Concert, Photography

Eric Clapton

Legendary Blues Guitarist Eric Clapton performs a career spanning set to the diverse and sold out crowd delivered in an appropriate mix of electric and acoustic formats.

In shooting notes, an absolute pleasure to shoot such a legendary musician. The suck of it all being missing Roger Daltrey’s set due to a 1 hour 5 mile commute courtesy of Sugarloaf Parkway’s 2 lane to one lane entrance to Gwinnett Arena for the sold out show.. Shooting Mr. Clapton proper was two songs and out from a fixed location from the soundboard necessitating handholding a 17lb old school Nikon 400mm 2.8 AIS. I most certainly could have provided Mr. Clapton a better look from the pit with varied shooting angles and a wider variety of focus lengths. Nonetheless, editor was happy and I covered Eric Clapton ;-).

Allen Ross Thomas is an Atlanta, Ga based music industry photographer available for concert, promotional, portrait, and editorial coverage for local bands, national tours, multi-day festivals, and international music events.

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