IAMX

I got a photo pass for IAMX and I can only desribe them as Panic at the Disco, before “Pretty Odd” (watch that weird circus video for the vibe I’m taling about), on LSD…super great, awesome show visuals, enjoy the pics

There for Tomorrow

The guys from Reybee asked me to shoot some photos of There for Tomorrow, and I thought they were absolutly great.  I’m not into emo, but their songs are extremly catchy and they brought a cool vibe to the crowd…check out the pics below, enjoy!

Scott Murphy – Guilty Pleasures 2

Back in the day (circa April 2008), I worked on a cd cover for a friend of mine, Scott Murphy (ex Allister)…the files went to Japan, and I didn’t hear anything back for months…then, I got a pakage in the mail with the CD!  Totally kickass…I shot the photos for this thing, so enjoy the below …

It’s not my photo, but…

A good friend of mine Amanda Stevens entered a kickass photo into a contest for billboard…check it out and vote, she promised to take me out to dinner if she wins …

Click the photo for the link…

Warped Tour – Another Year, Another story about rock, sweat, and band merch…

Living in LA is great for a lot of reasons.  The biggest one for me is that I can see the Vans Warped Tour not once, not twice, but three times in one summer (four if I go to San Fran, but that’s too far of a drive for me)…thanks to my friends at the tour, I was able to catch and shoot photos at the first day in Pomona and the last day in Carson.  Some of the highlights are below, and the photos are WAY below (btw my photos are coming out washed out when I put them through PS Web Gallery Automator…can anyone help me with that?  Thanks!)

Pomona:

-Street Dogs…saw them with MMB and was absolutly floored again…caught their set late yet still snapped some incredible shots of their lead singer Mike McColgan

-Gym Class Heroes…yet another band I would have never been a fan of unless I saw them in concert…I’m so glad they played early or I would have never caught their set…def will try to photo them again…

-LTJ Merch Booth – and they weren’t even playing…a wee bit of trickery if you ask me…I still bought something…

-Relient K…long time fan, missed them @ Warped in 08 and glad I caught them again…got a guitar pick but lost it …super great live, can someone explain what mat’s 2nd microphone is for?

-Reel Big Fish – you know what I’m gonna say if you know me…freakin sweet…just wish the photos had turned out better…

Carson:

-Canon 40D…More of my pictures turned out, filled up an 8gb and a 4gb card, even as I was pruning bad pics during the day…

-Ludo…Met their manager @ a LTJ show and made it a point to catch their act…saw them in the press area, and was the only photog for their set…glad I didn’t missed it, they were full of enegy and made good use of that thing called a Moog we all know and love so much (I’m looking at you AOF)…

-Motion City Soundtrack…One of the first bands I ever shot live, and still one of the most awesome live acts to date…so much energy, no one can compare to their live act (plus their albums are pretty amazing)…see them live if you can…

-Kevin Lyman…riding his sick wheels…the man knows how to throw one hell of a show…

-All Time Low…the first band I became a fan of not from their show or record, but from their video…Dear Maria is a fun, stylized contempo piece that is super glitter and glam, and has a stripper…what more do you want?

-Black President…with Charlie from Goldfinger, yet a very different sound than Goldfinger, and for good reason too…still kicking ass (I love them for the same reasons I love the street dogs)

-Katy Perry…surprised at how good she actually is live…was expected some watered down, Hannah Montana-esque bullshit, but got the complete opposite…really attractive in person, has pipes like no one I know, and isn’t involved with the disney pop idol factory…I just hope she can crank out a few more hits and not get labeled a one hit wonder…