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2010 AARP Inspire Awards

Posted on January 9, 2011

A few weeks ago I had the chance to shoot the annual AARP Inspire awards, honoring “outstanding individuals who are using their energy, creativity, and passion to make the world a better place.” This year the honorees included Henry Winkler, Joy Behar, Tony Danza, Elizabeth Warren and Maya Angelou. The highlight of the night was definitely getting to see Angelou in person. She wrote a new poem specifically for the event and gave an amazing speech when presented with her award.…

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Hugh & Crye Fashion Shoot

Posted on January 9, 2011

Back in September I met up with Pranav Vora, Founder & CEO of Hugh & Crye, for a DCist story on Fashion Week. Hugh & Crye is a start-up located here in D.C. that makes high end men’s dress shirts and ties. The shirts are designed specifically to fit better than most off the rack shirts. They do this by eschewing regular sleeve and collar sizes and instead size their shirts by body type. I was skeptical…

Fantasia @ DAR

Posted on January 5, 2011

The last show of 2010 I ended up shooting was Fantasia at DAR Constitution Hall. I had the opportunity to shoot her earlier in the year at a private event at the Warner Theater. She was a dynamo that night, Running around all over the venue (including the aisles) and whipping the crowd into a frenzy. This show was more subdued, with Fantasia mostly standing in the middle of the stage behind her mic stand. Lights were…

Concerts

Jeff Tweedy @ Lincoln Theater

Posted on December 8, 2010

Jeff Tweedy comes through D.C. every few months like clockwork. I shot Wilco at Strathmore back in March and he’s been back in town since then, most recently with Mavis Staples at the Stewart / Colbert Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear. For this gig, it was just Tweedy and an acoustic guitar, playing songs from all throughout his career. Lights were pretty good and didn’t change during the first three. Tweedy was lit by a spotlight…

9:30 Club Concerts featured

Grinderman@ 9:30 Club

Posted on November 22, 2010

There was no way I was going to pass on the chance to shoot Nick Cave and Grinderman during their gig at the 9:30 Club last week. Cave is near the top of my “Must Photograph” list and far be it from me to miss the opportunity to check another name off that list. From all accounts the lighting for this tour is better than his usual set up with the Bad Seeds but from where I…

Portraits

Glasser

Posted on November 16, 2010

I met up with Cameron Miserow, aka Glasser, just before the Black Cat opened for business last night and we snapped a few different shots in a quick 10 minute timeframe. I wanted to get two or three different looks if possible, so we started inside, in the Red Room with her seated at one of the tables. The bar manager turned the lights down just before I snapped my first frame, which I originally thought was…

Concerts DAR Constitution Hall

White Rabbits @ DAR

Posted on November 13, 2010

Brooklyn’s White Rabbits seemed like an odd choice for the opening band on Interpol’s recent US tour, given their driven, energetic sound is the polar opposite of Paul Banks & Co.’s slow burning epics, but they did a great job of getting the crowd out of their seats and into their music. No easy task for openers at the cavernous environment of DAR Constitution Hall. This was your standard DAR set-up; first three, no flash and shooting…

9:30 Club Concerts

La Roux @ 9:30 Club

Posted on November 13, 2010

After postponing her scheduled date at the 9:30 Club three separate times (twice for illness and once for the Snowpocalypse) British pop sensations La Roux finally took to the stage Wednesday night. Some of the people in the front row told me that they had been holding on to their original tickets for over a year. Lighting for this show was fairly dark but there were a few bursts of light in each of the first three…

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