I had the privilege of hanging out with my good friend and super talented musician, Jes Hudak, during this year's Lilith Fair in Los Angeles, CA. Jes was the winner of the Ourstage.com Lilith Fair contest and was hand picked by a panel to perform alongside artists such as Sarah McLachlan, Emmylou Harris, Miranda Lambert, The Weepies and Brandi Carlile at the Los Angeles show on July 10, 2010. It was really cool to see an amazing talent like Jes on stage with some of todays biggest female stars...I guess she is now officially a star herself! So proud of this girl. Check out all the photos here!
I just finished editing photos from an amazing weekend at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, CA. It was my second year in a row to go there and cover the event. This year I was asked to shoot for the Do LaB, an amazing group of musicians, artists and performers who I camped with and documented during the whole festival. This year seemed to be more jam packed than last year. There was so many people that it was a little more difficult to get around from show to show, but the ones I saw were well worth the wait! Some of my favorite performances of the week were from The Dead Weather, Fever Ray, Beach House, Thom Yorke and Flea, Grizzly Bear, Les Claypool, Muse, Hot Chip, The xx and of course the Do LaB. You can see all my photos from the festival here! Long live Coachella ;)
I had the awesome opportunity to shoot the 5th Annual Do LaB Lucent L'amour Festival for CitizenLA on Valentine's Eve. The Visionary Love Fest was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. There were two main stages of music and performance, art galleries, live painters, amazing interactive sculptures, and elaborate stage and environment designs from some of the best artists on the west coast. I first saw the Do LaB perform live last year at Coachella and was blown away. A few of my favorite acts of the evening were Beats Antique and Bassnectar. You can see all my photos from the evening here!
I got a sweet gig shooting for Fuel TV. My good friend and talented photographer Tiffany Rose asked me to come shoot for their daily music show, The Daily Habit. It's a great opportunity to meet and photograph some of my favorite musicians and bands. These are shots from Alberta Cross and The Soft Pack. I get to see a live show on the set of Fuel TV, go backstage and take photos...not a bad days work. I love my job!
Photos from the Crystal Castles performance at Siren Studios in Hollywood for the Kia Soul Collective Concert Tour. Such a great live show...and the best part is the Soul Collective is hosting 3 more days of FREE shows with different performers!
The Black Apples and The Warlocks performed at Spaceland on Saturday night. I got to shoot some promo shots for the Black Apples backstage and even checked out their after party in Silverlake...not a bad night. I really like both of these LA based bands. If you haven't seen them live then you are missing out! Check out the rest of the pics from this awesome show here.