Fuji Rock Festival 2012: The hangover

It's been more than a month since I came back from the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan and the past few weeks have been a long grieving phase for me.

Never has anything affected me so much—not anything in the past decade's worth of watching and taking photos of musicians that I love.
Today, I am latching on to the past and feel at the mercy of my emotions.
My musical bucket list
As I shoot concerts and musicians for a living, I had my own bucket list of artists I wanted to photograph before I (or they) die.
Thom Yorke of Radiohead sings while Jonny Greenwood waits for his cue to play his instrument. Radiohead was on my list. And they were headliners at the Fuji Rock Fest, which I was attending with fellow Yahoo! blogger Francis Brew.
Before flying to Japan, I had been so emotional at the thought of finally seeing the band. And it blew my mind even more that I would be taking pictures of them!
It would be the most challenging for me as I knew I had to set aside part of my extra-giddy fan self. I kept turning to Facebook to say that I would watch Radiohead, cry to "Arpeggi" with mud