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Jack Johnson at Mile High
Sep 2nd
After joining the Steve Miller Band during their afternoon set, Jack Johnson returned to headline the main stage Saturday night. Click on any image to load the gallery.
360 degrees of the Mile High Music Fesival
Sep 1st
A few panoramas from the Mile High Music Festival in Denver, CO. The festival was held on the pristine green grasses of Dick’s Sporting Good Park, a sprawling soccer complex outside of the city. It was two days of good people, great music, and perfect weather. Backed by the same producers, Mile High is something like Coachella’s little brother who moved out to Colorado for the summer, started smoking reefer, and mellowed out a bit. It was my first year shooting the festival and I have to say I enjoyed it quite thoroughly. Well, as much as you can enjoy a job where you walk around a field pushing a button and watching incredible live music all day.
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Analog comes to life…
Jul 26th
Less than 6 months ago I got an email from the DJhere camp about a project they were working on. They had a new restaurant in the works and wanted to shoot some images to get a print ad campaign going before they even broke ground on the venue build out. This kind of media savvy forward thinking is part of what makes these guys good at what they do. Matt Spencer and his team of creatives are the force behind Firehouse Eatery, Vin de Syrah, SD Creative Media, and now Analog Bar. I have been shooting with them for several years and they always have exciting projects going on. We arranged to shoot at a super cool recording studio just east of San Diego called Secret Cedar. This was the extent of my creative brief:
“Analog is going to be a play on a classic dive bar – reinvented, so it will still have the great design aspect that Syrah has, all though TOTALLY different look, think 1975 – 1985. So for this shoot we are going for a bit of a rock n roll theme, should be a fun one.”
Arriving at the shoot, Matt grabbed a binder out of his truck and proceed to flip through several pages containing images of tall boys, old stereo equipment, and exotic woods. He spouted out ideas, sounding half crazed, as if he was building a restaurant in his head. If you didn’t know Matt you might have thought this guy had lost his mind. And although I had seen his wild ideas come to life before, it was hard to imagine that these excited ramblings could ever turn into a functioning restaurant, much less one in the heart of San Diego’s super busy and extremely competitive Gaslamp District.
6 months later, on the corner of 5th and F, Analog Bar is alive and kicking…
They brought me out last week to do some venue shots that will be used for print ads, website, and PR. We had the place to ourselves for the shoot and got some really great stuff.
Check out a few selects below, then a little behind the scenes video, and finally a link to a full gallery from the shoot.
Behind the Scenes video (if playback is jumpy pause the vid and let it load for a few seconds):
Click here for full gallery
LIB – Day 2 – More fun than a Barrel of Monkeys + the Lucent Dossier Experience
Jul 12th
Saturday at LIB proved to be much like Friday, except with more people, more music, and more fun (which came as a bit of a surprise because I didn’t realize things could get any better). There were amazing DJ and live music sets all day long and once the sun went down things really started to heat up. I caught a couple amazing sets by March Fourth Marching Band and Beats Antique. Sandwiched in between these two great performances was one of my favorite parts of the weekend, the Lucent Dossier Experience. These guys hold it down at Coachella every year and it was great to see what they had cooked up for LIB. If you ever have a chance to check out anything they are involved in I HIGHLY recommend it! (not like that you stoner)
Full gallery here
Full gallery here
LIB – Day 1 – A Cornucopia of Visual Delights
Jul 8th
Finally recovered from my LIBexperience/mexicotrip/harddrivefailure and ready to share some images and panoramas from LIB.
Here are some stills from day one, full gallery link at end of post.
Shooting Lightning in a bottle was an epic experience. An incredible group of people work extremely hard to put this thing together and somehow, after 10 days of build, this magical world comes to life. It is unlike anything I have ever seen. World class music, incredible stages, amazing artwork, tons of super friendly people, beautiful scenery, the list goes on and on. If you are anywhere near southern California (or halfway around the world) this time next year I strongly recommend you make it a point to check it out. And if you like taking pictures, bring your camera, for it is a cornucopia of visual delights.
