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

April 22, 2016     band, bands, bar, crowd, D7000, descendents, filmage, Greg Jacobs, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, rancid, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, Santa Ana     3

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

April 21, 2016     ALL, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, color, crowd, D7000, descendents, filmage, gallery, Greg Jacobs, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show     3

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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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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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 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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OFF and The Descendents on the same bill?

October 2, 2014     ALL, band, bands, bar, black and white, color, crowd, D7000, descendents, Documentary Film, downtown, filmage, friends, kids, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, pomona, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt     4

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.

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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people ruin everything

October 1, 2014     Acoustic, ALL, band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, buffalo trace, Colorado, D7000, descendents, Documentary Film, family, long beach, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, Pizza, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, roots, san diego, travel     4

Last week, Sept 25-26, I had the pleasure of hanging out with Scott Reynolds and Chad Price. I offered to help book them a couple shows, one of which was in San Diego, so I drove them down to the show and hung out. It was a lot of fun. We got a room at…

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group art show

May 27, 2014     art gallery, band, bands, black and white, D7000, descendents, Foo Fighters, huntington beach, m43, micro 4/3, Nikon, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, superchunk     0

I had hoped, before creating another post, that I would have updated my website. That has not happened, but I want to let people know that I will have 4 photos in a group show in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 31 from 7 – 10pm. I found out about this show when I saw…

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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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