This Is The Moment
Apr 4th, 2008 by jeremy
Honestly, I do have photos of Donny in other spotlight colors than blue :) I have been going back through some old archives and looking for some keepers. I guess the blue has been striking me lately.
This is during the performance of the song This Is The Moment in which Donny hits a very long, strong note at the end, which I have some good shots of that I will likely post later. I liked this emotional moment in the song just before that happens though.
Getting good expressions on singers like Donny can often be difficult. What looks good in motion does not always look good when caught in a single still frame 
Canon 20D, 28-135IS, 1/60 at f/3.5 and 400 ISO
Nice work Jeremy–you nailed the expression, and the exposure. I agree that if you had snapped when Donny hit the note, it would not have had the same impact. Here he appears to be getting ready to take the deep breath to carry the long note that will be following. And, I think that is much more interesting, visually, than the note to follow. Monsieur Cartier-Bresson would have definitely called this a decisive moment.