The Crown and Two Chairmen

So my buddy Ken Bonner, the guy who built my custom guitar amp is in his own post-rock instrumental band called The Crown and Two Chairmen  (http://www.myspace.com/thecrownandtwochairmen).  They just had their first show last week and it was simply amazing.  I love their music and the guys in the band.  I had the honor of capturing their first show together. 

Here are some photos of TCATC with Columbian Exposition opening for them.

New Orleans, Louisiana|Mobile, Alabama

So I just got back from a fun trip down south.  I primarily went down to that area to shoot a friend’s wedding. I had an amazing time with some good folks and wonderful food.  Here are a couple of pics from my trip:

this restaurant I ate at called The Court of Two Sisters.  Great food!



I met this street musician and talked to him for a while.  his name was patrick and he was from chicago:


here’s a random shot from the streets of new orleans:



a shot of some random doors in the French Quarters:



storefronts and restaurants in New Orleans:


That’s it for now. I have more in my Facebook galleries: click here

Thanks for looking.  More photos from the wedding coming soon.

New Orleans, Louisiana|Mobile, Alabama

So I just got back from a fun trip down south.  I primarily went down to that area to shoot a friend’s wedding. I had an amazing time with some good folks and wonderful food.  Here are a couple of pics from my trip:

this restaurant I ate at called The Court of Two Sisters.  Great food!

John+Vida and Destination!


It’s moments like this that make esessions at the zoo so fun and unpredictable.  Vida and John really really love animals.  I should say John more so that Vida that is.  Vida thinks that John would have a better esession with his pet dog than with her.  hahaha  One things’ for sure, they both have an affinity towards gibbons.  These little guys were so entertaining.  I was shocked at how fast they swung from one vine to the next.  Anyways, one of them came up to the window right up to Vida and gave her a high five.  The timing of this capture was perfect!



it’s a jungle out there!




It’s gonna be a crazy week coming up.  I fly out to New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama for a wedding.  Gotta get my gear ready for the first wedding of the year.  Wish me luck.  I’ll need your prayers to make it through. I’m so tired and out of shape from all this winter fat.  I gotta get back into “A” game mode.

peace out!  follow me through New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama this weekend:  http://www.twitter.com/secondprint

So this past weekend, I had the opportunity to pick up one of these badboys:

wacom intuos4 (large):

This thing is amazing.  You can program the buttons on the side to be shortcuts and help you in Photoshop and lightroom separately.  The OLED labels change for every app that you change to on your computer.   It’s hard to get used to but I think it’s going to help speed up some of my editing.

so here’s a couple of shots from today’s shoot in my alley:

lighting this was so much fun.  1. stand here.  2. let the sun do all the work.  3. stand back about 150feet. 4. shoot at 200mm:

and now.. a Becker headshot:

setup the studio in the garage:

A big thanks to Carmen and Diana who came by for this shoot… I had a lot of fun!