A couple of weeks ago, I headed over to Downtown Disney to photograph Albert’s youth orchestra. His group performed at the reception for the Truman Awards, a dinner hosted by the Democratic Party of Orange County. It’s probably not a stretch to say that Albert hates being upstaged, but in this case he’d admit to not taking centre stage: presidential hopeful John Edwards was the guest speaker. I went along with Albert, hoping not only to photograph his orchestra, but also to get a few shots of the famous haircut.

Part of my purpose here was to just get shots of the children playing for their parents. I have plenty of those, but I’m more interested in showing the more photojournalistic, and perhaps more abstract shots, like this one of Albert preparing the orchestra.

 

Having some experience in youth oriented photography (the infamous youth soccer days), I have an idea of what parents look for- the face. It’s a bit of a shame, not only because face shots get a little boring, but what really makes string players are the hands. I got this shot of Albert here with just that in mind, and he really liked it. Maybe I’ll give it a try in the future for his younger players.

Of course, with all this formal attire, you can’t miss the black and white shots.

It’s not all serious though. Here’s something of a less-than-formal group shot.

Finally, the reception was over, and it was speech time.

 

 

 

Overall, what did I learn about Edwards? He really, really likes to gesticulate.

Hm… nice hair.

Thanks for looking.