Early afternoon just as it started to spatter raindrops
This made me literally laugh out loud
I promise I'm not strangling her even though it kind of appears that way
Play with me and I'll love you forever
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Waiting for Irene
Since I have been absent most of this week I figured today would be a good time to upload shots from my memory card and take some new ones. In anticipation of this hurricane, I thought I would share a few images that I took just today. Lila and I are keeping each other company as we stay put in the apartment together. She is always a good subject for more than one reason..she is photogenic and also very cooperative for my camera!
Monday, August 22, 2011
Garrett Dutton makes me happy
Just one photo today. I am short on time and hope this week should be the last of my Pow Wow Festival photos. Can't drag that out too long and I have other photos I have since taken that need to be shared as well. I don't want to get behind.
Today's photo is from, you guessed it! Pow Wow. This was Saturday, Day 2 of 311 and also the last night of the festival. G.Love was coming out and I got down in front and met some cool people there. I didn't anticipate staying in that spot for so long but I couldn't give up my 'real estate' knowing that people would crowd in as time went on. I didn't want to fight my way back up front after leaving and be inconsiderate (you know, like those people who just push their way through, spill beer on people and don't care? Yeah, that's not my style).
G.Love's set was almost identical to the one I saw a few weeks prior at Artscape in Baltimore which I blogged about here:
http://ashotfromthearm.blogspot.com/2011/07/artscape-day-1.html
Man, I just looked at that blog entry and the images are almost embarrassing compared to the Pow Wow images. I guess I just have to chalk it up to the fact that I did what I could with my short lens at night time and then cropped most of them so they're even grainier than normal.
Anyway, Garrett rocked it out at Pow Wow and he (like everyone else) was sweat covered. He jumped into the crowd a few times and people in my section (including me) reached out and touched him. At first I thought, that was awesome, I'm never this close! Then I thought, sweat.....ew. He ended up tossing out his harmonica into the crowd and the girl right next to me got it. She was about as tall as Snooki from the Jersey Shore and I'm 5'10" so I'm not sure how that happened but whatever. Would've been cool to have the harmonica I photographed him using. Next time I'll just have to be more aggressive.
More later!
Today's photo is from, you guessed it! Pow Wow. This was Saturday, Day 2 of 311 and also the last night of the festival. G.Love was coming out and I got down in front and met some cool people there. I didn't anticipate staying in that spot for so long but I couldn't give up my 'real estate' knowing that people would crowd in as time went on. I didn't want to fight my way back up front after leaving and be inconsiderate (you know, like those people who just push their way through, spill beer on people and don't care? Yeah, that's not my style).
G.Love's set was almost identical to the one I saw a few weeks prior at Artscape in Baltimore which I blogged about here:
http://ashotfromthearm.blogspot.com/2011/07/artscape-day-1.html
Man, I just looked at that blog entry and the images are almost embarrassing compared to the Pow Wow images. I guess I just have to chalk it up to the fact that I did what I could with my short lens at night time and then cropped most of them so they're even grainier than normal.
Anyway, Garrett rocked it out at Pow Wow and he (like everyone else) was sweat covered. He jumped into the crowd a few times and people in my section (including me) reached out and touched him. At first I thought, that was awesome, I'm never this close! Then I thought, sweat.....ew. He ended up tossing out his harmonica into the crowd and the girl right next to me got it. She was about as tall as Snooki from the Jersey Shore and I'm 5'10" so I'm not sure how that happened but whatever. Would've been cool to have the harmonica I photographed him using. Next time I'll just have to be more aggressive.
More later!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunset in Manhattan
Not much to write about today and the title speaks for itself. I shot this through a hotel window at sunset. Amidst the chaos of New York City, it can still look so peaceful which is what this photo displays to me.
A peaceful image on a lazy Sunday.
A peaceful image on a lazy Sunday.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Brothers Past makes you rage your face off
Last night I went to a local show with some friends to see a band called Brothers Past.
Check them out here: http://www.brotherspast.com/
It was my first time seeing them live and it was a super fun time. I plan to see them again and frankly, wish that I had seen them long before last night. Good energy, nice beats, and all around enjoyable. I'd be surprised if someone could listen to them and not tap along or if you're in the car...."car dance".
Part of the fun for me at shows is to observe other people. It's great fun and nice to see people in their groove and the moment. There was one guy in particular last night who was just totally and completely RAGING. Not just here and there but the entire time from start to finish. It was awesome! He just did not care about anything other than the music, being there, and rocking out. I told my friends in the middle of the show, "I'm blogging about that guy tomorrow".
If only I had my camera with me last night to photograph the guy. I'm pretty sure that any image of him would've been blurry even on a higher shutter speed. He was like the human version of the Tasmanian Devil.
