North Sea Jazz Cruise, a photo from Gotland, Gotaland

Photographer's Note

Kurt Whalem’s saxophone is straight from the heart; his music always brings tears to my eyes. When he explained that a song he played was on one of his ‘gospel ‘ CDs he said, “But everything I play is gospel because I belong to him. Apparently God can walk in 5/4 time. The music was like no gospel music I’ve ever heard; still it had the audience on their feet, swaying to the music. I’ve never heard anyone speak about God in such a straight from the heart manner, he seemed to have no agenda of trying to convince you to believe like he did; rather he only seemed to be saying, “I want you to understand who I am.”

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edytungkal (4551) 2007-07-12 1:01

Hi Pat,
Great expression from the saxophone's guy, his red face has shown that he was really enjoy what he did (playing the music). Well sharpness and very well of using the light and nice framing too. tfs

greetings
daniel

delic (6735) 2007-07-12 1:20

Hi Pat,
He must be playing the sax intensely to get such a red face. Breathless maybe. His dedication is obvious. Excellent capture with perfect framing and composition. Regards,
Hakan

ruisc_pt (11594) 2007-07-12 3:02

Hi
Pat
Superb shot. The f/stop is right in the limit to achieve the perfect dof..
TFS

delkoo (68) 2007-07-12 4:25

hello patricia,
This is a truly excellent musician shot, one can almost hear the melodic strains of his saxophone with the mood you create.

regards
didier

feather (51130) 2007-07-12 8:32

Excellent portrait of the saxophonist. You have captured all the effort and dedication on his face. Not easy to take I think. Well done.
Kath

xuaxo (6854) 2007-07-12 10:23

Hi Pat
Great portrait. I guess it's perfect picture for the description of your note.
I like very much also the hand detail.
SAA, F

singuanti (15250) 2007-07-12 19:50

Hi Pat. I like how you captured him so into his music. You can tell he's really at one with his saxophone. Your POV was ideal for showing his face and saxophone off. Nice take Pat!

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-07-12 22:34

This is a great, great portrait. I believe he would be proud of it. Excellent work, Pat.
Antonio

quetzal (3665) 2007-07-14 1:00

Hello PAt,
Very pretty portrait of this musician. Excellent atmosphere and framing, and really nice attitude which gives more life to the picture.
Have a good day (I come back)
Jean-Louis

gunbud (34066) 2007-07-16 21:15

Hi Pat,
Wonderful expression of joy that you have caught on the artist face. He seems to be in heaven as he preforms. Wonderful note.
Regards, Tom

Emile (20352) 2007-07-24 20:57

Hola Pat.
Very good shot of the sax player, very well captured, his expression shows that he is really doing a great show. Your vertical format was a good choice, lighting and frame are excellent. Well done. TFS.
Cheers.

Angshu (56760) 2007-10-10 2:30

Hi Pat
One look at is face & one can easily see that he is putting all his heart & soul in the music. perfect in vertical frame, this is an excellent portrait.
Best Regards
Angshu
PS : I'm sure u know that Saxophone is a Belgian invention! Just remembered that I’ve been to the place where Adolphe Sax was born, a lovely place called Dinant.