This is I Vardianx and this is The Candid Frame.

I really love music and I especially love the opportunity to see some of my favorite

artists live in concert. There's just something special about having the opportunity to see

someone that you've really loved and whose albums and CDs you've listened to over the years

and having a chance to see them play

right in front of you. One of the things that I've always been a little envious of is some of the

photographers that get to be really up close to capture wonderful images of some of these

wonderful performers. And today's guest is a photographer who has the opportunity to do this

on a regular basis. Alan Hess is the author of All Access, Your Backstage Pass, to Concert

Photography. And I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with him while I was in

Vegas. And it really gave me a perspective in terms of what's involved in this type of photography.

Not only the technical challenges involved in being able to produce a good photograph of a live performance,

but also about the sort of intricacies of negotiating access and some of the business concerns that you have in terms of being able to

successfully not only produce great images, but make a potential living from making photographs

of performers. So I was really glad that we had the time this weekend to sit down and chew

to the foul a little and I hope that you

really enjoy this conversation because I know I did. So here's my conversation with Alan Hess.

Well, Alan, welcome to the Candid Frame.

Thank you.

It's good to be here.

It was really interesting when I was sitting with you at Vegas and having the opportunity to see you talk with a couple of other guys.

And it gave me a real appreciation for what you do because while you guys were talking there,

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