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Black Keys “We love being in Portland. We say that in every city, but we mean it here.”

You can check out my photo’s from the Black Keys show at the Rose Garden here!

You can check out my photo’s from the Black Keys show at the Crystal Ballroom here!

You can’t say much about the Black Keys besides they rocked the hell out of every show. I’ve seen them one time before at the Crystal Ballroom and it was a small show compared to what last nights show was at the Rose Garden. They’ve graduated from that loveable band that you need to get tickets 2 seconds after they go on sale to arena show, I can wait 3 seconds to get tickets. I love this band but when watching them you see a huge difference between them and a band like Coldplay who’ve played a billion arena shows. But with time the Black Keys will make it a visual spectacle and not just a band that sounds perfect, no ego’s on stage and gets it done son!

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25
Apr 12

Coldplay rock Portland

Check out my photo’s from last nights Coldplay show here

Coldplay is an amazing band. I’ve been to a lot of concerts and I don’t think I’ve seen or been part of a crowd that was crazy from floor to nose bleeds. I’ve seen Coldplay once before at the Clark County Amphitheater a few years ago and like this show, they put on a rock show. Before they even went on stage the Rose Garden blew up with flashing lights. They weren’t your normal camera or cell phone or lighter, they were these amazing wristbands that had a huge sponsor logo on them from Twitter. They were not just wristbands but they were controlled by remote. They would flash, they would stay on and they would turn off. All at various times during the show. It was like the applause sign at a live taping of a tv show. Almost reminding people to go crazy. It wasn’t like they needed it, Coldplay puts on one of the best live shows around. It’s been over 10 years since they played the Roseland Grill for their first show in the US. Yep, Coldplay played to what seemed like the most sold out show I’ve ever seen at the Rose Garden but their first show in the US was for a few dozen people at a venue’s 2nd stage for the radio station 94.7 KNRK over 10 years earlier.

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16
Feb 12

James Mercer 94/7 Session at Mississippi Studio 2/12

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27
Jan 12

Rise x2

This is one of my first photo’s when I got serious about photography that I was really proud of. I always loved the moon but the crescent shape back then was what I tried to photograph. Now, I would of tried to get the moon full and large and the sunrise. My preference now is large and full. Who knows what my flavor of the week will be in a few years.

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19
Jan 12

It’s only lonely enough to scare you

I didn’t get a lot of time to take photos of our snow since I had to make sure I made it home alive. What I did get I’m in love with. Snow doesn’t happen that often in Portland but when it does it gets my heart pumping.

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17
Jan 12

In the darkness of night, the life of snow energizes the city to a new adventure

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Jan 12

Dooney having a blinking contest with Turkey

Dooney was an amazing subject to take photos of for a calendar. I was amazed at how patient he was but he responded perfect with the help of treats. Trisha and I found this Turkey at Lippmans and he wouldn’t stop talking trash about how amazing he was at blinking contests. Well, Dooney challenged Turkey and even though Turkey won, a lot of respect was earned.

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10
Jan 12

Dooney Calendar

This is the photo we used for the month of April for the Dooney Calendar. I have no idea how we got him to make this face, i’m sure a lot of treats were used. Dooney dog was a professional, and would love to work with him again.

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9
Jan 12

Airplane Pilot Dooney!

Airplane Pilot Dooney!, originally uploaded by Squid Vicious.

I recently had a secret photo shoot with my soon to be sister in laws dog who is currently in Pakistan doing work. For the holiday we wanted to put a calendar together of her dog with different costumes and props for each month. This photo was for month June. Dooney was an amazing model. He had a lot of fun letting us dress him up for an exchange of treats. It’s really fun to think of what kind of props you can use during months that were not home of a National holiday.

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Jan 12

Favorite Concert Photos of 2011

This year for me wasn’t as crazy as last year in the photographing of live concerts department. But it still was a magical year of great music. In 2012 I hope to see some fantastic artists and take my photography of concerts to a new level. The level being 11!

AWOLNATION at the Crystal Ballroom for December to Remember