Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Russell at Rehearsal

I want to thank everyone for the wonderful feedback on the previous post. I am so pleased that you all liked it.

The other day I posted an abstract of Russell playing his bassoon here. I decided to post a shot of Russell from Youth Orchestra Rehearsal. This was taken a couple of weeks ago. I take a lot of photos of the orchestras that we are involved with and most often they are candid shots like this one.

The youth orchestra is a wonderful group of very talented young musicians. Both Jon and Russell have been members for the past several years. Since joining this group their musicianship has improved greatly and they play some very challenging music. All original classical pieces no arrangements.

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Playing the Bassoon

A while back I was trying to get some nice shots of Russell playing the bassoon. I discovered rather quickly that playing the bassoon doesn't yield very flattering facial expressions. Trust me they aren't too pretty. I decided to try some creative focus and just experiment a little to see what I would get. This was the result of one of the experiments.

I suppose if you aren't too familiar with the bassoon, this may just look random, but if you are familiar with the bassoon, then you can get the idea from the photo and it will make more sense.

I actually liked the abstract nature of this shot when I took it, but had held onto it for some months not sure if I was going to ever post it. I do like it, so here it is.

In other news, I have been able to talk to Rob several times on the phone this weekend. It was wonderful to actually hear his voice. He is doing well.

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