New Projects

Here's a peak at some of the stuff I've been working on lately.

This first video is a performance by Chris Staples. He has some great solo material, a band called Discover America, plays guitar in Telekinesis and is the former lead singer of Twothirtyeight.

This next video is a performance in my living room by Ricky Kendall. Ricky also has some great solo stuff, is the lead singer of Paxico via Mexico (see next video) and is the former lead singer of Jukebox Wagon.

This is a performance by Paxico va Mexico. In the video they are exploring an abandoned bank in ATL. This place was amazing. I might need to go back sometime to photograph.

One last video for now. This is another one by Chris Staples. This one isn't just a performance but has some interview footage as well. More of a mini-episode. This one is a taste of what the music show I am working on will feel like.

Shooting Babies now has a blog

Like the title says, Shooting Babies now has a blog. Click here to see it. The blog will be used to either spread Shooting Babies news or to highlight photos that may not make it to the portfolio but are still worth seeing. Hope you remember to check it out sometimes.

I Shoot Babies

So, I decided to officially start a baby photo business. Shooting Babies Photography, go check it out. Here's a couple of sample photos.

Photos of 3 week old Virginia

I've had a lot of fun taking photos of Zeke so I thought, why not take photos of some other babies and see how it goes. Today our friend Melanie brought over her 3 week old baby girl, Virginia. Here are some highlights from the shoot.

A Look Back

I'm sure most of you know by now that I love to go see live music. Well, with our current situation I made the choice last year to only attend concerts that I didn't have to pay for. I thought that I would look back at the shows I saw last year and see how I did. Below is a list of the bands I saw last year and if I paid to see them or not.

Free
Judi Chicago
Baroness
Torche
Boris
Pig Destoyer
High on Fire
Kylesa
Neurosis
Evil Army
Toxic Holocaust
Mastodon
Warbringer
Converge
US Christmas
Withered
Krallice
Wolves in the Throne Room
Gaylord
A Storm of Light
Harvey Milk
Coalese
The Annuals
The Indigo Girls
The Coathangers (2x)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Spring Tigers
Franco
Coyote Bones
Cursive
Man Man
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Grizzly Bear
TV on the Radio
Pop Evil
Judas Priest
Explosions in the Sky
Customers
Over 100,000,000 Dead
Butthole Surfers
The Happy Mondays
Psychedelic Furs
The Jealous Sound
Sunny Day Real Estate
Birds of Avalon
Steven Kellogg and the Sixers
GWAR
Port O'Brien
Thursday
Fall of Troy
The Deer Hunter
Gift Horse
Dead Confederate
The Meat Puppets
The N.E.C.
Jeff the Brotherhood
Shonen Knife

Paid
The Coathangers (2x)
Gentlemen Jesse and His Men
Noot D'Noot
Tori Amos (paid $10 for $60 tickets)
Damian Suomi
Lauris Vidal
Ricky Kendall

Not too bad I have to say. There's some big names in there for free. I managed to win so many tickets because I started to submit for contests in local publications and radio stations (also, for a few shows, I was given tickets as a gift). I even won a few more tickets that I didn't even use (Switchfoot is one that comes to mind). Sure I missed out on lots of great shows by not buying tickets but I couldn't really do anything about that. So, there you go.

Photo Site Redesign

My photography site just got a redesign. Go check it out here and let me know if you have any comments/suggestions.