I would say to file this one under “once in a lifetime,” except I am fortunate enough that this might not be the case: last Friday, July 23rd, I had the opportunity to spend much of my day and evening with Scissors For Lefty, who were performing an intimate outdoor show at a most gorgeous...
I had the pleasure of shooting one of my favorite bay area bands, Stripmall Architecture, at Milk bar on Haight Street last Saturday night, and it was an evening filled with beautiful music, awesome visuals, equally awesome people, and–best of all (to the photographer)–amazing, phenomenal lighting! I’d never shot at Milk before, but I am...
I went to Harlot, a bar/small music venue in San Francisco, last Thursday to shoot a friend of a friend’s group, Dancefloor Executives. I went into it not knowing what to expect—especially since it was one of two shows I was shooting that night—but I was seriously blown away by this music! Andy (my friend),...
This show was even more fun than I thought it was going to be–and being side stage, one of only a couple of photographers present and using a rented external flash for the first time at a show, I was in heaven. A totally sweaty, disco-fied funky heaven. Sounds like my kind of place!
My favorite shows to shoot are small, local shows, and my very favorite shows to shoot are small local shows that go off the hook. I know the San Francisco Bay Area has a remarkable talent pool (something I really had no idea existed until I started doing concert photography…and this was not from lack...
