I know I know.

So it has been like two weeks since I really blogged consistently. I know that there is no real excuse for that, I apologize. However, this week is going to maybe only hold a few posts, primarily since I am moving, and won't have internet immediately. I do hope to have it up and running by the end of next week though.

Anyways, I havent blogged since St Patrick's Day, and WOW what a great day. I started cooking breakfast for my friend Sarah, two of her friends and myself, and then we headed down to Station Square for a long day of partying. When I say long, I mean Long. Like I drank more beers in more hours than I slept in the past two nights Long! Yeah 14 hours of hanging out with friends, dancing, singing and celebrating St Patrick's day two days early. I figured since I was staying in on monday that I needed to make up for the lack of not listening to my favorite local Irish Band "Red Hand Paddy" by "utilizing the bottle" as they say in "The Sun Also Rises".

Then I had concerts last week, as well as some other shoots that I was working on. So here are some of the photos from the concerts.

Cobra Starship:



Lez Zeppelin 

Oh, as I mentioned a little while back, about the video that I was shooting, I came across a few photos from those two days, and I could KILL Eric for posting them on the Boogie Board, but hey what can I say, I was sick that whole weekend, and I was dressed for comfort, not style.

Anyways, thanks Eric for grabbing some photos of me at work. Even if they are showing me to be a zombie when it comes to style.  

For those of you concerned, I have cut my hair (Sorry Ashley!) The good news is that I now look presentable again, and the long hair will have to wait till next winter to reappear.

I hope that Everyone had a great Easter with family or friends. For me, Easter is a time to remember that I have been washed of my sins, because "We have and advocator to the Father" 1 John 2:1. But it is also a time to spend with my sisters and my parents. I am so thankful for the opportunity to spend time with them, and seeing as I was sick from Friday night on, and am still sick, I want to say thank you mom. I love you so much, and I still cant believe that you take care of me when I am not feeling well. 

Girls, it was great to take a trip down to Va. to pick you up, and even though you slept the whole ride home, I still love you, and it was nice to hang out for a bit.

The New Diesel Blog

It's been a few days since I last posted photos, but HERE are a few from New Years Eve at Diesel. The site that the photos are on, is a new project that I am doing for Diesel, that is going to showcase photos from each week, and let people see what is happening. Over the next few weeks, I will also be posting a look back at 2007 from June, when I started shooting there, till New Years Eve. So keep an eye out over there for some great new photos from the club.

Here is a wedding slideshow with some of my favorites from 2007, I will be going through my weddings and engagements soon, and be making a post with my favorites for the year.

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I'm Here!

So I just got checked into my hotel for the Alive Festival and it is going to look like Woodstock out there tomorrow. I'm not sure if it is supposed to keep raining tomorrow and through the rest of the week, but right now it is pouring down rain and doesnt look like it is going to let up...

Alive Festival

I am so stoked to be heading out to Ohio for the Alive festival. I really dont know much about it, except that there are going to be some great Christian bands playing there and i am hoping to meet up with David Jay, and some other photographers while I am out there.

I am really looking forward to this time to relax for a few days, and then it is home to see my sister off to Ghana for two months. I am so jealous of her. But this is her time to shine, and my time to figure out my next move. Trips have a tendancy of popping up, and maybe one will over the course of the summer.

Until then I am looking forward to Alive and maybe a couple of days at our house on Peele Island on the beach. Who knows what will happen, but it is summer and anything can still take place.

More From Diesel Club

So saturday was the actual One Year Anniversary of Diesel, and they brought back a Cirque Du Soleil ariel artist. Saturdays show was even more ammazing than the show on Friday. Last night she actually started up on the balcony of V.I.P. and swung down into the center of the dance floor with everyone standing around. While the lighting wasnt ideal, her body language and the lighting creat a mood that is as hard to compete with as it is to shoot.

She wil be heading to Jordan with the circus at the end of the month, but I hope to shoot some more creative controlled photos when she gets back into Pittsburgh.

Cirque Du Soleil

Cirque Du Soleil is famous for their ariel acrobatics, men and women performing amazing stunts high above the ground with two peices of cloth to hold on to. Their performances are amazing and create and atmosphere of awe. For Diesel Club in the South Side, that is exactly the atmosphere they wanted to have for their One Year anniversary party, so they brought in the Pro. She moved like an angel over the heads of the crowd. she will be back tonight, and I will post more photos as i have time.

Digital Underground

One of my projects for this week has been shooting the one year anniersary party for Diesel Club in Pittsburgh's South Side. They have a week full of events. Thursday night was an event they call Generations, and it is alot of old school hip-hop and party mixes from the 70's to today. To start their celebration off right, D.C. brought in Digital Underground. If you dont know who they are, I bet you would recognize the song "The Humpty Dance". Yep thats them.

I also just picked up a Nikon D200. As much as I want the D2x, I have to go with what is truly possible at the moment. But it makes a great partner to my D2h, which is a serious workhorse, and has awesome low light focusing. Some samples from that will come soon.

USPSA Shooting

So I havent gone handgun shootiing in probably more than two years. I've been thinking about going out to some events to shoot some photos. Friday night a friend asked if I wanted to go out on saturday. I had a blast. This is the hardest shooting that I have ever done. Everything is scored on speed, accuracy, and shooting from the designated shooting points. Its fast and requires thinking on the fly. I love it. Some of these gus have pretty nice rigs. I guess its like cameras. you spend alot and expect to get alot.