This Is Luke

I met these guys at the Feedback Conference last month. When they took the stage, I was immediately taken with their stage presence and ability to command attention. Wow!

Apparently, I wasn't the only one. They ended up winning one of the main prizes there, and last Friday was our shoot. We started at the "Old Spring Hill High School" and wrapped at a gorgeous house on Sixth Avenue in Columbia. It was built in 1835, but it doesn't look a day over 160.

Check out their myspace!

New Digs and New Photos

The office is officially relocated to Spring Hill! We're now in a fantastic three bedroom house with plenty of space to stretch out. Everything went smoothly during the move with one exception: Charter cable has yet to turn on my cable! That means no internet! How, then, am I posting right now? Saxby's coffee, a few blocks away, has free wireless (and good coffee). At any rate, if you need me, calling is probably the fastest way to get me right now.

That leads me to last night. I tried desperately to get to a concert by Feedback winners "This is Luke", but missed their set by mere seconds. Still, I was able to catch sets by The Constants and Caspian. Both bands rocked. Check out the shots here for The Constants, and here for Caspian.

Feedback: Day One

Yesterday was the first full day of the Feedback Conference in beautiful Lake Junaluska. To put it simply, I'm having a BLAST. I'm rubbing elbows with some of the best and brightest bands in the Christian indy scene. There is so much talent on display. Even the super young bands have ridiculous amounts of potential.

While here, I'm giving away two full photo shoots. Upon arriving here Thursday afternoon, we imediately got to work. Good Tomorrow is a (mostly) North Carolina based band playing some great rock. The shots they had already weren't bad at all. In fact, they were much MUCH better than most of the bands I'd seen... But I knew we could do even better. Check out some of the shots (not QUITE finished) below.

Friday was packed full of excellent speakers and performances. Rory Noland, Fate of Angels, Ryan Dobson, Disciple and Blaine Hogan. What a day! These musicians have been nourished, coached, goaded, scolded and most of all encouraged. So much fun.

Stay tuned for more... It's coming!

Autumn McEntire Shoot

Gee whiz, things are just jumpin' around here! Today I got to spend the day doing a second shoot with the beautiful and talented Autumn McEntire. Our first shoot (about six months ago) yeilded some great stuff. Stuff that was easily some of my best work to date. I think we may have blow the top off that today.

We started in "the gulch" in downtown Nashville, then moved to a beautiful little church off Charlotte. We finished up shooting in Dotson's doing two pretty dramatically different looks in one setup. They're closed at the moment while they make improvements to their kitchen (I can't wait!), so now was a perfect time.

I can't wait to see this stuff printed up in a CD! Check out the entire gallery here.

Dallas: Day Two (Echo After & Angie Raess Band)

I don't think today could have gone any better. Sure, it could have been a bit cooler and less muggy, but that's about the only complaint I can come up with! We didn't start shooting until after lunch, but we worked quickly and got some very solid stuff with Echo After. We went looking for an orchard North of Ft. Worth. Unfortunately, when we found it, we were less than overwhelmed. Still, it was on a GREAT looking road and we managed to make use of the trees nearby. We all experienced the joys of feeling sweat drip down your back, but I think it was worth it.

From there, we headed toward the studio where both bands were recording so week could start working with the Angie Raess Band. Our first shoot ideas were brought low by the terrible scythe of circumstances. Nevertheless, we soldiered on and found a GREAT building that provided us with three very different but equally great set-ups. Again, it's going to take some time to get the best of these up, but here are a few of the obvious winners to tide you over.

Stay tuned! There will be more to follow!


And another Echo After shot...

I LOVE being a photographer!

It's 1 AM and I'm totally awake. I've spent the last few hours importing and trying to start the filtering-through process of shots I took while at the Nashville City Fest, shooting Toby Mac. At this point, I'm only half way through my first filtering (when I shoot over 500 images... It takes a few times to get only the great ones).

Anyhow, I was just too excited about this to wait to post... so here's a teaser. Stay tuned for the rest!

Live In Concert

I LOVE going to concerts, particularly rock concerts. It's not that other music isn't fun to see live, but they're no where near as much fun to photograph. Currently, Nashville's legendary Exit/In is my favorite place to shoot. It's never so crowded I can't move and they always let me in with my camera. That being said, City Hall and The Mercy Lounge are both pretty accommodating, too. Below are links to four shows I was able to catch recently. Oh, and if you see a drunk girl with a full glass of liquor near your professional camera, DON'T GIVE HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT! It's only a matter of time before she spills it.

Silversun Pickups
The Decemberists
Harlem Shakes
Tapes 'n Tapes

Let me know if you see something you like!