Hey Los Angeles! Come party tomorrow (Saturday, August 7, 2010)!

Where: House of Blues – Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA
Time: 3 PM – Midnight
All Ages
Tickets available online or at the door!
*For more details, click here.
Here’s the itinerary:
2:30 Doors Open
2:30 Red Carpet Photography (with llamas)
3:00 Party Officially Begins
3:00 Art Room Opens
3:00 Draw Game Begins
3:00 Art Galleries Open
3:30 Welcome speech with $spyed
4:00 Old School deviantART Panel
4:00 Abstract Art tutorial with `precurser
4:45 Rendering tutorial with $endosage
5:00 Devious Technology Panel
5:30 Perspective tutorial with $liquisoft
6:00 Storytime Panel
6:15 Pepper Tutorial with `Artgerm
7:00 Closing Speech + Art Raffle
7:30 Dance Party
11:30 DJs Stop Spinning
12:00 Party Ends
See you tomorrow!

Here’s what you might have missed last week:
• Jake Gyllenhaal Explains How To Pronounce His Name
• Alan Wake: Bright Falls – Episode 5 “Off the Record”
• Alan Wake: Bright Falls – Episode 6 “Clearcut”
• One of these things is not like the other.
• G Tom Mac – “Soul I Bare” Video
• SPLIT/SECOND In Stores Now!
• Spider One Sits Down with George Romero
• Split/Second – Ten FTW: Top 10 Powerplays
• Google.com – May 21, 2010
• Blur Makes Fun of Mario Kart

We made a new friend in Hawaii.

Here’s what you might have missed last week (Basically, random updates from my vacation):
• Hawaiian 2010 Update
• We Took a Day to Relax
• Hawaii 2010 – Day 5
• Alan Wake: Bright Falls – Episode 4: Local Flavor
• Hawaii 2010 – Day 6
• A Sunset at Turtle Bay

I finally had an ideal chance to play with my ND and polarizer filters… and capture some wonderful shots (like the one below) at the same time.

Fantastic:

If you are unfamiliar with Tyler Shields’ work, you really have been missing out. Check out his photographic masterpieces at tylershields.com.

Here’s what you might have missed last week:
• Top 10 New Video Games of 2009
• Electrolightz: Music In Neon
• Grand Theft Mario
• Brand New “Split/Second” Gameplay w/ Director Nick Baynes
• Resident Evil Page Takeover
• One Night in Los Angeles

So with Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving weekend, and one hell of a busy week at work, I haven’t had the chance to write about this until now.
One night last week, I was at my best friend and her husband’s house, and they were telling me how they were interested in getting into professional photography and had picked up a beautiful Nikon D3000 from Samy’s– and how the store had some killer deals I may be interested in. I’ve actually been due for an upgrade for years now, but just never really had the funds set aside for it until now. As I played with the 3000, I fell more and more in love. Plus, I’ve been really excited to now have someone [...]

Here’s what you might have missed last week:
• LMFAO & Lil Jon “Shots” Video
• Concert Photography Basics
• Nylon Pink’s “Lipstick” on Fuse On Demand
• New Hair
• Penguins Aren’t Always Your Friend.
• Holiday Greeting from John Travolta and Robin Williams
• Grizzly Bear – “Ready, Able”
• M.I.V.E. for Left 4 Dead 2

Here are some questions someone asked me last week that I thought some of the rest of you might also be interested in:
How did you become a concert photographer?
When I started having a sparked interest in concert photography, it definitely came unexpected. I was still just a young kid (too young to really start thinking about my future) about nine or ten years ago, going to shows and street-teaming for record labels. I was living in Missouri at the time, and Neptune Crush (a local St. Louis band) and Kill Hannah were always playing shows together at this tiny little club. Neptune Crush always had some of the coolest light setups, and every time they played with KH there, [...]

So one of my favorite photographers is hosting a photography event in Los Angeles this Saturday (November 14, 2009) that includes his own work, as well as the work of other amazing artists. If you are in town, I highly suggest you come out for this night to remember!
Here are the details…

Welcome to Figurative Theatre. A group art exhibit, that brings forth images from some of today’s top photo talents. Our diverse group of photographers credits cover many aspects of the modern photo industry.
Collectively we have shot such celebrities/bands as: Margaret Cho, Sybil Danning, Marilyn Manson, Tool, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Rock, Christina Aguilera, Moby, Flea, Static X, Fear Factory, G Tom Mac, Miss Katonic, and [...]

Good morning! Here is what you might have missed last week:
• Zoltan Bathory – 10.25.2009
• Brian Fair – 10.25.2009
• Electrolightz Music Video for “Centerpiece”
• Sarah Dope Facebook Fan Page
• …And This Is How You Die
• Fan of the Axolotl?
• The Ultimate Raw Fish
• Vampires After Dark