I was lucky enough to shoot 2 of my favorite bands this week

I shot The Descendents at a secret birthday show on Wednesday 4/20/2016 in Hermosa Beach, which was insane … And last night 4/21/2016, I got to shoot Rancid at the Observatory … It was freeking PACKED. Uncomfortably packed! After shooting in the photo pit for the allotted 3 songs, I stood in an outside bar…

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The Proud, The Few, The Birthday, The Secret show

On 4/20/2016 The DESCENDENTS played a secret show at The Standing Room in Hermosa Beach for Fletcher’s 50th birthday (he’s the Pennywise dood). It was insane! They played EVERYTHING from the really old songs like Catalina to Silly Girl to Everything Sux to a few new ones that will be on their new record coming out in…

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Big Deal …

While I am merely an unpaid hired gun set photographer, I feel very attached to Death or Glory. Recently, I assisted in putting on an event at Angel City Brewery called “Steal Music Buy Art” or SMBA for short. SMBA was created to debut 4 episodes of Death or Glory but became so much more….

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On Line Gallery for ArtExchange show in Long Beach

Here are the photos that I’m showing at ArtExchange Holiday Salon (Nov 8 – Jan 15). Opening is Nov 8 at 6:00pm – I hope to see you there. I had all of the photos framed by the incomparable Dick McCoy (except the 11″ x 17″s). They are all framed with a square black molding…

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On Line Gallery for the Memphis show.

The show at Memphis is still hanging (2920 Bristol St. Costa Mesa, CA 92626) … It will be there through December 10, 2014. If you can’t make it, here’s an on line gallery to check out. All images are printed on 16 x 20 paper, with borders, matted and framed. Here they are, in the…

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OFF and The Descendents on the same bill?

Two of the best bands in the world played in Pomona on Sunday night. OFF! supported the Descendents. I always consider myself fortunate to score a photo pass for any show, but especially for shows like this.  I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the people responsible for getting me hooked up with the…

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going OFF! in Pomona.

OFF! is one of my favorite bands. 100% energy from start to finish. Their regular drummer, Mario from Rocket From The Crypt, was in the Pacific Northwest, so this is the first time I saw OFF! with Dale Crover (Melvins) … Holy CRISP (holy crisp was typo in an email I sent out last week…

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