ALL ACCESS: Your Backstage Pass to Concert Photography
I am very happy to announce the release of my new book ALL ACCESS: Your Backstage Pass to Concert Photography. This book covers everything from requesting a photo pass, shooting the show, dealing with equipment, post production and pro tips from other concert photographers, musicians, publicists and more. Here is the table of contents and it should give you a better idea of what is in the book: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Light It, Shoot It, Ret...
Yesterday I spent the day in Los Angeles with Scott Kelby, Brad Moore and a room full of photographers and Photoshop users. I was there for the latest Kelby Training tours; The Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It tour and it was a really fun day. The day is broken into five different...
Tears for Fears
This post is about two separate things. The first is shooting Tears for Fears, the second is using a pre release version of Nik Software Color Efex Pro 4 to add a natural border look to each image. I want to start with the Nik software Color Efex Pro 4. If you read this blog you know that...
Backstage at the Photos...
If you have ever been to a Photoshop World, you know what a production the keynote is. If you haven’t been to a Photoshop World, the next one is in Washington DC for the first time and I am sure will be something memorable. The last Photoshop World took place in Las Vegas and the...
Book Review: Photoshop ...
I don’t do many book reviews here on my blog. I read a lot of books, some good, some bad and some great but I usually leave the book reviews to others. Today is an exception. A week or two ago I received my copy of Photoshop Compositing Secrets. Unlocking the Key to Perfect...
Lil Wayne in concert
Lil Wayne brought his I AM STILL MUSIC tour 2011 to San Diego last week and I was there to capture it. The shooting restrictions were the first three from the soundboard which was fine. I am getting used to the soundboard restrictions for shows in San Diego and even though I had already...
Night & Low-Light ...
I am working on the final edits on my new book. It is called Night & Low Light Photography Photo Workshop. It is part of the Photo Workshop series of books and has been really interesting to write. The first problem was to decide on what content would be in the book. What is low light...
Light It: The new iPad ...
The reason that I first joined NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Proffessionals) was because of the magazine Photoshop User. I picked up the first issue in a bookstore called the San Diego Technical Bookstore and I went back every week looking for more issues. I have every issue...
Steel Pulse in Concert
If you have read this blog over the last few years, there re certain bands that come up time and time again. Steel Pulse is one of those bands and I feel very fortunate to be able to photograph them when our schedules allow it. I have been a huge fan of this band from when I first...
Kenny Wayne Shepherd in...
Last night I went to photograph George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Right now you are probably asking yourself why I called this post Kenny Wayne Shepherd if I went to shoot George Thorogood, well, the answer is simple, Kenny opened the show and since the Thorogood contract was really...
Bush at the 91X X-Fest
This was my second time photographing Bush and while I loved the sunset light at the Epicenter show this time I got to see the Bush lighting in action and it was great. This was a show that would defiantly separate the pros from the amateurs. There was a lot of moving lights, and then...
Incubus at the 91X X-Fe...
The 91X X-Fest took over the Cricket Amphitheater on July 16, 2011 and I was lucky enough to be there to photograph the headliners. The bands included Iration, Face to Face, Bush with Incubus closing the show. The photo pit was huge and not crowded making a big improvement over the 70...
