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I walked past the chaotic Lady Gaga performance today on my way to another job, pushing through blocks of screaming fans. On the way home there was a crowd of impersonators trying to get some TV time on the morning show who looked more like they belonged in the Village.

Last year I used to shoot those morning shows every week until I got to the Miley Cyrus one and there was a photographer willing to wait on the sidewalk since midnight the night before. I’m told that a waiting list for the photo pit was started at 10pm for Lady Gaga.

They were long days and crazy evenings of shooting concerts, parties, lounges and conventions, but looking back it was an awesome weekend filled with some nice images of some pretty great acts. It was fascinating to be in New Orleans right as the oil was going to was ashore and hear the local concern for the fresh seafood that governs nearly 60% of their economy. New Orleans didn’t need another disaster on its doorstep! We ate at a place called “Butcher“, which is attached to “Cochon,” where I tried 4 sandwiches, and every single one was close to the best sandwich I had ever eaten!

The superdome is huge and was pretty much full every night, including the smaller lounge stages on the 2nd floor that hosted smaller acts. I must have circled this arena several times.

Although I’m a not a Janet Jackson fan, you had to admire her performance and ability to entertain.

The leopard printed Keri Hilson and Jill Scott attended a late night dinner at “August” where I took a doggie bag home and was blown away by the quality of the steak and salad!

Frank is one of the nicest guys to work for, he maintains a sense of humor and friendly demeanor even after the long days we all worked. I papped him walking out of the super-dome for the last day. For more pictures of the festival go here.

I spent a few hours hanging around inside and outside of Splash Nightclub last night for some pictures of Kylie Minogue. I couldn’t have felt more out of place, although Kylie seemed right at home.

Some Kylie videos after the break Continue Reading »

It’s been a busy 2 weeks which is why I’ve been ignoring my blog. Here is a snippet

I think it’s great that we’ve had such advances in technology, but honestly I think we’re on a downward spiral when someone’s recording news worthy content on an ipod nano (and getting in my shot)…

I was made to shoot a show from the back balcony not that long ago, and this was the opening scene. A whole audience of front row photographers who probably had their content on youtube/flickr before I had anything out.

In honor of my little brothers 18th Birthday today, here’s a classic Looney Tunes clip…

I had to work alongside the infamous Steve Sands leaning all over me today at an event with Jenni ‘Jwoww’ Farley. If you don’t know who he is there is this classic video…

Sometimes I get roped into stuff while I’m working that I don’t always think is the best idea. After a long day of photographing on set for this music video I became a part of the whole thing. The director made me move around, ducking and bobbing like a deranged Steve Sands, while snapping as many pictures as possible. Thankfully, you can hardly even tell it’s me and it doesn’t look anywhere near as silly as it felt.

I really liked working with the family. They were from the North of England but had moved to the Barbados for the good life.

“No Reservations” is the perfect mix of a cooking show, travel show and documentary. Thankfully unlike lot’s of other Travel Channel shows, Anthony Bourdain isn’t a ‘hippy-dippy traveller’ who loves everything and patronizes the locals. He comes across as more of a journalist that eats than a food critic. How do I become his travelling photographer for all the shows??

I’ve written about Brian Ach’s Photographer Project before (go HERE to buy a copy). Jason Kempin is an old friend and coworker, I edited his images at Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006, and now I occasionally shoot alongside him at events. You really learn how good a photographer someone is when you edit their raw take. I like this portrait of him with his Gimme! coffee and his responses are spectacular.