by Alan Hess | Jun 25, 2013 | Concert, News
People either love or hate him. No matter which way you feel, Justin Bieber puts on a great show for his fans. Those crazy, screaming fans. This current Believe Tour kicked off in San Diego on June 22, at the Valley View Casino Center and I was there to capture it for...
by Alan Hess | Jun 20, 2013 | Concert, News
I love (and hate) photographing the Vans Warped Tour. OK.. that might be stretching the truth. I don’t hate it, but there are some things that can be really frustrating as a concert shooter. I’m going to talk about the bad, then the good, and the good...
by Alan Hess | Jun 18, 2013 | News
At 8pm Pacific time on June 17, Adobe released the new versions of their applications, the Creative Cloud collection. Cue the cheering and applause. OK, that might be a little over enthusiastic. The reality is that you might want to wait on downloading new version of...
by Alan Hess | Jun 7, 2013 | Concert, News
There are some shows that are just a pleasure to shoot. The credentials are waiting at the box office, the band looks and sounds great, the lighting is pretty good and there is enough space to shoot. I’m not saying that it’s the perfect light or the best...
by Alan Hess | Jun 7, 2013 | Concert, News
Steve Taylor is playing every Wednesday in June at the The Mint in Los Angeles. Every week he has a different set of musicians playing with him. This last Wednesday, a couple of those musicians were my friends Mark Karan and JT Thomas so I headed up to LA to catch the...
by Alan Hess | Jun 4, 2013 | Concert, News
Last night I photographed the Mumford & Sons show at the Sleep Train amphitheatre in Chula vista California. There were two things about this show that were different, both before the show even started. The first was that the show was a sellout, a rare thing in...
by Alan Hess | May 29, 2013 | News
On Friday, May 24, I got up really early and drove up to Los Angeles to spend the day at the Kelby Training Live Seminar: The Shoot Like a Pro Tour. Now some of you might be asking why I did this? I am a professional photographer already, a photographer who has...
by Alan Hess | May 25, 2013 | Concert, News
Last night Billy Idol kicked off his 2013 tour with a show at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA and I was there. I have been able to photograph Billy and his band for a few years now and its always a great show. The band puts everything into entertaining...
by Alan Hess | May 20, 2013 | News
Some pretty big news in the photo sharing world today. Yahoo has updated its Flickr service. The changes probably sound pretty good. You get a full terabyte of photo storage. Can upload in full resolution and share the images on any device. Sounds pretty good. Yet, I...
by Alan Hess | May 16, 2013 | News
In the last week I have been part of two really cool Google+ Hangouts that you can now watch on YouTube. The first was last Thursday where I was honored to be the special guest of the Pinterest Show. This show is hosted by Kalebra Kelby along with her two cohorts...
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