So I thought of what image I could use to sort of correspond with the theme here and this was the best one. It is yet another shot from Pow Wow. I got this guy with the dreadlocks "mid headbang" and those things were flyin'.
Check them out here: http://www.brotherspast.com/
It was my first time seeing them live and it was a super fun time. I plan to see them again and frankly, wish that I had seen them long before last night. Good energy, nice beats, and all around enjoyable. I'd be surprised if someone could listen to them and not tap along or if you're in the car...."car dance".
Part of the fun for me at shows is to observe other people. It's great fun and nice to see people in their groove and the moment. There was one guy in particular last night who was just totally and completely RAGING. Not just here and there but the entire time from start to finish. It was awesome! He just did not care about anything other than the music, being there, and rocking out. I told my friends in the middle of the show, "I'm blogging about that guy tomorrow".
If only I had my camera with me last night to photograph the guy. I'm pretty sure that any image of him would've been blurry even on a higher shutter speed. He was like the human version of the Tasmanian Devil.
So I thought of what image I could use to sort of correspond with the theme here and this was the best one. It is yet another shot from Pow Wow. I got this guy with the dreadlocks "mid headbang" and those things were flyin'.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Bad moon rising
I caught some of the Lebowski cast reunion's live stream last night which was pretty cool. I heard someone from the audience shout "eight year olds, Dude" when John Turturro was speaking. It was humorous. I didn't know this, but the scene at the bowling alley where his character 'shines' the bowling ball? The shining wasn't part of the script but rather John Turturro's added flair, so to speak.
I love fun facts.
Today's image is another from the Pow Wow Festival. The moon was photograph worthy and I had my camera (obviously). So when I decided to share this as the photo for today, I immediately thought of the song Bad Moon Rising by CCR. Which made me think of one of the many fabulous Lebowski quotes:
"Wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck though. Or the Creedence."
I love fun facts.
Today's image is another from the Pow Wow Festival. The moon was photograph worthy and I had my camera (obviously). So when I decided to share this as the photo for today, I immediately thought of the song Bad Moon Rising by CCR. Which made me think of one of the many fabulous Lebowski quotes:
"Wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck though. Or the Creedence."
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Stranger flowers yet, there will never come a day that I will ever regret
It's 8/16/11 so of course I'm referencing '8:16 am' off of 311's album Grassroots. I still have a ways to go in sharing images from the Pow Wow Festival. I had planned to include 8 photos today, but I decided why not double that and make it 16 instead?
So here we are, more 311, and more of my chatter about how badass they are. If I ever need a pick me up, to pull myself out of a funk, some workout motivation, or just want to rock my face off, the iPod dial turns to them. Or even if I'm in a perfectly fine mood, it's probably still turning to them especially lately because I'm still amidst my Pow Wow "afterglow" as a friend recently put it.
One of the focuses in their musical catalog is staying true to yourself, being positive, and loving what you've got in life...and I can get behind that 100%. Everyone has daily battles. No matter how large or small, they are still battles that we have to overcome. That's part of the journey and what makes us stronger and wiser. I completely believe that we have the power within us to make the most of a situation. It's mind over matter. You have to take a bad situation and turn it into something positive. Otherwise, you will just drown and what good is that? Negativity accomplishes nothing except more negativity. If you are positive and thankful for what you HAVE been blessed with, then that positivity spreads to those around you. These days it saddens me to see what people have been consumed with in this world. Money, possessions, worldy things.....you can't hug a Lexus or a bank account. It's family, friends, relationships. It's people. It's who leaves a mark on your heart. It's someone who will be there for you no matter what. My dad said this to me when my grandfather was in hospice. He said, "it's family that matters. You can't take a Cadillac to heaven." There wasn't one minute that my grandfather was in that room alone from the time he was admitted until after he passed away there. One of us was always with him and he knew it. That's love.
Another tangent, but it still relates back to the message that 311 puts out there.
Know what's important.
Be happy.
Stay positive and love your life.
With that, here are some miscellaneous images from Pow Wow. I was glad to capture the first shot there. This girl's smile made ME smile. I wish I knew who she was so I could send her a copy. This entry is a little heavy on Nick and P-Nut images, but who cares? I'd be sharing them eventually. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.
quiet Sunday morning at the river spot
So here we are, more 311, and more of my chatter about how badass they are. If I ever need a pick me up, to pull myself out of a funk, some workout motivation, or just want to rock my face off, the iPod dial turns to them. Or even if I'm in a perfectly fine mood, it's probably still turning to them especially lately because I'm still amidst my Pow Wow "afterglow" as a friend recently put it.
