A. M. Saddler Concert Photo of the Day

Welcome to The Concert Photo Of The Day for 08/09/13 .

I've often writen about how I go about my daily workflow each morning in order to bring you The Concert Photo of the Day. Normally I bring up how a simple thought or a song that invades my head will put me on the path to whatever I need to write that day. Since I don't prepare these writen rambling, or normally pick out a photo, beforehand, there is always an element of fresh and hot off the mind griddle being served up.

And if you've read this for any length of time, I've also written about how there are times where I stare at a blinking cursor, often for hours, and come up blank until I don't. Somehow, something will always present itself to me during that period of waiting and, sooner or later, it will all come together.

This morning, I had a new one thrown at me. I had an idea on what to do as I went to sleep last night and woke up planning on executing that idea into today's narrative. I started writing and realized it wasn't going to work out how I hoped. So, I went down another path and the same thing happened. And I did it again...and again...and again. Now I've had to back off from an idea and let it be until it is the right time to revisit it and realize it's potential...sometimes you have to put things aside for awhile. Today wasn't one of those time.

Each idea, as I started typing it out proved itself to be pure crap...without anything worth saving. I mean, upon reading, I couldn't help but think that if this is what I produce, I should probably stop even trying to produce. Perhaps I'm not meant to do this anymore and should focus on something new and more productive in my life. Heavy things to be thinking so early in the morning; eh?

I can't say that the weather, rainy, damp and dismal, is helping matters. Unlike the girl with the Raspberry Beret, something about the clouds and me don't mix. So, that's what I'm left with today...bad ideas and even worse execution. Well, I do have a photo that I like that was taken on one of those nights that took a long, long time to unfold...from the Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band final show at MetLife Stadium on 9/22/12. That was the concert that seemed like it would never happen...a long build up...things not working out the way they should...weather that put a damper and more on the proceedings and taking enough time to happen that Mr. Springsteen ended up having to work on his birthday...a day that he had planned to take off. Despite all that, the concert worked out better than well.

So I'm thinking that maybe I just have to wait this all out and look at it again later.

Can I call a do over?

Today's photo was taken with a Canon 7D camera body coupled with a Canon EF 70 - 200 mm f/2.8 IS lens at a focal length of 150 mm. The camera settings were ISO 1250, f/2.8 and a shutter speed of 1/640 of a second.