LATEST ON THE BLOG
LATEST ON THE BLOG
*Due to the rebuilding of this new website, many of my blog posts from the past 8 years are no longer linked. I am working on manually rebuilding a handful of them on the backend, so check back often as those start to populate!
SPEAKEAZY / G-EAZY X STILLHOUSE
Last week I was asked by Swim Social, a social media agency out of Los Angeles, to come out and photograph an event for one of their clients, Stillhouse. Turns out that Stillhouse and G-Eazy were throwing a little private party at Republic in New Orleans to announce their new partnership!
BLINK-182 / MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
Blink-182 is one of those bands that has just always been around for me. I am so happy to have been able to photograph one of my bucket-list bands, and their lighting production was epic. My favorite shots are below!
LILWEEZYANA FEST | NEW ORLEANS | MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
LilWeezyAna Fest, this year boasting acts "Collegrove" (Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz) Yo Gotti, Migos, and special guests Mystikal, PNC, and Chris Brown, had an unbelievable turnout at Champions Square for its second year in New Orleans, LA. After an afternoon of heavy rain, the weather threatened to complicate the fest, but rain held out to see Lil Wayne return to his hometown of NOLA and deliver a high-energy performance.
VANS WARPED TOUR / NEW ORLEANS
Alright alright alright, this blog post has been a long time coming. I have literally been trying to go to Vans Warped Tour since I was like, 15 years old. I'm 23 now! This year, they announced that the tour would be rolling through New Orleans for the first time in like 10 years or something like that, and I was like oh heck yeah not only am I taking off work and GOING, I am GOING TO SHOOT IT AND I DON'T CARE WHO TRIES TO STOP ME!
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | CANE HILL
It's been a rough past few months with me being super busy and not being able to shoot as many shows, so I'm very happy that the few I have been able to shoot have been really successful! These are some of my favorite live images I've taken (because Asking Alexandria and Bullet For My Valentine had amazing light... also because I got to get some band portraits of Cane Hill before their hometown show in New Orleans
THIRD EYE BLIND | MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
I have been pumped about these photos for a while, but just haven't been able to sit down until now to finally get them up on this blog! I really don't have much to say about this concert except for that Third Eye Blind was AMAZING and that I was only able to shoot from one spot (no pit at the venue) for the whole time.
SAOSIN / MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
Here are shots of the opener, LIMBS and then Saosin with original lead vocalist Anthony Green.
FALL OUT BOY / AWOLNATION / PVRIS / MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
I have recently been setting the bar really high with my photos (for my personal standards) so it's getting harder and harder to push myself. I feel like I could have done (much) better with my PVRIS and AWOLNATION photos, but I really am in love with most of the moments I captured of Fall Out Boy! They had this really cool fake snow that fell from the ceiling during the first song, which was great since I only got to shoot the first 3 songs of each band. It made for some really epic visuals!
BUKU MUSIC + ART PROJECT | MUSIC FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHY
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to cover BUKU Music + Art Project (better known to the New Orleans area as BUKU Fest) for Stitched Sound! I had always heard about BUKU but never attended. It's only been around for a couple years but each year it has been getting bigger and bigger, and this year it had actually sold out (30,000 people, CRAZY!)
THE AP WORLD TOUR | HOUSTON, TX | MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
A few weeks ago I got to go on a long anticipated trip to Houston with my boyfriend to see/photograph The AP World Tour at Scout Bar!
MUTEMATH | NOTHING BUT THIEVES | MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
I mentioned in a previous blog post about how I sometimes benefit from the use of a 70-200mm lens at concerts when there isn't a barricaded "photo-pit" for photographers to shoot from. This MUTEMATH concert is a perfect exmaple of one of these times. I knew the show was sold out and I knew the venue (The Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge) didn't have a photo pit. So I made sure that I got there PLENTY early to get up to the front of the stage and hold out a spot.
CITY AND COLOUR / GREYHOUNDS / MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to photograph City and Colour at the House of Blues in New Orleans for Stitched Sound magazine. Greyhounds opened the show, and the entire night was magical.
LIL WAYNE | RAE SREMMURD | THE DEDICATION TOUR | MUSIC
When I heard that Lil Wayne and Rae Sremmurd were coming to the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana a mere hour from me, I was like I HAVE TO COVER THIS SHOW. I didn't think it was going to end up happening, but long story short I was approved for a press pass about 3 hours before the concert and hightailed it out of work and to Laffy, blasting Weezy the entire way there. And made time to stop at Taco Bell for dinner, obviously.
AUGUST BURNS RED TOUR | MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
On December 12th, 2015 hardcore bands Wage War, Polyphia, Stick to Your Guns, Every Time I Die and August Burns Red stopped by the House of Blues in New Orleans, LA on their tour.