Andrew Jackson Jihad

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 42mm

Hey look! There's Andrew Jackson Jihad in a two-man form playing live at the Firebird in St. Louis on June 26th. These guys are insane and funny and hunky, but really, the Firebird is one of the better clubs I've ever been to. The lighting was absolutely great; it was well lit but didn't overly rely on saturated colored lights giving a nice and more nautral feel. The stage is about 18 inches higher than the audience. But yea, fantastic show.

1/60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 32mm

1/60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 70mm

1/60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 40mm

1/60 sec, f/ 2.8, ISO 6400, 34mm

1/60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 40mm

Ducks!!

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/2500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200, 42mm

There's Cody and Haley feed ing ducks in Omaha, NB. Not a whole lot to say, just having fun. Though I always find it helpful to take pics of those sterotypical situations everyone photographs as it gives me a nice basis of camparison.

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 200, 45mm

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/4000 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200, 43mm

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/1600 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200, 70mm

Dead Tree

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/125 sec, f/22, ISO 200, 50mm

More Nature

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/160 sec, f/11, ISO 400, 24mm

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/80 sec, f/11, ISO 200, 50mm

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/320 sec, f/11, ISO 400, 34mm

I'm indebted to Ron Jude for this idea. These are some more photos from my larger project looking at nature in a suburban setting. These scenes compose one part of the project, and is exploring the overgrown and sort of untamed areas that exist between the housing developments and between the businesses. They exist in valleys, on steep inclines, near bodies of water, etc., and are therefore impractical for developement but still exist in the heart of cities.

Canon 5d Mark II, 1/50 sec, f/11, ISO 200, 50mm

Tony Hawk at Cosmopolitan Park, Columbia, MO (10/17/09)

This was the first stop on Tony Hawk's Birdhouse demo tour where they only used Twitter as a promotional tool.

This is one of the first times I've ever shot skateboarding, and the first (and maybe last time) I use Olympus equipment. Letting the camera body have so much of the controls delays the time between pressing the shutter and the sensor bring exposed, making it less than ideal for sports and resulting in a lot of missed moments. I also didn't have a long enough lens for the vert demo, so my shots are on the street course.

Still, it was a fun time I finally decided to at least show these as opposed to letting them rot in my harddrive.

Rhymesayers at Mojo's (4/28) - Brother Ali

Brother Ali is a fat, albino, Muslim hip-hop mc from Minnesota. He is intense and powerful with his approach and is a one-of-a-kind act. (These photos are all rendered in black & white due to the ugly stage lights at Mojo's).

Rhymesayers at Mojo's (4/28) - Fashawn

Fashawn is one of the great upcoming mc's in hip-hop. He's 21 and has already proved himself (to me at least) to be one of the most skilled hip-hop artists now. He's fast but smooth. He says so much but is so easy to hear.

Rhymesayers at Mojo's (4/28) - Steady P

Steady P is a local (Missouri) mc whom I've seen twice now. His style is direct, simple and intense. He's a great throwback to the great hip-hop of the late 80s and early 90s.

Suburban Nature

Perhaps my favorite shot from a recent take I did as part of a larger project studying suburban nature. More to come....