Paul McCartney puts on a rockin' good show at Piedmont Park, it was the second of it's kind. Paul McCartney fans came from near and far to see the former Beatles band member sing new and old hits. It was an amazing experience for me, I never thought four years ago when I started shooting professionally that I would stand in front of a former Beatle and capture it through my camera. The media had to be escorted the entire time for crowd shots and we were only allowed to shoot the first three songs of The Script(opening band) and the first two songs of Paul McCartney and all from the sound board. The sound board didn't seem that far when I looked at it from the stage, but when I got out there I felt a million miles away. Above was a huge rain cloud, us photographers were all hoping it would hold out for the first two songs. Around me were twenty or so photographers, I turned around and looked past them and between the sound board, there was a SEA of people! I got so excited!! It was amazing, the fact that music brought all these people to this place made me get very gitty. This was not only the biggest concert I had ever shot, but it was the also the biggest lens I had ever used, needless to say I was nervous and so excited at the same time! The stage lit up brighter then fireworks on the forth of July and my heart began to race, I had two songs...."FOCUS!" After shooting the first two songs we were escorted through the crowd back to our holding room and about ten minutes later the rain began to come down in sheets. Although I am glad I didn't get caught in the rain with all my equipment, I knew that the rain would just make this event set in more with the crowd. Some of my most memorable concerts were when I was dancing in the rain while hearing hits being preformed on stage. What an amazing night and one I will NEVER forget!
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*Thanks to Perry Julian for above photo of me.
Redbull Soapbox Race was a BIG hit in Atlanta. People were pouring onto 10th street from the MARTA station to see makeshift cars roll down to the finish line, although some didn't quite make it. The crashes were what got the high scores from the judges which included Fashion Designer, Michael Knight, Bert from the Bert Show and Corinna Allen from Better Mornings Atlanta. It was a gorgious day for the event and the spectators seemed to really enjoy the races.
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