SHOW, TO SHARE WITH FANS HOW THEY CAPTURED SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE SHOTS.
ERIN: AUDREY COX MET UP WITH THE GUYS AT THE VENUE, WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR DREAM JOBS.
♪ AUDREY: IT HAS BEEN SAID A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS.
♪ THESE IMAGES OF CELEBRATED MUSICIANS, ICONIC LEGENDS, USING THEIR MUSIC TO CONNECT WITH THEIR FANS, A MOMENT CAPTURED BY A PHOTOGRAPHER’S EXPERIENCED
EYE.
>> I HAVE A LOT OF VISUAL PRESENTATION, STAGE ESSENCE, THEY PLAY OFF THE FANS, I AM LOOKING FOR SHOWS LIKE THAT, THE HEART OF THE WHOLE THING, THAT BAND, ARTIST, CONNECTION BETWEEN
THOSE TWO.
AUDREY: MEET THE CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHERS AT THE BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PAVILION.
THEY ARE REGULAR JOE’S OF THEIR DAY JOBS, BUT AT NIGHT, WHEN THE STAGE COMES ALIVE, THEY ADMIT THEY HAVE A PRETTY COOL JOB.
♪ >> MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO TAG ALONG EVERY SHOW, BUT, YEAH, EVERYONE IS LIKE, HOW DO I GET IN THERE, HOW TO WEIGH GET IN THERE -- HOW DO I GET IN THERE?
AUDREY: ERIC HEMPHILL REMEMBERS HIS FIRST SHOW.
ERIC: E DAVE MATTHEWS.
I HAVE, LIKE FIVE SHOWS -- FIVE SHOTS OF THE FIRST SHOW AND 3000 OF THE SECOND.
ROOKIE MISTAKE.
AUDREY: STRIKE THAT OFF IS BUCKET LIST.
ERIC: TO SEE ALICE COOPER RIGHT THERE, 10 FEET IN FRONT OF ME, SINGING BACK DOWN TO MY CAMERA LENS WAS THE BEST.
♪ AUDREY: WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE GROUP AT A HOT SUMMER DAY AT THE VENUE.
IT IS QUIET.
THE SEATS ARE EMPTY, ALL IS QUIET, THE FOOD VENDORS ALL CLOSED UP, A TEMPORARY RESULT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
♪ JASON: SOME ARTISTS ARE JUST SO ENERGETIC, AND THEY GET THE CROWDS SO AUDREY: PUMPED UP.
2019 -- SO PUMPED UP.
AUDREY: 2019 WAS JASON LEVASSEUR ' ’S FIRST SHOW HERE.
WILLIE NELSON IS THE SHOW HE WILL NEVER FORGET.
JASON: A LEGEND, WILLIE NELSON, FIRST OF ALL.
THAT WAS SO COOL, IN REGARDS TO JESSE A WILL BE WILLIE AND SEE THAT CROWDS BE WILLIE’S FANS.
AUDREY: A SIGN OF THE TIMES, WITH THE SEASON SHUTTERED FOR NOW, JASON DECIDED THE PHOTOG CREW NEEDED TO GO VIRTUAL.
HE STARTED A YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND CALLED IT "TALES FROM THE PIT." JASON: HEY, THIS IS JASON, AND WELCOME TO "TALES FROM THE PIT." WITHOUT HAVING SHOWS, I COULD NOT SIT STILL, SO I WANT TO DO
HAVE SOMETHING TO BE CREATIVE, AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY, NOW THAT WE CANNOT GO TO CONCERTS.
>> ♪ IF YOU ARE DOWN AND OUT ♪ AUDREY: A BIG ZAC BROWN FAN, HE SHOT THIS OF THE "CHICKEN FRIED" SINGER.
>> THAT PICTURE OF ZAC WAS PRETTY INTENSE.
IT WAS QUICK, AND HE HAD THIS INTENSE LOOK AT SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE ITSELF, HIS EYES WERE PIERCING AT SOMEBODY COME AND IT WAS A QUICK GRAB THAT I
HAD.
I LOVED IT WHEN I SAW IT.
♪ >> IT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
EVERY MINUTE IS SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING.
AUDREY: STEVE HAS BEEN SHOOTING HERE FOR YEARS.
STEVE: SOME OF THE COUNTRIES TOUGH, I AM A HUGE ZACH BROWN FAN.
THEY ARE THE BEST TOOLING -- TOURING BAND THAT THERE IS, SECOND TO NONE, JUST PHENOMENAL.
THERE HAVE BEEN A A LOT OF SHOWS LIKE THAT.
AUDREY: EVERY SHOT IS DIFFERENT.
THE LIGHTS A GIFT -- AND A CURSE AT TIME.
>> CAPTURING MOTION, GETTING SHOTS AND FOCUS WAS A STRUGGLE AT THE VERY BEGINNING, GETTING FOCUS, LOCKED IN ON SOMEONE WHO IS SINGING AND SLAMMING A GUITAR UP AND DOWN, SO IT HAS BEEN A
LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND ONE OF THE FINEST JOBS I HAVE EVER HAD.
WANT SOME OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES PROBABLY THIRD EYE BLIND.
I GOT A SHOT I REALLY LOVED, A BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTO, AND I GOT HIM JUST SINGING INTO THE MICROPHONE, YOU CAN SEE THE VEINS IN HIS NECK.
AUDREY: SEEING A SHOW AT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE -- BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PAVILION IS MORE THAN SEEING YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST ON STAGE, THE VENUE IS ALL ABOUT MAKING THE FAN EXPERIENCE AN
UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT.
JASON: A WIDE VARIETY OF PARENTS WITH CHILDREN, AND THIS IS THE CHILD’S FIRST CONCERT, AND THIS IS THE PARENTS 30TH CONCERT WITH THIS ARTIST, SO IT IS COOL, YOU GET A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF A
WHOLE GENRE OF FAMILIES COMING TO A SHOW.
ERIC: THEY FEED US.
YOU ARE HOT, LIKE, 100 DEGREE DAYS.
YOU DON’T GO WITHOUT WATER.
I’VE NEVER HAD A BAD FAN.
GLENN: TRYING TO REALLY CAPTURE PICTURES THAT CAPTURE THE ENERGY IN THE MOMENT.
AUDREY: EVENTUALLY, ARTIST WILL LIGHT UP THE STAGE, AND FANS WILL FILL THE PARKING LOT, THE STAGE, AND THIS GROUP OF GUYS WILL CAPTURE THOSE MOMENTS IN TIME.
>> KIND OF MY GOAL IS THAT PEOPLE SEE A SHOT, AND THEY ARE LIKE, "I CAN FEEL LIKE I AM THERE, BUT I REALLY WISH I WAS THERE AS WELL."