THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE….PHOTOS That’s Tyson Ritter from the All-American Rejects.  Translated for the current popular vernacular, that photo by @AustenRisolvato of @TysonRitterAAR from @OfficialAAR is one of my favorite photos. I shot it at the radio show at the Roxy in Hollywood a year ago.  Shooting a band I’m accustomed to documenting in arenas, amphitheaters, major festivals - in a 450 capacity venue is both fun and totally irritating.  But venues that size are where I got started, and they too have that story.  It’s a fun time warp for me.  The skills involved in shooting without a barricade and barely any room on stage to maneuver around the artist are totally different from the laminated all access world of an arena.   It’s guerrilla music photography, and I love it. The terrain is rough, containing screaming girls, reaching out for anything they can grab, unhindered by the non existent barricade - the artist is there for their taking.  It was great fun and shooting these guys is always a joy.  All of them are exceptional human beings and I consider myself fortunate to have them in my life. So that’s the first installment of this blog series.

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE….PHOTOS

That’s Tyson Ritter from the All-American Rejects.  Translated for the current popular vernacular, that photo by @AustenRisolvato of @TysonRitterAAR from @OfficialAAR is one of my favorite photos.

I shot it at the radio show at the Roxy in Hollywood a year ago.  Shooting a band I’m accustomed to documenting in arenas, amphitheaters, major festivals - in a 450 capacity venue is both fun and totally irritating.  But venues that size are where I got started, and they too have that story.  It’s a fun time warp for me.  The skills involved in shooting without a barricade and barely any room on stage to maneuver around the artist are totally different from the laminated all access world of an arena.  

It’s guerrilla music photography, and I love it.

The terrain is rough, containing screaming girls, reaching out for anything they can grab, unhindered by the non existent barricade - the artist is there for their taking. 

It was great fun and shooting these guys is always a joy.  All of them are exceptional human beings and I consider myself fortunate to have them in my life.

So that’s the first installment of this blog series.

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