One of the focuses in their musical catalog is staying true to yourself, being positive, and loving what you've got in life...and I can get behind that 100%. Everyone has daily battles. No matter how large or small, they are still battles that we have to overcome. That's part of the journey and what makes us stronger and wiser. I completely believe that we have the power within us to make the most of a situation. It's mind over matter. You have to take a bad situation and turn it into something positive. Otherwise, you will just drown and what good is that? Negativity accomplishes nothing except more negativity. If you are positive and thankful for what you HAVE been blessed with, then that positivity spreads to those around you. These days it saddens me to see what people have been consumed with in this world. Money, possessions, worldy things.....you can't hug a Lexus or a bank account. It's family, friends, relationships. It's people. It's who leaves a mark on your heart. It's someone who will be there for you no matter what. My dad said this to me when my grandfather was in hospice. He said, "it's family that matters. You can't take a Cadillac to heaven." There wasn't one minute that my grandfather was in that room alone from the time he was admitted until after he passed away there. One of us was always with him and he knew it. That's love.
Another tangent, but it still relates back to the message that 311 puts out there.
Know what's important.
Be happy.
Stay positive and love your life.
With that, here are some miscellaneous images from Pow Wow. I was glad to capture the first shot there. This girl's smile made ME smile. I wish I knew who she was so I could send her a copy. This entry is a little heavy on Nick and P-Nut images, but who cares? I'd be sharing them eventually. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Radiant
Tiny little fellow
In the moment
Pow Wow banner
glo
our campsite flag
Dreadlocks and water bottles
Beat that thing
Nick with mic
SA
Hexum action
Two peas in a pod
Group drum solo and Tim in hiding
Nick was too sweaty for the tank top I guess
P-Nut engaging the crowd at the end of the first night
Monday, August 15, 2011
the deepest dream that we have could be tomorrow's song
Ok so it turns out that I can't just do one photo per day when it comes to my Pow Wow shots because I'm just too excited to share them! So today the entry title comes from the song '1,2,3' which means I am including not one or two, but three images.
These were from Friday August 5th, the first night of 311. They opened with Hive which is one of my all time favorites so I knew I was in for it. They also opened with this song exactly one week prior when my friends and I went to the show in Bristow, VA so I got my favorite opener twice in a week's time. I vividly remember the first time Hive was the opening song at a show I saw. It was Penn's Landing, NJ a few years back. Matisyahu was one of the opening acts. It was so hot that day and some events leading up to the show put our group in a bit of a grumpy mood. Even throughout Matisyahu's set I just wasn't feeling great...too hot, a little too much beer, and just out of it. Then 311 took the stage and opened with Hive. I immediately snapped out of my funk and raged the whole show. It was awesome. So after Penn's Landing, that song is one of my favorite live songs and I always hope for it to be on the set list.
I guess instead of 1,2,3 I should have named this entry after Hive since I basically just rambled on about it. Oh well. I type as the thoughts enter my brain. Apologies to anyone who may view my blog and dislike 311 because it's likely you will get tired reading about them. Even though the purpose of this is to share my photos, I like to write something about the images. Isn't it more interesting that way?
On second thought, no apologies. It's my blog, this band is amazing and I'm going to be talking about them a lot. It's important to be passionate about things in your life that you love and I LOVE 311! and photography! The two of those things together? Perfection!
These were from Friday August 5th, the first night of 311. They opened with Hive which is one of my all time favorites so I knew I was in for it. They also opened with this song exactly one week prior when my friends and I went to the show in Bristow, VA so I got my favorite opener twice in a week's time. I vividly remember the first time Hive was the opening song at a show I saw. It was Penn's Landing, NJ a few years back. Matisyahu was one of the opening acts. It was so hot that day and some events leading up to the show put our group in a bit of a grumpy mood. Even throughout Matisyahu's set I just wasn't feeling great...too hot, a little too much beer, and just out of it. Then 311 took the stage and opened with Hive. I immediately snapped out of my funk and raged the whole show. It was awesome. So after Penn's Landing, that song is one of my favorite live songs and I always hope for it to be on the set list.
I guess instead of 1,2,3 I should have named this entry after Hive since I basically just rambled on about it. Oh well. I type as the thoughts enter my brain. Apologies to anyone who may view my blog and dislike 311 because it's likely you will get tired reading about them. Even though the purpose of this is to share my photos, I like to write something about the images. Isn't it more interesting that way?
On second thought, no apologies. It's my blog, this band is amazing and I'm going to be talking about them a lot. It's important to be passionate about things in your life that you love and I LOVE 311! and photography! The two of those things together? Perfection!
Tim Mahoney workin' it
Group shot, and one of the few that I took from the VIP treehouse area
smooth yet psychedelic
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