Shovels & Rope {Husband & Wife}

February 9, 2013 3:54 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Ya’ll heard of a band called Shovels and Rope?

I admit that I hadn’t, until my friend Jessie suggested we have a hang out night that included going to see Shovels and Rope at the Hi-Tone. They are a husband and wife, country-rock , harmonizin’ duo. They were SO CUTE, guys! Not only were they precious together on stage, they also make really fantastic music  to boot.

There was a sizable crowd at the Hi-Tone to see Shovels and Rope play – and Jessie and I arrived extremely late – but I managed to maneuver my way up to the stage to grab a few photos. Hope you enjoy them!

 

(If you’re interested in learning more about Shovels and Rope, I found a pretty great article about them on The New York Times’ website.)

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{Just-ish Married} Lauren + Ben

February 2, 2013 9:02 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Back in August, I was asked by my friend Daniel to assist him in shooting a wedding for a sweet couple named Lauren and Ben. This essentially meant that I acted as the “second shooter” and occasionally helped lug around Daniel’s equipment throughout the wedding day.

I’d never met Lauren or Ben before arriving at the house where they and their wedding attendants were getting ready, but I jumped right in and started snapping away! There were 13 attendants on each side, so the house was a flurry of sisters and friends and moms. And. of course, the dudes just casually hanging out while the ladies got all gussied up 🙂 It was a really fun day with a bride who was sooooo excited to get hitched to her groom. Literally, she was bouncing up and down with excitement as she stood on stage during their ceremony!

Here are a selection of my favorite photos from Lauren and Ben’s wedding day, which I captured as secondary photographer!

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{EX-CULT & TY SEGALL}

January 28, 2013 4:16 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Just wanted to post a link to photos I took last night at the Hi-Tone! Mostly of EX-CULT, but there’s a handful of messy photos of Ty Segall for you hip kids in the mix too.

EX-CUT. Ty Segall @ The Hi-Tone. January 27, 2013

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Hosoi Bros & Tanks {& Polaroids, Too}

January 20, 2013 11:03 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

How bout some band photos up in here? It’s been awhile!

I went to my friend Alex’s birthday party/show at the Hi-Tone last night. He had a couple of awesome bands play, and it was a lot of fun to hang out and hear some local bands play in honor of Alex. It was especially great because the Hi-Tone will be closing its doors soon. Sad face. I’m glad I got to go back, at least one last time!

 {Click through to photos of Hosoi Bros & Tanks @ The Hi-Tone. January 19, 2013.}

Happy birthday, Alex!

 

 

 

 

Technical note: Can you believe I took these band pictures with my point-and-shoot digital camera?? I sure didn’t expect that working with the manual controls  would allow me to get some decent band photos outta that thing! And the Polaroids were taken on expired Polaroid 600 film (probably the last original Polaroid film I’ll ever have a chance to shoot) and a Polaroid one600 camera, both of which were gifted to me by my buddy Daniel. 

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