In honor of some musicians that I hold in very high esteem, I'm sending an addition for Art Week for The BackSeat Boykie Blog. It's a shot of Ramsey Lewis in concert. You will have to take my word on that. It's a tight shot of the motion of his finger roll. I was shooting the concert for a company and had done the "obligatory shots" of Ramsey at the piano playing so before I left the front stage position I shot one for me. I wanted his hands - TIGHT. I had watched his fluid "finger roll, as I call it and I wanted to capture that as the representation of him as a musician. It was a b**ch! 1/4 second exposure to get most of the motion while hand holding a 300mm lens. Anyhow, in celebration of the magic of music and the musicians that make it happen I give you the shot of Ramsey Lewis. I call it ...
"The Moment Before the Concert Began"... -Dave Ruddock
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