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Eric Sardinas @ Big Muddy Blues


Eric Sardinas @ Big Muddy Blues
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Copyright: Reed Radcliffe (rlrad) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 99 W: 9 N: 215] (830)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2001-09-01
Categories: Event
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Exposure: f/4.4, 1/400 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-16 6:37
Viewed: 202
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
"I sho got the blues this mornin'"

Yep, it's Monday again and it's time for many of us to go back to work. I don't know about you, but after a weekend of traveling around and enjoying myself, I just have a hard time getting motivated on Monday morning. In fact, I even overslept by an hour and a half, so now I'm running late for work...

Reminds me of that song by Albert King - "Call My Job" - tell my boss I won't be in... I've had too much weekend.

Anyway, here's one from the archives - this guy is Eric Sardinas, he is one of the new breed of blues artists. I got this shot at the Big Muddy Blues Festival at Laclede's Landing in St. Louis on September 1 of 2001. He was the first band of the day and when he came out I thought "Holy crap, a Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) wanna-be." because of all the scarves and tattoos. After a little while, though, he started to rev up and showed that he is actually a very engaging performer. He has a lot of energy, I ended up buying his (first) CD and chatting with him for a while after his show. He autographed my book and the CD and was happy to talk with all the folks at the festival. I really enjoyed his music and talking to him, so he has a fan for life. I've gotten all his albums since.

This was shot with an old 2 megapixel Olympus 490z, a decent point and shoot, and my second digital camera ever. It took a pretty good snapshot, sometimes it had a problem with proper exposure - this one blew the background out really bad, even though I was trying to expose for something in between Eric's black outfit and the bright afternoon sky. So, with a little post processing I took care of that - first I copied just Eric and his guitar to a layer, then I added a black frame to the background and used the blur tool to spin the background layer. Then I converted it to b&w using the DxO Filmpack V.2 plugin, sharpened and re-sized.

I have another image of that performance on TE - CLICK HERE to take a look at it. The link will open in another window or tab, depending upon how you have configured your browser.

Hope you all like it and are able to work through your blues this Monday morning!
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Hi Reed

Good shadow detail, contrast & graphism, in this superb b&w image of the performer & his guitar. Tfs!

Hi Reed,

Great shot which is great as a b&w image good blurring of bg which helps to make him stand out more. His is not a name I have heard the only young bluesman I have heard from the States in the last 4-6 years is Jonny Lang do you know him.

Regards
Jon

Cool shot, Reed - has "album cover" written all over it. It's moody, atmospheric, well composed - really very nice and the pp work suits the subject matter perfectly. Really very nice.

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  • rudla Gold Star Critiquer [C: 52 W: 0 N: 7] (2774)
  • [2009-03-17 0:02]
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Oh great guitar-player,i love him!! :)
And your photo is great,fine bw and motion with face expression.
Best regards,
V

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  • bri Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 333 W: 0 N: 396] (2124)
  • [2009-06-07 15:12]
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Hi Reed,
Just trawlin through the archives and came accross this of ES, had all his music as it comes out but it took about four years after release before I managed to get his first album over here after hearing him on the radio - managed to get to see him earlier this year....he's supportin a full beard now but still the same hat and battered Dobro!
Nice PP work on your pic and the use of B&W is brilliant.
TFS
Bri

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