What about the kids?

So I thought I would post a few pictures of my kids here occasionally. Here is a shot I took of David several months back. It's one of my favorites. David loves the rain like his dad and he likes to look at the puddles when he can't be jumping in them.

Lyra The Harp

Promotional photo for Lyra The Harp.
You can check them out here

New Fine Art Images Available!

Many new limited and open edition prints are from Germany, New York and Arizona and can be purchased at the website below:

VisionLight Gallery

They make great Christmas gifts.

Here's a small sampling of the new prints.

Elizabeth Chamberlain

Promotional photography for Elizabeth Chamberlain. I love working with artists whose music connects with me and Elizabeth is one of those artists. Hearing her live is the best. Check her out here: www.myspace.com/elizabethchamberlainmusic.

Models and zombies getting along beautifully!

Interesting night at Phase 54. I was shooting a lingerie show and at the same time there were zombies running around for Día de los Muertos. Fun stuff.

Lookin' Good! (New lighting stuff)

So I've been slowly "accumulating" the things I will need to do whatever it is I may need to do, at any time I need to do it. Here's two soon to be classic images (cough...) created using the latest addition to my arsenal. A 30x60 softbox.

I am in desperate need of models to keep me from further embarrassing myself.

Jack Ripper & L.A. Guns

Last night I photographed the amazing twelve year old Jack Ripper. He started playing at seven and now just five years later, his playing and stage presence is right up there with the best. A real treat to see him perform live. He and his band played a great set at Club Red in Tempe opening for L.A. Guns. Jack also joined Guns for a song during their set. Here are a few of my favorites. You can view more of the photos from the show in my MySpace "Jack Ripper" Album http://www.myspace.com/eyefulimages and check out Jack at http://www.myspace.com/jackripperaz

Metallica - World Magnetic Tour - 10.21.08

I did my second freelance assignment for the Phoenix New Times two night ago where Metallica kicked off their World Magnetic tour at jobing.com arena in Glendale AZ. I missed the opening band The Sword but I did get to see Down. This was a fun gig. I've never seen so many photographers at a show. I think there were sixteen there.
You can see more photos, slideshows, read reviews and more at the Phoenix New Times - blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun
Slideshow of sixteen of my show pics here:
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/slideshow/view/169566

More Cool Product Photography

Product photography for VOX and Marshall Amplification.
Pictured here is the wonderful VOX Virage guitar and a Marshall JVM amp. Both can make ya drool a bit. The last picture is the finished ad for the JVM where they only used a cropped version of the Marshall shot.

Hemoptysis - The Sets - 10.18.08

Promotional pics for the band Hemoptysis. Live show at The Sets in Tempe, AZ.

The Most Interesting Show In The World?

The Dos Equis "The Most Interesting Show In The World" variety show hosted by Jim Rose at Martini Ranch Scottsdale AZ.
I missed about half of the performances due to a late arrival but here are a few shots from the second half. The most interesting show in the world? Almost.

NYC at night.

I was in New York last week for a photo shoot and when I wasn't working on the shoot, I was out shooting. I can't help myself. I went to the city with a fellow photographer to do some night photography. Here are a few of my favorites. I'll post images from the photo shoot soon. Not the personal shoot...the other shoot I was there to do. You know what I meant, right? (The word "shoot" looks weird to me now.)

Korg M50

These are Korg M50 test (example) shots I did for Korg. The M50 is a great new keyboard based off of the Korg M3. I want one.


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Photographers are Musicians Too.

Last night I went to shoot Smokescreen. I first met Luke the guitar player and fellow photographer at the Collective Soul concert about a year ago (pictures from that show blogged here 10.19.07) They played at Chasers Lounge, which was the first venue I shot a live music event (The post that started this blog). You can check out Smokescreen at www.myspace.com/smokescreen

So what did you do this weekend?

I had a busy weekend. First I enjoyed capturing the Skyline Coyotes crush the Carl Hayden Falcons 59-0 Friday night, then I spent the entire day Saturday at Edgefest shooting bands like Civet and Pennywise (pictured here), Mickey Avalon, The Flobots, The Airborne Toxic Event, Thrice and others for my first freelance Phoenix New Times assignment. Sunday I had a shoot with local metal band Hemoptysis and then spent about seven hours reviewing and editing photos.

These are the kind of weekends a workaholic trigger happy photographer lives for!














Oh yeah. I also finally set the ISO on my D700 to 6400 on a gig (the football game). I was hesitant at first, but now...I am impressed.