Over the past two years, I have had the pleasure of photographing the beautiful and locally based musician Kim Cameron several times. But yesterday’s session was by far my favorite! We found a cozy little wine bar right int he neighborhood to photograph at, the lovely Bistrot Lepic and the light funneling in through the windows was just stunning! I had to put up a few sneak peaks of this session so that you can see what I mean! Check out Kim and her Band Side FX!
Any Switchfoot fans out there? This Monday I got to photograph an acoustic performance by Switchfoot at the Gibson Showroom, set up by Mix 107.3. Me and about 50 other people got to see them up close and personal, and hear a little bit about their background and how they get inspired to write music.
I get to photograph rockstars….my job is pretty cool.
So I have to break the mold of pretty tame posts here and happy smiley couples to show you the wild side of things. One of my many jobs is a pretty killer one – I get to photograph for Gibson Guitars! I have been lucky enough to have photographed some pretty big names as well as some up and coming groups…but one of my favorites so far has got to be April 7th’s show at the 9:30 Club. Little did I know what a surprise I was in for on a Wednesday night here in DC.
Remember the days of Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Whitesnake!? YEAH (Well I was only about 5 yrs old but STILL) Those guys knew how to rock, and aquanet their hair!
I got to photograph all thats right with heavy metal and rock and roll with the riotous STEEL PANTHER. These guys were insanely fun to hang out with pre-show and even more fun to watch up close and personal from the pit while photographing the show. STEEL PANTHER is: Michael Starr, Satchel. Lexxi Foxxx and Stix Zadinia. Killer stage names, right? Wonder what my Heavy Metal Stage name would be? Any suggestions?
In honor of this crazy band I put together a little slideshow of their on-stage antics. I have to warn you though, in the slideshow I used the CLEAN version of one of their hits and even though it’s *clean* it’s, well, not the fluffy rainbows and unicorns you usually see on my blog. If you are easily offended… then avert your ears and turn down the volume because this song will kick you in the butt. (Oh an if you are heading on over to their site prepare yourself for things far worse than the word ‘butt’)
Here’s a totally over-the-top slideshow from their live performance….INjoy!!!!!!
Prior to the show I was able to get some posed shots of them. I certainly didn’t have to tell them what to do – these guys were pros. Maybe its the tight pants or something….
And Michael practically grabbed the camera out of my hands and insisted that I have my picture taken with Lexxi and Satchel. Who was I to argue? But I did feel terribly under-dressed, or under-styled maybe I should say?
ROCK ON!
