Symphony Conductor, originally uploaded by Enmicropedias.

Last Tuesday, I got to stand in the wings on stage and photograph the conductor of the Marin Symphony, Alasdair Neale, as he led the orchestra through Beethoven's Fidelio. I had no idea how interesting it would be to watch him as he went through an Olympian range of emotion and expressions all in the space of ten to fifteen minutes. I don't know if it's because I've got a highly suggestible/ empathetic personality or what, but I've never had that kind of connection to music during a symphony performance. It was riveting in the way that he was so ultra-sensitive to every nuance of the music; watching him was like hearing the full potential of the music- like listening with some new emotional-range headphones; adding a new dimension in the musical equation. I've offered to photograph him as often as they like. I'm in. This could be the first entry in my series idea of people who are hyper-sensitive/hyper-passionate. I'll put more shots up showing his wild range of emotions.