Concerts Festivals RFK Stadium

Crowdsurfing at the DC101 Chili Cookoff

You’re young, you’re at a big rock show and you’re ready to have it large. What’s better than a few rounds of crowd surfing? Judging by the looks on these faces, not much. It was interesting watching the different styles of the various people that were getting passed overhead towards the front of the stage. Some people took off their shoes and had their cell phones and wallets in their hands, others clearly did not give a…

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Arenas & Sheds Concerts featured Merriweather Post Pavilion

Sugarland @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

Shooting Sugarland’s concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday was a photographer’s dream. Big lights, big stage set up and very energetic subjects. Country concerts are a funny thing. Not the coolest music in the world, but the performers always work hard to put on a big show and make the concert a big spectacle. Sugarland certainly succeeded. I can’t recall a show at Merriweather as well lit as this one. The band used every inch of…

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Arenas & Sheds Concerts featured Jiffy Lube Live Nissan Pavilion

Pearl Jam @ Jiffy Lube Live

At the risk of dating myself a bit, I’ve been a Pearl Jam fan since high school. So it was obviously a big deal for me to get the opportunity to shoot their show last Thursday at Jiffy Lube Live (formerly Nissan pavilion) for the Washington Post. It was just icing on the cake that my photos were used on the front page of Saturday’s edition. There are only a few rules that photographers have to abide…

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9:30 Club Concerts

OK Go @ 9:30 Club

Normally things like confetti canons get saved for late in the set and well after my three song limit is through, but that was not the case during last week’s OK Go concert at the 9:30 Club. First song! I was so excited I wanted to run on stage and high five everyone in the band. And not only did we get the canons during the first song, but the band used them again in the third…

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Events

Martinis and Makeovers 2010

Last week I volunteered my time and skills at the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton for the annual Martinis and Makeovers put on by the Got Your Back Network. The event is a night out for military wives who have lost their husband in the line of duty. It was an eye-opening night. We’ve been at war since before I moved to D.C., so it’s very easy for us regular civilians to forget about the sacrifices the military and their…

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Black Cat Concerts

Talib Kweli @ Black Cat

Not many hip-hop performers get me excited about seeing them perform, but Talbi Kweli is the definitely the exception. I first saw him last summer on the Rock The Bells Tour and I was blown away by his set. Kweli hit the Black cat last week with DJ Hi-Tek in anticipation of their forthcoming album, Revolutions Per Minute, the highly anticipated follow up to their classic album Train of Thought. What followed was one of the best…

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Events

Tammy Haddad’s WHCD Brunch

There are so many events going on the weekend of the White House Correspondents Dinner that its easy to lose track of them all, but one event I definitely look forward to is Tammy Haddad’s annual brunch. Tammy is the former producer of Hardball With Chris Matthews and she knows EVERYONE in town. Her brunch is a weird mix of celebrities, local and national media, local politicians and even random people from her neighborhood. I met Tammy…

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2010 White House Correspondents Dinner

One of the biggest events in D.C. each year is the annual White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton, affectionately referred to in town as “Nerd Prom.” Nerd prom is a night for policy wonks, the media that cover them and a bunch of random Hollywood A-listers to mingle and get to know each other. Unfortunately I don’t get to shoot that part of the night. But I do get to shoot the red carpet arrivals…

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