I am sorry to anyone that has a problem with flash photography at a rock show. It is never my intention to piss people off while I am taking pictures. Also I put a lot of work in to what I do in hopes that it will benefit the Seattle music scene, the bands and the venues. I do this for free most of the time. As in we are all in this together. I did talk to Todd Trainer, the amazing drummer before the show and told him that I would be taking pics for some local music blogs, his reply was “have at it, snap away”. I guess I got a little carried away and got too close to Mr. Albini’s face, but I promise I made my best effort to snap a pic, then get out of the way. I got down off of the stage at the first cue from the sound guy and Steve did ask me nicely not to get on stage again. If he had asked me to erase every picture on my memory card I would have. I also raised the ISO on my camera as to make for the smallest flash possible to get photos. I think I took a total of 5 photos that were around 3 feet away from Steve Albini. I honestly didn’t think hopping on stage for less then one song to snap a few pics would bother people. I’ve been in bands all of my life and I would be the first one to pick up the mic stand if it got knocked over or do anything to help the band out. I did not mean to seem disrespectful. I’ve always feared that the bands and crowd might be bothered by the way I shoot, and I’ve talked to a lot of bands about it and none of them said that it bothered them. This is the first negative feedback I have received. Point taken guys. Again sorry.