Close Up

Close Up
Originally uploaded by petergriffin_1892.

Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden on stage in Dublin, December 2006.

I like this shot a lot, it's actually quite heavily cropped from the original. Bands like Maiden tend to place a huge emphasis on the theatrical side of their show, and Bruce does over a lot of stage (he's quite an aggressive front man, really pushes himself & the crowd).

It's funny that most people have some kind of camera at gigs now, well primarily due to the presence of so many camera phones these days. Looking out at the crowd it was like a sea of LCD screens! So when the band do a slower number it's all light from those phones, as opposed to cigarette lighters like in the old days ;)