by Alan Hess | May 23, 2017 | Concert, News
Back in March, I had a unique opportunity to photograph Cody Lovaas at my old middle school. When I went to Muirlands, back in early 1980’s, I never thought I would want to return, but that all changed when I found out that Cody was going to perform there as...
by Alan Hess | May 22, 2017 | Concert, News
The Flaming Lips concert is more of a non-stop spectacle than a traditional concert. I have seen amazing photos of their shows for years and always wanted to photograph on of their shows. I recently had the chance when they came through San Diego and put on their...
by Alan Hess | Mar 22, 2017 | Concert, News
Last night I photographed the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Valley View Casino Center as the house photographer. This was a great night of music and photography. The Red Hot Chili Peppers put on a fantastic high energy show with everything a concert photographer could...
by Alan Hess | Mar 6, 2017 | Concert, News
There are not many bands that I would brave the Orange County traffic for. Switchfoot is one of those bands and they didn’t disappoint. On Jan 25 I photographed them at the Grove of Anaheim and here are the photos. Share...
by Alan Hess | Jan 25, 2017 | Concert, News
One of the first (and best) concert shoots of 2016 was the Gen Axe show at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. One of the highlights of that show was being able to photograph Zakk Wylde for the first time. 2017 has started off with a Zakk Wylde concert shoot but this time...
by Alan Hess | Dec 14, 2016 | Concert, News
Two nights, 10 bands, thousands of images. This past weekend I shot the 91X Wrex The Halls Holiday shows at the Valley View Casino Center. this year i was shooting the shows for the Valley View Casino Center and a few shots for 91X. Day one had performances by Bishop...
by Alan Hess | Nov 30, 2016 | Concert, News
I really love my job, but there are some days I love it even more. Getting to photograph Cirque du Soleil performances is a highlight of my year. Over the years I have been lucky enough to photograph the Cirque du Soleil when they perform at the Valley View Casino...
by Alan Hess | Oct 25, 2016 | Concert, News
On October 15, 2016, Univision Television put on a live, televised concert at the San Diego border and I was there to cover the show for Invision/AP. The show started at 4pm and went to 7 pm with 18 musical performances and a couple of speakers along with a host...
by Alan Hess | Sep 19, 2016 | Concert, News
It’s no secret that Steel Pulse is one of my favorite bands to listen to and photograph. This past weekend I got to see them for the second time this year at the Kaaboo festival in Del Mar. I have a lot of thoughts on how Kaaboo was run and the issues with...
by Alan Hess | Aug 29, 2016 | Concert, News
The band Pepper has been around since 1997 and I finally got to photograph them this weekend. They performed after the races at the Del Mar racetrack during the Friday night concert series. This was not the first time they had been at Del Mar but it was the first time...
by Alan Hess | Aug 14, 2016 | Concert, News
There are few bands I look forward to photographing more than Steel Pulse… actually I can’t think of any other band I would rather spend an evening with. Over the years I have developed a great relationship with both the band and management that allows me...
by Alan Hess | Jul 30, 2016 | Concert, News
Fitz and the Tantrums put on a great show. High energy performers and lots of fun lighting makes for a challenge photographically speaking. Add in a mix of LED lights and a pretty short 3 song shoot time and you need to be on your A game. It took me full song to get...
by Alan Hess | Jun 24, 2016 | Concert, News
Last year I had the pleasure of photographing Save My Soul, an amazing combination of dance, aerial displays, and compelling storytelling. That show went on to win the Best of Fringe 2015. So what do you do as a follow-up? The answer is MYTHOS – Opening...
by Alan Hess | Jun 13, 2016 | Concert, News
On June 6th, I photographed the 91X-Fest… well, I photographed 10 of the 11 bands, skipping Cheap Trick due to their photo release. More on that at a later date. For the all day festival I used the Nikon D4 and Nikon D750 along with the 70-200mm f/28 and the...
by Alan Hess | Apr 12, 2016 | Concert, News
The Generation Axe tour is an amazing opportunity to see five outstanding guitar players on the same stage – together and alone. The tour consists of Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt, and Tosin Abasi and it is exactly what you would want...
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