Old stomping grounds...

Not much has been going on in the way of shooting live music for me lately. Not a whole lotta shows going on, especially paying gigs, and I've been a bit slack. I did recently scan a bunch of images that I took in the beginning of my concert shooting quest. The ones I chose were of local Santa Barbara musicians, the people who I used as targets while gaining my knowledge of how to expose a piece of film under sub par lighting conditions.

I am still friends with many of these folks today and reached out to the majority of them using facebook. I posted the images and tagged all the people who's names I could remember. The feedback was tremendous and I am glad that after 12 years (on average) they finally get to see the pictures, many for the first time.

Below are some samples of the work I was doing back then, I am glad I took a look back because it has inspired me to move forward...

Allstar

Marko72 - Sugar Cult

Chart Toppers

Blazing Haley

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

The Ataris

Lapdog (feat. members of Toad the Wet Sprocket)

Jeff Pevar

Dishwalla

Steve "The Cougar" Sherlock - Nerfherder

Nerfherder

Randy Gus and son - Chart Toppers, Toad the Wet Sprocket

Zach Gill - Django (pre formation of ALO)

Sugar Cult

Charlie Hitchcock - Mama Llama (pre formation of Particle)

Summer Camp

Spitting Bull

Romper Room

Glen Phillips - Toad the Wet Sprocket

Blazing Haley