Hello Danielle Bradbery Fans,

For me This Concert was inspired by this photo riiight here & I will explain

So the day Danielle's Album came I picked it up, now when new albums of my favorite artists come out I try to not listen to any previews or songs that might leak out into the internet, I want to be surprised and enjoy the entire new music to its fullest on my first time through listening.  First song on the DB's debut album is Young in America and  with that awesome song 2:30 into the song, here ya go  crank it up specially at 2:30.  That Photo above is that exact moment of the song, I told myself in the car that day that someday I will capture that moment with my Camera. to me its just a statement moment of a rising career to this talented singer.

At 2:30 she sings at the end of a super long note emphatically  YEAH!  I thoughtYep Danielle's gotta be loving life right now, like much of america who voted and followed her journey on the voice I was waiting for this album!! hit after hit from a perfect playlist from some of my fav country artists on the show. and hearing this album just put a Statement of YEAH on her career rise to the top.

I've told this next story before somewhere on the internet with my discovery of country music after hearing Sara Evans in 2001.   late one night I caught the last half of GAC's Born To Fly Album showcase show, this was my first exposure to Sara Evan's music I could not believe the notes and beauty of her voice, I just could not believe someone could reach that high and sound so beautiful singing a song,  I looked at the TV guide hoping for a full re airing of the show, found it and recorded it on VHS some might remember those ;)  but yes Danielle had that same discovery with me,  with being blown away by awesome singing from a god given voice.  There are others like Martina McBride and Alison Krauss that do the same thing for me.  & just not the ladies Same with some male country singers like Kenny and Tim and Keith. ya Gotta love a Beautiful Voice.  

As for the pictures your in for a treat (there's 288 here), some that follow my photography know this spring I got my first full frame sensor Camera (5DIII) and been loving it for landscape and wildlife photography, BUT I've been looking forward to finally using it at a Concert and this is its debut in the hand of me. I used my 70-200 f2.8 lense on the show,  I've bought that lense new in 2008 and its pretty sharp but since 2008 then they've come out with a Mark II versions of it and its super duper sharp and I'm thinking of getting that lense next sooo if by chance I happen to photograph another concert someday well I'll have that sharper lense for more awesomeness.  Sadly I have no other Concerts of anyone this calender year.  working on other things in life.   I will say (hint hint)  Danielle or Blake I so tagging you in a tweet for this review haha.  if you do need the Greatest of alllllllllllllllll time in concert photography well That would me(some say) and I'm in need of a new job pronto.  I'll work for peanuts as long as I'm creating Concert images with a pass around my neck as all those pics in my portfolio on my site here have always been from spectator seats.  yet to make a dime on a concert photo.  

I gotta thank my longtime country Concert friend Bob for going to this show with me. we've seen some great stuff over the years huh Bob!  

Sorry about the tight crops on these, normally in the last few years of growing as a photographer I like to compose more negative space and having the Subject really anchor the scene, or compose head to toe with Country artists onstage. since we were 7 rows back and Danielle is already not the tallest singer haha your getting tighter crops. plus before Danielle came out, Fair workers brought out this white staircase and put it center stage. soo that and I told bob at the time is gonna mess with my framing of shots.  So I adjust!

I Apologize to the Swon Brothers fans out there, I totally wanted to photograph your set but a security guard threw his weight around as Bob and I were walking in when he saw my camera and warned me DSLR's were not allowed.  soo I keep it in the bag for your Set and when DB came out atleast I'd have some of those to edit before someone said something.  thankfully nobody ever did and I saw tons of other DSLR's in the crowd.  Fairs are usually like that easy on Camera policies, love that part about fair Concerts.

Back to the Swon Brothers   they effing rule! loved them in the Top 3 of the voice with DB and loved there professional Swoncert now!  highly recommend them if they are touring in your area. Zach and Colton  you guys rule!  Twice this week my alarm woke me up with my local radio station K100 playing Later on!  so your Current hit song is on the move in Toledo! would love to work for you guys as well if you ever need a photog for a tour.

Lets talk about Danielle's show this day, been looking forward to seeing a headlining full setlist show.  the night before she sung in Kentucky and this night after what I did'nt count the songs  but 12-16 songs she was pitch perfect on all her songs, I noted that as the show went along she sounded so good! Such a professional she never seems to run out of breath while singing,  anyone ever try to sing 12 songs in a row?  let alone like most of us 1 song and not run out of breath haha! its hard and DB does it with such ease.  I noticed that on the Voice and so did the judges they were bragging on her for a reason and why America choose her to win.  Professional Talented singer right here folks.  Her confidence with working the crowd and getting a routine is growing  big time. Dancing around & acting out songs. DB  keep smiling and waving and reaching out, if the crowd feels a connection with you and your songs the more rewarding it will be for you.  Along that same note DB  hope you see a connection with my photo's here. with a artist I try to only highlight a connection with a photo, its gotta put the viewer looking in. in the show.  For the most part when I'm shooting I think about which images will stand the test of time, and hope-fully, if the world is still around hundreds of years from now, someone can look back and get a feel for what that singer was all about.

 I thank you for smiling at my camera a few times during the night, yeah I was kind've easy to see hard to miss a tall goofy looking guy with a fancy camera pointing your way huh,  haha you did wave at the end at me well it could have been a teen behind me but I took it as a thank you wave to me, I did try my best to learn all your songs and sing along :)    The Album rocks!  So release all the songs with vids to boot!!  riiiiight your record label says to that :) 

If you Click on this picture below it will take you through the HQ flickr pics And for some strange reason you have to click your left arrow key to scroll through the show but this it the first shot of the show for me :)

& Because Zenfolio's blog limits the amount of pics I can embed in a blog I will post all the pics via my photobucket account on my Original website www.captainstevephotography.com  soo if you want to see the pics there you can, but I recommend the flickr link in fullscreen mode for bestest quality.

here's a lil 5 shot AI servo action of a power note sung by T H E Voice!