Pirates and Gamblers, What a Night!

January 31, 2017     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, casbah, color, crowd, flash, Greg Jacobs, long beach, low light, motion, music, night, Nikon, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, true crime, venue     0

Please click here to see my photos and review of Alex’s Bar’s 17th anniversary rockshow in New Noise Magazine. I am still not very comfortable with using my flash … But I used it for the Riverboat Gamblers’ set … I went back to high ISO for Throw Rag. Alex’s Bar is bathed in RED…

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The Damned are a not a goth band!

November 3, 2016     architecture, band, bands, bar, black and white, Captain Sensible, crowd, D7000, downtown, downtown la, fisheye, gallery, Greg Jacobs, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, The Damned, venue     4

I’m happy to be able to post my photos and review of The Damned 40th Anniversary show at The Belasco Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. Please see the link to New Noise Magazine here. I didn’t include the set list in my review because it was so long … But here it is, if you’re interested…

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Online Gallery for ALL ACCESS show – Long Beach Dec 5, 2015 – Jan 9, 2016

December 7, 2015     alex's bar, Alvin, art gallery, bad religion, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, Blasters, blur, Captain Sensible, caught my eye, color, crowd, D7000, damage, Dave Alvin, descendents, downtown, downtown la, exhibition, family, festival, fingerprints, FLAG, flash, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, Greg Jacobs, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, ink n iron, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, missed shot, modern, Moorpark, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photography, portrait, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Replacements, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, The Damned, The Replacements, venue     2

Here’s an online gallery for the framed images in the ALL ACCESS show currently hanging at SOMATIC GALLERY in Long Beach, CA. These framed photos are available for purchase at SOMATIC GALLERY in Long Beach, CA. Thank you for asking! Phil Alvin – Framed, white mat, square black molding, 13 x 19, Gelatin Print –…

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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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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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A 3-fer!

April 30, 2015     bad religion, band, bands, bar, black and white, crowd, D7000, downtown, downtown la, hollywood, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, venue     5

I hope when I type things like: “I was lucky enough to score a photopass” that I don’t sound like a phony. I truly feel lucky to get these photopasses. Regularly, professional, working, photographers will ask me how I get my photopasses … I am lucky to have friends in the right places who can…

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Big Deal …

March 25, 2015     art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, Blasters, blues, building, Captain Sensible, crowd, D7000, Dave Alvin, descendents, downtown, downtown la, family, filmage, fisheye, FLAG, flash, flowers, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, graffiti, haze, hollywood, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, phonography, photo pass, photography, portrait, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, roots, soul, The Damned, true crime, venue     4

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 Los Angeles Punk Museum show

November 5, 2014     alex's bar, Alvin, art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Blasters, blues, Captain Sensible, crowd, D7000, Dave Alvin, downtown, downtown la, exhibition, festival, fisheye, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, ink n iron, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, The Damned, venue     0

I currently have 8 photos in the Los Angeles Punk Museum show at The Stockroom in (Silverlake) Los Angeles, CA. The show runs through Nov 8, 2014 and included some really cool stuff. Great photos, Punk Rock Cartoons, Paintings, Clothing, Original Sex Pistols posters, movies, rock shows … It’s great … All of my photos…

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On Line Gallery for the Memphis show.

October 2, 2014     art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, Blasters, color, D7000, Dave Alvin, Denver, descendents, exhibition, filmage, fisheye, FLAG, flash, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, ink n iron, long beach, low light, m43, May Farms, micro 4/3, Moorpark, motion, music, Natural Light, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photo pass, photography, Pizza, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, Santa Ana, superchunk, venue     0

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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Caffeinate, shoot the Captain!

September 18, 2014     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, Captain Sensible, color, crowd, D7000, long beach, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Slim Jim Phantom, Stray Cats, The Alarm, The Damned, The Living End, venue     0

Friday, September 12, I drank a Red Bull and an iced coffee after work, and went to see Dead Men Walking at Alex’s Bar. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect … This band has members of some amazing bands: Captain Sensible of The Damned, Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, Mike Peters of…

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