I had the opportunity to work with Bay Area based musician Mark Blasquez recently as he is working on multiple upcoming and on-going projects. We strove to capture a few shots to be used in his upcoming EP as well as portraits for his acoustic and publishing projects. Finding that we had a common ground of artistic ideas and vocabulary made this a great shoot and looks like we will be collaborating in the future. Below are a few shots from our day...
1st stop on their Co-Headlining Tour.. Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson kick off the US Tour with a great... great show. Here's a bit from the night:
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I had the honor to shoot some of the shots for this great essay published on SFweekly; the feature showcases SF residents with tattoo artwork based on San Francisco iconic images. My subject Alex Novoa, had a amazing array of work which happened to be done by a family member of mine, my cousin and a great artist, Orio Guevera, who can be found at Rose Gold Tattoo on Haight Street:
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Picture Atlantic, one of my favorite SF bands, was main support for the Black Map show last Friday at Slim's. Always energetic and breathing passion on stage... Here's a bit from their set:
Ghost Parade, brought their signature and ridiculous technical style to the show last Friday... check out a bit from their set...
Black Mvap at Slim's SF... just back from a successful European tour, the 3 piece Black Map comprised of Ben Flanangan (vox), Mark Engles (Guitar, also of Dredg) and Chris Robyns (Drums, also with Far), headlined Slim's SF Friday 6.19.15.
Here's a few shots from the night...
SF based Seeking Empire hit the stage once again at the Great American Music Hall on April 23rd. The band is currently in the studio working on their newest album... stay tuned!!
Here's a bit from their performance:
Trixxie Carr... A tribute to FlashDance! The SF Oasis is alive and breathing with life, music and drama... if you haven't been to the newly re-opened Oasis you need to make your way down to a performance. With SF's top notch Drag perfomers, the Oasis is a prime spot to hit if you want something a little creative and fun!!
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Orgy landed at SF's own DNA Lounge for the last stop on their Sick Talk Tour spanning the US. Supported by the Bay Area's own Death Valley High & 9Electric.
Here's a bit of Orgy from the night...
Death Valley High...
9Electric
Happy Fangs... if you haven't seen this 3 piece dynamic and always fun band, you gotta get to a show!! I've had the pleasure of working with these great musicians a few times and was happy to catch them on April 23rd.
Here's a little from the night:
Bay Area rockers The Devil In California hit the world famous Fillmore SF stage and left the crowd screaming. Here's a little of what we had the pleasure to witness...
Once again.. Kirk brought Rock and Classic Horror together for another great weekend filled with great performances and tons of Horror movie memorabilia from his private collection. This annual event was not one to miss.
Check out a few images from the FestEvil...
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Celebrating 22 years... DG brought 2 nights of the darkness we love them for.... I ended up there on night 2. Filled with an evening of great performances by, Striplicker, Suicide Queen, The Vile Augury, Limnus & Every Thing Goes Cold...
Here's a bit from the night...
I knew this would be a great session as I was going to be working again with one of my favorite clients, Steve Harwell better known as the front man of SmashMouth. And what a fun time it was getting to know all the boys of this new project! Radio Angel is the melding of members from two great bands, SmashMouth and Third Eye Blind. We started our day indoors doing studio shots then went on location and found some great places for the look the band was after. Here's a few shots from the day:
What a trip... Sold Out Show at London's Borderline! I traveled oceans and countries and had an experience of a lifetime and the best part was shooting among the crowd at this show. Trapt, brought venom to the stage.. I don't think half these kids knew what hit them. Here's a bit of a snapshot of the performances that night...
Death Valley High and some of my favorite San Francisco musicians hit the stage as main support and gave us the sexy, hard hitting beats and heavy guitar & bass we know and love! If you don't know what I mean get over to their page and check it!!
City Of Ashes, the first comers to the show for the evening surprised us with some amazing pipes and a dose of UK rock. I was told these boys drove hours to be a part of the night and so happy they made the trek!
One of my favorite rock bands and great people... Skid Row played to a packed house at Huxley's Neue Welt in Berlin, Germany and I was lucky enough to be invited to shoot and hang with the boys! Big Thank you to Rob, Rachel, Snake, Scotti and Jonathan, it was rad seeing you all in Berlin!
Local, ridiculously beautiful custom guitar work. Meet Schroom Custom Guitar Works LLC
Amazingly fun shoot.. I got to handle all the amazing custom guitars by local maker Tony Schroom in his Vallejo Ca design studio. Heres a bit of our day...
UK rockers Kasabian spend a night with us at The Fox Theater Oakland, CA.
101.9 The Wolf's WolFest 2014: A lazy but hot Fall day filled with great performances by many country artists.
