Bell Bottoms!!

April 18, 2014     band, bands, bar, black and white, blues, crowd, D7000, echo park, fisheye, hollywood, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, orange, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, soul, the echo     0

I’ve seen the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion a few times – mostly back in the 1990’s … But I have to say, Wednesday night (4/17/14) at The Echo in LA, they were awesome. They have not lost a step. They were bar sludgy, swamp boogey, punk rock, or something like that. It was dirty and…

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top ten of 2013

December 31, 2013     band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, Denver, downtown la, Easter, festival, festival of colors, fisheye, flash, Foo Fighters, Hindu, holi, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, ink n iron, jabez, lambretta, lensbaby, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, May Farms, micro 4/3, model, Moorpark, motion, music, Natural Light, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, Pizza, portrait, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, scooter, scooters, street photography, superchunk, vespa     0

I was reading a post by fellow photographer Michael Ares and he did a year end, “top ten” list of his favorite shots of 2013. After reading his post, I thought it was a great idea. A great way to look through your work throughout the year and see how your are improving or if…

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I don’t want to do a review of Riot Fest (Day Two)

October 14, 2013     bad religion, band, bands, bar, Black Flag, Byers, caught my eye, color, Colorado, crowd, Denver, descendents, Farms, festival, FLAG, friends, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, May Farms, micro 4/3, Naked Raygun, olympus, omd, peelander-z, photo pass, photography, Public Enemy, punk, punk rock, rain, rancid, rides, Riot Fest, rock show, storm     0

Riot Fest, Denver (Byers), CO – DAY TWO First band I saw was Chuck Ragan (no photos). PEELANDER-Z I HAD TO POST 2 OF NAKED RAYGUN NAKED RAYGUN PUBLIC ENEMY AND TWO OF FLAG TOO FLAG BAD RELIGION (without Hetson) We watched RANCID from the stage and I really couldn’t get a shot. I’m bummed,…

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hard one to write …

August 23, 2012     architecture, building, downtown la, los angeles, low light, photography, sign, street, street light, street photography     0

I took another street photography workshop recently. I really enjoy taking workshops. Workshops are such a great way to learn … Its very interesting to walk the streets with other street photographers and instructors and try to see what they see. I like that the instructors see things in a different way than I do,…

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hard one to write …

August 23, 2012     architecture, building, downtown la, los angeles, low light, photography, sign, street, street light, street photography     0

I took another street photography workshop recently. I really enjoy taking workshops. Workshops are such a great way to learn … Its very interesting to walk the streets with other street photographers and instructors and try to see what they see. I like that the instructors see things in a different way than I do,…

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another drive by shooting in chicago.

May 11, 2012     architecture, building, caught my eye, chicago, low light, photography, shooting out the window, stairs, street photography, subway stop     0

well, not actually a drive by shooting … but i did shoot out the “L” (subway) window while heading to the billy goat tavern (under michigan locale). we were at the damen stop on the blue line and i saw this guy sitting on the bench looking dejected. something about his posture really caught my…

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