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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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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going OFF! in Pomona.

October 2, 2014     ALL, band, bands, black and white, caught my eye, color, crowd, D7000, descendents, Documentary Film, downtown, filmage, FLAG, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo a day, photo pass, photography, Pizza, pomona, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt     9

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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The Hold Steady, The Cheap Girls and I got a show …

September 16, 2014     band, bands, bar, black and white, caught my eye, D7000, exhibition, family, friends, gallery, m43, micro 4/3, minneapolis, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Santa Ana     2

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’m sure you’ve all missed me. First is that I saw The Hold Steady in Costa Mesa / Santa Ana, The Observatory. I was really surprised that they ended up in the small room. I guess they didn’t sell enough tix for the big room … I guess…

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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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I don’t want to do a review of Riot Fest

October 10, 2013     Against Me!, band, bands, caught my eye, crowd, festival, friends, high school, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, long beach, m43, Mats, micro 4/3, music, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Replacements, Riot Fest, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, superchunk, The Replacements     0

I just want to post some pictures: DAY 1 SUPERCHUNK (no photos, but I watched Against Me!)   ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT   IGGY and the STOOGES   THE REPLACEMENTS Day Two I had better access and full media/press credentials … which allowed me to get closer and get better photos.

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bourbon, bourbon and more bourbon

October 2, 2013     architecture, bar, bourbon, buffalo trace, caught my eye, clouds, distillery, four roses, kentucky, m43, maker's mark, micro 4/3, moonshine, olympus, omd, photography, willett     0

We recently returned from an amazing trip. Nashville, various cities and towns in Kentucky, Cincinnati and Denver. The Denver post will have to wait as I have a ton of photos from Riot Fest Denver that I want to share … But this one is about Kentucky and bourbon. The first thing that was an…

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out of shear laziness

October 24, 2012     architecture, black and white, bus stop, caught my eye, clouds, color, food, iphone, ocean, otis, patterns in nature, phonography, photography, reflection, san diego, street, street photography     0

i bring my camera with me everyday, everywhere I go. Usually I bring the Olympus E-P3 because its small and convenient and still takes great pictures. Lately, even though I have my E-P3, I’ve been leaving it in the bag and just bringing my iPhone. When I say “bringing” I mostly mean on dog walks…

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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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