Ryman Stage
by Glenn DiPaola
Title
Ryman Stage
Artist
Glenn DiPaola
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I must say that what we see here poses a dilemma for a photographer. While we all believe in the importance and power of photography, I wish that activity near, and on, the stage was not taking place. What can you do? People want a memory from their time here. The auditorium needs money to stay open to the public and host shows. I waited for the people to leave but they never did, more came, one after another.
That aside, in this image you can get a nice sense of the scale and intimacy of this one of a kind venue. There are no bad seats here. The visual of these rare, if not unique, curved rows is wonderful to take in.
I promised some more history (from Wikipedia) on this place so read below if you like.
"It was used for Grand Ole Opry broadcasts from 1943 until 1974, when the Opry built a larger venue just outside Nashville at the Opryland USA theme park. In an effort to maintain continuity with the Opry's storied past, a large circle was cut from the floor of the Ryman stage and inlaid into the center of the new Opry stage."
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July 31st, 2014
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Gull G
πππβAn art is a poem without wordsβπππ Congratulations on your recent sale of this amazing Work!
Linda Lees
The repetition of the rows of seats looks great in b&w. I agree with you about the people, they are a distraction, I'd probably just photoshop them out, but I know some people are purists and don't want to edit too much. Next time, perhaps you could try a really long exposure, so that the people aren't in frame long enough to register? You'd probably need filters to reduce the light, but it's something to think about.
Glenn DiPaola replied:
Thanks Linda. I don't use photoshop hardly at all. Not so much purist as either I get the shot or I don't. I got lucky this day with a fair amount of people free images, but this one gives such a nice sense of scale. To that end the people help with scale if someone was imaging how close the performers would be. I'm close to the last row here, so pretty nice seats no matter where you are. Don't know when the next time will be, but I hope there is one. I don't believe they will allow tripods and I never travel with one. Slows me down when there is sooo much to capture.
Sunil Kapadia
Wonderful composition and lighting. Marvelous b/w treatment too. LF
Glenn DiPaola replied:
Thank you very much Sunil. It was great to get these balcony seats without any people. The lines they create are wonderful.