Glenn Palmer

I had the pleasure of shooting rock and roll tailer Glenn Palmer at his Malibu home aka Tom Petty's estate for this week's LA Weekly. We had a great afternoon and shot in and out of an old airstream. Check my vimeo for a behind the scenes video clip.
"Though largely unknown except among the artists he services, Palmer has nonethe-less become part of rock history, casting Middle American dreamers and poets as outlaws and bad boys, and imagining a new type of heroism characterized by a brash, captivating energy. He sometimes behaves
like a rock star, certainly; if he doesn’t like a band’s music, he won’t design their clothes."

Ice Cube

I was excited to photograph Mr. Cube for LA Weekly last week. Here are a few shots from our 12 mins together. He was pretty chill, we joked about our signs- he's gemini and I'm a sagittarius, talked about me getting a gold cap for my front tooth to go with my black fingernail polish as well as his new collaboration with RareInk. "I gotta say it's been a good day"

Bonnie McKee for LA Weekly

I photographed Bonnie McKee for LA Weekly last week at her new home in the Hollywood Hills. We had a fun day shooting even in the 90 degree heat! Here's a few shots from the shoot. More to come soon. Click here for the article.

TEARIST

I photographed the LA band TEARIST for LA Weekly. Here's the cover as well as some other shots.
They were super energetic to shoot, just like their performances. I recommend seeing them live if you can.

GIRLS at the Fillmore

to see more photos click here. GIRLS band.

New tears -Freelance Whales

I photographed Freelance Whales while they were in Los Angeles for FMS Magazine ,UK. Issue 7.

Cypress Hill behind the scenes

Here's a short behind the scenes video from my Cypress Hill shoot for LA Weekly. I had an hour with them and this is from the beginning of the shoot, the "getting to know them" and the first few min of shooting. This is the first location out of two. These guys are still rad and I really dig their new song Get it Anyway. Check it out! as well as the cover, out Thursday. Art Direction- Darrick Rainey

click for video

IAMSOUND for LA Weekly

I had fun with tungsten lights and gels the other day shooting Niki Robertson and Paul Tao from IAMSOUND records in Los Angeles. My idea was to stage it like a live show.
article here

Cover for The District

I shot this week's cover and feature story for The District Weekly. Markus, Albert and Mark are reinventing LB Basement Lounge and kickin it off with party weirdo this saturday. Check it out if you can!

Cover and new portraits for The Best of LB

I shot this week's cover for The District Weekly Best of LB issue. Crystal Antlers and I went over to the pumpkin patch on PCH and got this shot of them jumping on the bouncy castle. This was harder than  it looks and I only got 2 decent shots. You can't get much 'air' on those things! I got on and jumped as well while trying to take some shots. It was super funny and I think my camera hit me in the head a few times. view my website for more crystal antlers photos

I also shot portraits of Paper Planes, Reid, Diane Ripley and Liza of Phantom Gallery.

Buddyhead and Dios

I shot Travis Keller of the infamous Buddyhead.com music gossip site last week for LA Weekly. Issue is out this week.

Dios is one of the first bands on the new Buddyhead label. It was fun shooting them cause I've know Patrick Butterworth for years and used to go see his old band Shoegazer play. Good ol' days..
I'll be posting the tears on my site soon.

LA Weeekly Cover

I shot Ozomatli for this week's cover. Story here.

Geoff Muldaur for Fretboard Journal

I photographed Geoff Muldaur a while back for The Fretboard Journal and the issue is finally out, on stands now. If you've never seen the magazine, you'll be happily amazed at the print quality and photography. I worked with art director Patrick Barber on the shoot and I like how he gives photographers full pages, no crop bleeds. Check it out if you can. Here's the cover and first page of the spread.

April Tears

OC Weekly Cover

Dangerbird Records founders for LA Weekly. If you want to see more photos, I posted a diptych on my website in RECENT.

PUNK is the new DISCO

I did a little write up and live review of a Clash cover band for The District Weekly. You can read it here. Below are a few photos from the fun night in Long Beach.

YACHT

I have a photo of Yacht out in this month's issue of Death + Taxes magazine. Jona and Claire are talented musicans out of Portland, OR. Poor Jona was sick when we shot this but we were able to knock out a few different options in an hour.


Here's a few more photos from the shoot and the amazing dome house we got to use.

The Submarines

I shot last week's music issue cover of the LA Weekly, the band The Submarines. Also got to go see them perform live at the Wiltern with the Brazilian Girls. They are so talented and Blake has an amazing voice. Check them out if you haven't heard them. I'll post tears soon.