Things are kinda good

There's nothing like spending time with a long lost friend when you've been having a bad week. Recently my good friend Kevin moved to Ventura from New York. He drove through LA yesterday on his way out to the wilderness and treated me to a Ted Leo and the Pharmacists show. We decided to walk to the venue a good two miles away, and after a few beers and the show we walked back. It was a ridiculous amount of fun catching up and listening to good music. I hadn't seen him in well over a year and so much has changed for the both of us. I'm pretty stoked that he's living on the left coast for a while. Monday we're going to see Fun play at Spaceland

Week two of 3oh!3's campaign...

Vote for my boys!

When it rains it pours.

It's raining friends this week. Keaton Andrew was on the couch Sunday and Monday, Eileen's inhabiting the living room currently, and I just got off the phone with my long lost amazing friend Kevin Barnes who is in LA for a week. He's taking me to see Matt and Kim! It's been about two years since the last time I saw him, and I am so damn stoked to catch up! He's one of my favorite people.
That all being said having so many people around is making it difficult to get any editing work done. But I guess having too many friends around is kind of a good problem to have when it's all said and done.
MATT AND KIM!!!

3oh!3 Campaign Ad

This is AWESOME!

Exactly one year ago today...

I was in Salt Lake on my way to LA...
"So I should be in LA right now. My car however had other plans and blew a piston. Which according to my father hasn't happened to a car since 1978. I'm stranded in Salt Lake while I await the $3,500 repair bill from the lovely gentlemen at Ken Garf Saab.
It's looking more and more like I'm never going to get to LA. I spent most of today walking between the Salt Lake Public Library and some odd outdoor mall a mile away. I just wanted to see Tropic Thunder and I really didn't think that "Up two blocks and over a bit" could be that far. I got hopelessly lost and had to ask directions twice but I arrived at the theater five minutes before the 2:35 showing of the movie. It took up a nice 2 hour chunk of my time wasting. However walking the 2 miles with my laptop and 30 pound backpack made me want to punch the dude who stopped me to say "Smile it could be worse". I suppose my car could have destroyed itself by bursting into flames and taking all of my photo and computer gear with it while simultaneously getting me pregnant, and spreading a rumor that I have herpes. That would have been worse I guess. I still wanted to punch that haggard old hippie in his three teeth though.
I'm back at the library where it's air conditioned, waiting for Michael Brown to get off work so I can go and live off of his family's amazing charity some more. Thank god for them. Without them I'd probably have to mooch off of some Morman family who would try to brain wash me into a pair of chinos. "

Amazing what can happen in a year eh?

More 3oh!3 Promos

Yippee! The boys released their new promos today, so that means I get to share them here with you. I can't say enough how nice these guys were to work with. It was such a smooth and fun shoot. I hope to work with them more in the future.

3oh!3 for Best New Artist

Here's a couple photos from my shoot with 3oh!3 in Salt Lake City. More will be released in the near future.

There's Mark Again...

I'm always amused when one of the photos from the Mark Hoppus shoot pops up. This one is on an auction site where celebrities made Lego mosaics and are auctioning them for charity. It's really great, so check it out HERE.

Jaxin and the Raccoon

My friend Jaxin's dream came true and he got to finally meet his spirit animal.

Bayside...

... has been my favorite band for the last five years. So that being said Bayside has been my favorite band since I started to develop a decent taste in music. Here's a photo of Nick from Boise, Idaho's Warped Tour. I doubt I'd be a photographer if it weren't for their Sirens and Condolences album. That record was my fuel as I entered the photo program at MSU.

My last name is Thompson...

... Not "Picturetaker", but because of the internet and myspace bloggers around the world apparently believe it is.
Checkout "Design we Trust" and "Grafitti"

Google translation from the French Blog "Grafitti"Here are beautiful photos of Megan Picturetaker to present the new collection of Hide and Seek Clothing. Hide and Seek Clothing is a dozen tee shirts, hoodies, ... You will also find T-shirts V-neck very fashionable at the moment. The tee shirts are sold $ 20 (€ 14) and resulted in some $ 12 (€ 8.5). Another photo in the following

Boise, Idaho

Chiodos
After some apparent confusion which I had no idea about because I was without internet, my photos from Boise's Warped Tour are now up on AltPress.com. They left out a bunch of my favorites, but oh well, still happy to be part of it!

So... this just happened...

A couple days ago in Salt Lake I photographed 3oh!3 for their upcoming VMA campaign to win Best New Artist. Michael Brown was my wonder assistant, and I couldn't have hoped for a smoother shoot. We started about 2:10 and were done by 2:40. We had 20 minutes to spare by the end and the boys got to hit up catering before going on to a bunch of interviews and autograph signings. Weird how nine months ago I was assisting on their AP cover shoot. I had a ton of fun, these guys are just hilarious to work with. I had trouble holding my camera at times because I was laughing so hard.
Make sure you go to MTV.com and vote for them for Best New Artist!