I took this shot with my iPhone this evening of the Lawrence High School Marching Band (From Fairfield, Maine) at the Maine Band Directors Association Competition held at the Biddeford High School. Normally the competition is held outdoors on the football field and the Marching Band is, well, marching. We had bad rain storms (even worse driving through them on the way back) so the competition was held indoors instead.

My wife & kids were at the house, I jetted out to watch our band, Marshwood perform. They performed about two hours earlier and most of the Marshwood Band members are scattered in the bleachers across the way in the background. I didn't bring any of my other cameras this evening, I figured with it being indoors, the lighting wouldn't be so hot (it wasn't).

I have no stills of the Marshwood team because I took videos with my iPhone which I promptly posted out to Youtube.

So back to this photo. I took this because the band was so small I could fit all of them in a single shot on the iPhone & then email it to my wife. Looks can be deceiving though, the band may look small, but they sound much bigger than they are. If you closed your eyes, you'd be shocked if you opened them after listening to them play.

Another reason for taking this shot, look to the lower left and see what you can see. If you are a Canon fan-boy you'll understand immediately. I spent a bit of time drooling over this guy's setup, a Pro Body (EOS-1xx) with a EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS on the front. Just the kind of lens you'd want at an indoor (or even outdoor evening) event like this. I have the 70-200 F4L with no IS and really want the f/2.8L IS. Someday, perhaps after I win the lottery this evening since I swung by the store on the way back and actually played the Powerball (I play it two times a year).