I did get a chance to get out and have a little fun on Tuesday.  I was chosen by one of my all-time favorite bands, Saves The Day, to photograph their live show at The Showbox Sodo.  Even better? – They were on tour with Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, and Valencia.  The line-up was very nostalgic for me: right after graduating high school, my friends and I saw Saves The Day open for Green Day and Blink-182.   Then in college, my new friends and I used to follow Motion City to every city from Chicago to Detroit.  A band called JamisonParker opened up for them on one tour, and that’s where the Say Anything connection comes in – Parker is now in their lineup, as is Kenny from the Starting Line!  Yeah, I was basically reliving 2002-2004, some of my favorite years.

So now you’ll understand why I had such a hard time narrowing these images down.  Enjoy – and expect a couple more to pop up on flickr.

Valencia

Saves The Day

Motion City Soundtrack

Say Anything

PS:  Max (Say Anything) and Sherri (Eisley) are my favorite celeb couple, ever.

I gave myself a creative personal project:  using film again!  I really missed shooting with my Holga, so it made an appearance when Joel and I took our first trip to see the coastline Memorial Day weekend.  Although it was raining the whole time, I had a lot of fun experimenting with double-exposures / overlapping frames.  I’m quite thrilled with how the images turned out:

Of course I also photographed a couple more concerts:

Plants and Animals

Broken Bells (James Mercer of The Shins collaboration with DJ Dangermouse)

Other exciting news:

• Purchased a used 100mm f/2 USM lens (in non-photographer talk, that means super-great close ups)
• I will have two pieces in this weekend’s Edmonds Art Festival

I really appreciated that they played two brand new songs.  They keep getting more and more creative!  Now someone sign them to a label, please.
Julio, Pat, and Hope:  Thanks for spending time with me on your day off.  I hope we meet again soon!

Review @ Melophobe.com

It was my first time to the venue, and I really liked the vibe there.  While waiting for the music to begin I made a new friend Kyle, from the band To The Sea.  Check them out!  You’ll notice this was the first time I got a writer for the review – I actually met Louis in the audience!  I’m really impressed with his writing.  I’m also pleased that I got any decent photos, as it was quite dark for the projection screen.

And this past Monday I got to photograph three of my favorites at El Corazón:  Person L, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business, and Copeland.  I’m sad to say that it was Copeland’s last tour!

Review @ Melophobe.com

I have at least one confirmed show to photograph in April that I’m really excited about!

In other news, I am officially trained and working for Moon Photo in Greenwood.   I love having the opportunity to use my film & darkroom skills again, as well as scanning and printing.  If any Seattle photographers are reading this:  bring me your negatives!

Happy March!  Chris asked if I had anything from February to post…

In Feb I had a great time meeting & photo-walking with the Seattle Flickr group, resulting in some creative diptychs.

I also got to photograph two of my favorite bands – Alkaline Trio & Cursive – for Melophobe.  I’m excited to meet my fellow Melophobe-contributers for the first time on Saturday.  There’s also another photo-walk planned for earlier in the day Saturday, so keep an eye on my Flickr (link on the right).

Sorry I don’t have more to post here, but it was a busy month – we moved from Capitol Hill to the Central District – amongst other big and exciting things.  More soon