My very earliest memories are of my older brother spinning the Beachboys continually on the turntable for my entire childhood.  As a matter of fact a few years ago I visited him, trying to repair a mysteriously broken brother-ship, and he was still playing the Beachboys in his home and car.
I have to admit, Brian Wilson’s message is burned deep into my heart. I had to see this guy, and in a way I feel I have completed some sort of cycle. Mr. Wilson and I share a few things like family dynamics, surreal vistas, and music in our hearts. It was important that I was there, and not let this opportunity to see him live get by me.
How I photographed this: For this evening’s show I used three Canon 5D Mark II bodies, and the 16 – 35 2.8, 24 – 70 2.8 and 70 -200 2.8 Canon lenses. I’m a grip tape monster, taping everything together so my cameras stay in manual, and to try to keep the lens hoods from falling off. I just had 3 songs to shoot…9 minutes or something…and you certainly don’t have time to dance around looking for lens hoods in your 9 minute shooting schedule. Fortunately only one fell off this time. I’ve got a little flashlight on my belt and found the sucker. I think I should get a cut of the door, because me thinks I might be more entertaining to watch crawling around trying to get my shit together than watching the band. Canon does not give those hoods away. -I’m not so much worried about lens flair as I am about the way I beat my equipment up. Those lens hoods really help in protecting the lenses from my destructive shooting style. ..sorta.