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Trey Songz “Angels With Heart” performance

25 Nov

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As usual, I was only allowed to shoot the first 3 songs of the performance tonight. That’s been standard for concert photography for well over 10 years. It’s goes by pretty quickly, but the funny thing is, I’m utilizing 3 very different cameras in that brief period of time.

Trey’s Angels

25 Nov

I caught these two as I was exiting the Trey Songz “Angels With Heart” benefit concert at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. I was struck by the contrast between their raw style on the street outside the venue, and the more polished style embodied by Trey’s “angels”, (as they are known), inside the venue.

Safe Home

1 Nov

Brandon Zimoyer

31 Oct

Princess of the Dark

30 Oct

The Biters

14 Oct

The Biters photographed by John Ricard, 2011/10/01 I was waiting for a flight home from LAX when I saw these guys, The Biters, looking so very rock and roll.  I asked to take their photo and we did a 60 second shoot right there in the airport.  I liked their vibe and I think it [...]

Living for the Weekend

13 Oct

In the Circle at Columbus Circle

29 Sep

The Lazy Shot

20 Sep

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There are 2 ways to do street photography. Problem is, only one of them produces good images. First is the Easy approach. The easy approach is to use a long lens and shoot the action that is happening across the street. The easy approach also allows you to shoot images like this where the subject has her eyes closed. I can shoot sleeping people all day long without breaking a sweat. Too bad all the pictures would suck.

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My Flawed Friend, the Leica M9

16 Sep

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Excerpt: “This morning I came across some photos of mine that were published in 180 online magazine. I had made the submission back in January but I didn’t know the mag had actually posted the images. I had written some text with the submission that served as an overview of my approach to photography. I had since forgotten what I had written and when I read it this morning, one paragraph jumped out at me”

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