Arenas & Sheds Concerts featured

Florida Georgia Line @ Nationals Park

Posted on July 29, 2014
Florida Georgia Line Perform at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

While I love shooting country shows (they are by far the most entertaining and worthwhile large-scale shows to shoot), I don’t really count myself as a country music fan. Especially when it concerns modern, pop-leaning country. Florida Georgia Line is the exception, however. I love them. They put on a great show and I really like their songs. Great melodies and HUGE choruses, these guys are ready for shows in large places like Nationals Park. They know…

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Arenas & Sheds Concerts featured Merriweather Post Pavilion

Queen + Adam Lambert @ Merriweather

Posted on July 27, 2014

A few days after shooting Queens of the Stone Age, I was back at Merriweather to shoot Queen and Adam Lambert. Merriweather was PACKED for this show, I hadn’t seen such a big crowd for a show there in quite some time. The crowd itself was very diverse. It was great to see so many generations of fans in one place to hearQueen run through all the hits in their catalog. I’ve never watched a single episode of…

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Concerts

Hamilton Leithauser @ The Hamilton

Posted on July 19, 2014
Hamilton Leithauser performs at The Hamilton in Washington, D.C.

While I’ve always been a fan of The Walkmen, they were never one of my favorite bands. That is, until what turned out to be their final album, which is still in heavy rotation for me. I was really bummed to miss their last ever performance, late last year here in D.C. So I was pretty excited to check out the band’s lead singer Hamilton Leithauser when his first ever solo tour rolled through D.C. Hamilton’s solo…

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Arenas & Sheds Concerts Merriweather Post Pavilion

St. Vincent @ Merriweather

Posted on July 19, 2014
St. Vincent performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Opening for Queens of the Stone Age, St. Vincent’s performance was much more subdued than her 9:30 Club show earlier in the year. That show was was dynamic, intriguing and fantastic in every way. This show was lacking a lot of those elements. It’s worth noting that this show was not for her own audience, so that probably had a lot to do with it. Plus we were saddled with shooting positions from the side of the…

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Concerts Fillmore Silver Spring

Tamar Braxton @ Fillmore Silver Spring

Posted on July 6, 2014
Tamar Braxton Performs at the Fillmore Silver Spring

I didn’t know much about Tamar Braxton going into this show but I came away impressed by her performance. She had one of the biggest set of lights for a club show I have ever seen and put them to use. Her show was quite energetic and there were plenty of shots to be had, but I will always remember this show for the one person that stood in the middle of pit and filmed the first…

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9:30 Club Concerts

Tune-Yards @ 9:30 Club

Posted on July 1, 2014
Tune-Yards Performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

Merrill Garbus has carved out quite a creed in a short amount of time as Tune-Yards (no, I’m not using her asinine punctuation) so I was excited to shoot her when she recently came through D.C. for a stop at the 9:30 Club. Turns out her show wasn’t really my thing, but I can see why it appeals to people. She’s very engaging and expressive on stage, and that comes through in these photos. Even though she’s…

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9:30 Club Concerts

Kelis @ 9:30 Club

Posted on July 1, 2014
Kelis Performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

This show was an absolute joy to shoot and I’m really glad I took the assignment. I shot Kelis a few years ago at the 9:30 Club when she opened for Robyn, but she was in her dance diva phase and I didn’t really like her show. These days she’s leaning more soul diva with her new album Food, and her show was incredible. And yes, she is VERY easy on the eyes. SHOOTING NOTES: Sadly Kelis…

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