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Fotografías de México
Jun 21st
Heading south of the boarder opens up a new world of photographic potential. Things tend to be more colorful, textural, full of character. I could spend months, maybe years, shooting down there and never run out of interesting subject matter. It also doesn’t hurt that my absolute favorite food in the world can be found at any one of the thousands of small taco stands that line the streets of any city, town, or village that you come across.
Here are a few landscape shots from our two day drive through northern Mexico. Follow the link at the end of the post for a full gallery with more images from the drive and the rest of the trip…
Full Gallery here
Remote Mexican Beaches and Hard Drive Firmware Failures
Jun 15th
Came home from Mexico to the delight of a fully non-functional hard drive on my main work computer. After a couple days trouble shooting which eventually led to an overnight trip to the data recovery guys at i365, it has been determined that the drive is fully recoverable and I should have it back and be back up and running tomorrow afternoon. The super deluxe part? Because it was a known firmware issue with seagate drives it cost me nothing (as opposed to the $1500-$2000 estimates I was getting to recover the data).
In the mean time I have been trying to get a handle on the images and panoramas from the LIB festival, and sort through the stuff I shot in Mexico as well. Tons of great stuff from both and will be posting more soon. For now, enjoy a nice little panorama from our secluded beach…
(If you would like to know where this is I could tell you but then I would have to kill you… For 15 years my family and their friends have been making a week long camping trip to this remote beach every summer. Not once has there been another group of people there. If you want to try your luck just head south past Hermosillo, take a right at a Gas Station/Taco Stand, then follow a series of unmarked dirt roads past a ranch and then a shrimp farm, continue on for about an hour (some parts require 4 wheel drive) and then hook a right at the wash and there you will find a beautiful remote beach to enjoy all to yourself. good luck.)
Lightning In A Bottle
Jun 2nd
Spent the last week at Irvine Lake shooting the Lightning in a Bottle music and art festival. Put on by Los Angles based artist collective the Do LaB, LIB is a non-stop three day party with more visual stimulation than you can shake a stick at. Had the pleasure of working for Kelly Jones at JAX Logistics to capture some of the build for his website and stuck around for the festival to shoot a virtual tour and a bunch of stills. I turn around and hit the road for ol’ Mexico first thing in the a.m. for a week long camping trip to a remote beach south of Bahia de Kino. Don’t have much time to edit images or panoramas but wanted to share a few before embarking on my next adventure.
Here are a few stills from the festival, check back soon for more stills and a full virtual tour…
for now, enjoy.
Lucent Dossier at Coachella
May 23rd
Capping off Friday night was the Lucent Dossier Experience performing their latest stage show, Android Lover. These guys put on several amazing performances throughout the weekend, taking over the DoLaB stage and turning it into a circus of fire, water, costume, face paint, light, music, and high flying acrobatics. If you missed them at Coachella don’t be a dummy, come check them out at the DoLaB’s Lightning in a Bottle festival in Irvine next weekend.
i’ll see you there…
Jay Z at Coachella
May 20th
Jay Z put on an epic performance closing down the main stage Friday night. New respect for this guy after his set, amazing performer, captivating stage presence, extremely talented band. After a 4 hour sound check Thursday night Jay’s voice was a little worn but he managed to power through the entire set unphased, kicking out jam after jam from his latest record and classic hits the entire 60,000+ in attendance could sing along with. Bringing his wife Beyonce out to sing on “Forever Young” was a nice touch too.
These two get even more respect for hanging out all weekend supporting other bands. I saw them at a dozen or so other shows, catching a few songs from backstage, side stage, and even occasionally dipping into the audience to get a look at the show from the rest of the world’s perspective. Big Ups.
Lots more pics in a full gallery at the end of the post…
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