a piggy’s favorite shot

August 19, 2015     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, blur, color, crowd, D7000, FLAG, flash, gallery, long beach, low light, mingus, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, queens, Rock and Roll, rock show, signal hill, venue     2

August 5, 2015 – Piggy played at Alex’s Bar. It was so dark that I popped up my on-camera-flash for a few shots to fill in some light in order to get some of these photos. I never do that. I submitted a grip of PIGGY photos to New Noise Magazine, which you can see here….

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these guys aren’t in Black Flag anymore

August 14, 2015     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, cigar, crowd, D7000, damage, FLAG, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Santa Ana     0

2 years ago, when I pawed through my Black Flag shoot from the Observatory, I wasn’t very happy with the results. I pawed through them again today and found a couple that I like … It’s always good to get away from your photos after you take them … Then come back and look at…

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I’ve been waiting 30 years to shoot this band.

August 6, 2015     band, bands, bar, crowd, D7000, downtown, long beach, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, stiff little fingers     0

Those who know me, know that Stiff Little Fingers have been my favorite band FOREVER. I’d say, since 1980. Last week I finally got to bring my camera to one of their shows. While this is not my best work, I have an excuse, it’s hard to shoot while bouncing up and down and singing…

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WOT?!?!?! I got the cover? Well, part of it anyway

July 29, 2015     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, Book, D7000, long beach, low light, m43, micro 4/3, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show     1

Punk Globe Magazine was looking for photos of certain artists to include in their “Best Of” Book. I was pretty happy when I got an email from Ginger Coyote from Punk Globe Mag that one of my Captain Sensible photos made the cover! (He’s up at the top, above the “u” in Punk).  

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RFTC | The Bronx | Dead Heavens

June 1, 2015     band, bands, bar, black and white, caught my eye, D7000, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, Nikon, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, venue     0

In the spirit of trying to keep these posts less wordy, I’ll make it brief: 1. This show was awesome 2. I’ve discovered that I’m a total wuss and prefer a barricade to shoot behind 3. There was no barricade at this show due to a request from one of the rock bands. 4. These…

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Pat and Lee Reach 20,000 views

May 21, 2015     band, bands, bar, blues, D7000, Foo Fighters, m43, micro 4/3, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll     0

I am making an assumption here that the 7 people who read this blog already know what Death or Glory is and what my roll is with it. If not, please check out some of the previous posts. Pat Smear and Lee Ving were the guests on the first episode of Death or Glory and…

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