Burning Bridget Cleary

My wife works at our public library.  She helps to coordinate some events, one of which was tonight.  She got the Celtic band Burning Bridget Cleary to play in our local park, and man, did they sound good.  Beautiful harmonies, beautiful (faked) accents, and nothing more than fiddles, a guitar, and some hand percussion were used...besides the sound system, of course, to get their lively music loud enough that all could hear it.
I was given permission by the director of the library to get on stage and get some shots.  So I did.  Quite willingly.  Here are the results of that as well as some photos from the rest of the enchanting evening.
(to learn more about them and hear some of the music check out http://www.burningbridgetcleary.com)

 Burning Bridget Cleary

This is the band.  From left to right is Rose Baldino, Lou Baldino, Pete Trezzi, and Genevieve Gillespie

Lou Baldino

This is Lou Baldino, waiting to get the group shot that you just saw.  The other members of the band were busy signing autographs.

Rose Baldino Playing the Fiddle

Genevieve and Pete watch as father and daughter play together.

The Crowd

Ephrata Park filled up pretty quickly, but at this point, (early on) the crowd was still thin.

Self Portrait Series - Fingers

Here is the next photo for my self portrait series.  It is a finger.  Or fingers.  We shall see if I decide to do one photo per finger.  If so, then this is the photo for my left middle finger.  Remember that.

G Chord

One of the things my fingers find themselves doing frequently is grasping guitar necks, positioning themselves on frets, and plucking or strumming the strings. 

Abstract Days

Every so often I have an abstract day.  I'm not a fan.  Basically, I can't come up with a good idea for a subject, or the subject that I come up with just isn't cutting it, so I end up breaking down that or another subject and call is abstract photography.  By no means is it high-brow abstract art.  It's just something that I think looks cool, and will suffice until I actually photograph the subject in the way I originally intended but for whatever reason failed at. 
My guitar has been the source of many of these days.  I want an unique shot of it, something that has never been done, or at least that I've never seen...but no.  Everything I come up with is fairly mundane.  And so, abstract guitar.  

Hot Air Balloon Sunset

 The guitar strings create what looks like a linear pattern on what could be a hot air balloon against a fiery sunset.  

Sometimes She Comes to Me in a Song

A very soft and gentle take on something that is capable of spewing out piercing distortion.  The first thing I thought of when I saw the end result was the song "Lifetime" by the Bouncing Souls...don't know why that was the first thing, but it seemed appropriate to make the title a line from it.