/em> tour cd release. It became part of a series of live performances being offered through brucespringsteen.net, his official website.<\/p>\n

That dark, grainy photo, one I had never thought much of, has since become one of my very favorites.<\/p>\n

Did I save the images because I was a fan? Probably, but I would like to think that in the back of my mind I thought \u201cjust in case\u201d as I slipped the proof sheets and strips of exposed film into a binder. Lesson learned; save the work anyway, and when the word goes out and someone asks to see it \u2026 send it to them. You never know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” Sometimes people see something different in your image, something that even you didn\u2019t see. During Bruce Springsteen\u2019s 2006 Devils and Dust tour, I was asked by an editor to shoot for his publication. I said yes. Are you kidding, of course I said yes. I grabbed my … <\/p>\n

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