I was hired to shoot an annual Tattoo and Horror festival in Nashville recently. It was held at the Nashville Convention Center on the same weekend as an Anime Festival of some kind. That was a very strange day; comical and entertainingly bizarre. I can’t even begin to explain how strange it was but maybe these photos will give you some idea.
First, yes… this is Eve with Ace Frehley of KISS. She’ll kill me for posting it, but I’m going to anyway.
Second, This is a dude named Kane Hodder who played Jason Voorhees in many of the Friday the 13th slasher films. It was kind of creepy actually seeing the guy who played one of the more disturbing killers in movies. He was a nice guy; no really! :)
And finally, the disturbing image of the day… these two did all of their own make-up and costume work. Looked like they walked off the set of a horrifying movie. Yikes!
Wow; I still find this photo amazing because it shows what it is like to be a photographer in Nashville. This photo is a little bit different than most of the events I shoot because I was the official photographer for the event and all the other people you see behind me are the media and wire photographers from everywhere you can imagine… hence my killer spot to shoot from.
I’m mainly posting this for my buddy Zach, because I was trying to describe this phenomenon to him recently and just couldn’t do it justice with words. I’m grateful Ryan was able to grab this shot of the insanity that is sometimes my life.
I had the honor of shooting an exclusive event Saturday night; Taylor Swift received the Harmony Award from the Nashville Symphony. Congratulations, Taylor!
Back in the summer, I shot a series of portraits for a young, aspiring musician on location at a small local stream. I love the photos, especially this one. I was reviewing some images shot over the last couple of years and I just love the lighting on this one; turned out really well.
I like this one, too. All light provided by the Creator of the universe. :)
My daughter found this little guy (not in our house, but outside the home of another person) and caught it to be a subject for my photos; wasn’t that sweet?
Since I love taking photos that evoke some sort of emotion, I thought I’d take one just for you people who get chills down your spine when you look at a bug. Think of this little guy the next time you munch on a cracker. Enjoy!
My friend, Mike Salva and I created a video for the “Can’t Keep Johnny Down” – They Might Be Giants – music video contest. Here is the video; enjoy! Wish us luck, there are a lot of entries!
I’ve been having problems with exhaustion and headaches for a while now, so I went to see my doctor who sent me to an oral surgeon to remove the mandibular tori under my tongue. The thought was that it might help with the sleep apnea. During the follow up to that surgery, the surgeon mentioned that he may be able to cure my sleep apnea! It would be a surgery that would require my jaw and lower part of my skull to be cut and advanced forward–a procedure called Mandibular Advancement. Sounds like fun, right? It would require my jaw to be wired shut for six weeks after the surgery. Pictured (left) is a composite of what that procedure involves. Yikes!
Well that’s not the “cool thing” I wanted to write about today. As a part of the work-up to determine if the surgery will help me, the doctor ordered a series of x-rays of my skull. One of those x-rays is called a Cephalometric X-ray (pictured below) and is very cool because it shows both flesh and bone in the profile! I have a very attractive skull underneath all this ugly! I’ve already gotten compliments on how nice my skull is. Maybe I should frame this and hang it in my office to prove that I actually am attractive, it’s just beneath the surface.
