A geek in pink

On Sunday May 3rd John and I got to see Jason Mraz live for the 2nd time. This time we got seats instead of being squished in the pit. The seats were unbelievably better with an elevated view.



Jason Mraz was excellent as expected. He does marvelous riffs and bends his voice in his extended notes. When ever he belted out a long note my jaw dropped and yelled, "damn!!". Although "I'm Yours" is his most over-played song on the radio, I love it and think it's genious. The lyrics are so perfectly inspiring. His entire album, We Sing We Dance We Steal Things, is very feel good.

One thing that annoys me about going to big named artist concerts is that they won't allow DSLRs into the venue. Yet pocket cameras are just fine. In December when I saw Carrie Underwood I brought my Canon SD600. The photos that I got just weren't up to par. They were very noisey and not as sharp as I would get with a DSLR.

For Jason Mraz John borrowed a friend's Canon SD700 and I borrowed my mother in law's polaroid point & shoot. The polaroid managed to get the photo above, which I am pleased with, but I did attempt 30 other photos that did not turn out. The polaroid was very slow, after I took one shot it took a minute for the camera's recycle rate to be ready for another shot. John attempted a few photos during the opening bands and decided right then to give it up. But after seeing some of his attempts I wish he would have tried a few on Jason, some of his attempts weren't that bad.

I understand that venues don't want recording devices into the concert, but why is having a decent looking photo so wrong? The tour merchandise doesn't include decent looking photos that I could buy.

The one time I did attempt to sneak a DSLR in the security guard sent me back out to my car. Then there are times when they don't check your bags very thoroughly and I could have snuck the camera in.

I know I need a new point & shoot for occasions like this. And I have asked for advice on good point & shoots, and later found out that they were in the $300-500 price range. Yikes, that's a lot of cash for a point & shoot. For that kind of money I could get a new lense!

Oh well, we had a great time, Jason Mraz is a genious; it's our god forsaken right to be LOVED LOVED LOVED!