Hoodies and squid

We're shooting the new Hide&Seek line today! I'm so excited about all the new goodies! There's a squid shirt!! Our models are all professionals this time too, which will be awesome. One of the guys is from New York and has been in Nylon and Inked, and one of the other girls is a runway model. Taking it up a notch in Hide&Seek land!
Off to snag some snacks for the skinnies, and set up a backdrop.

I want to find this as an MP3...

I love you Rivers, you crazy little man, you.

I survived Florida, All Time Low fans, and test tube shots.

Bleubird!

DANGERCATS!

Friday I flew to Florida on standby (never again) with my friend and fellow photographer Kris Ross to photograph All Time Low, We the Kings, Hey Monday, and Friday Night Boys for Glamour Kills Clothing. While on the trip I met up with indie rapper Bleubird to shoot some portraits, and made fast friends with Beth, Courtney, and Cassadee AKA Dangercats. The Dangercats are the only three women holding down the Glamour Kills Tour and have created quite an intimidating gang, that I was honored to photograph. I love those ladies and can't wait to throw down with them when they make it to the left coast in a week or so.

I want a Boston Terrier

I'm easily amused.

Photographer Dave Shepherd made this pretty amazing time lapse of his tattoo session. I dig.

3oh!3's New Website...

Those dashing gents over at 3oh!3 got a new website and there's quite a bit of my photography hiding out there. Take a look!

The Bled

Today I photographed The Bled in Tucson, AZ for Rise Records. They were absolutely awesome to work with! I know I say it all the time, but they were the nicest dudes ever. Such a fun day!

Where's Megan this week?

Sunday: Taking in Manchester Orchestra not once, but TWO times.
Monday-Wednesday: In Tuscon, Arizona to photograph a little band called The Bled.
Friday-Sunday: Fort Lauderdale, Florida with Mr. Kris M. Ross to photograph All Time Low, We The Kings, Hey Monday, and the Friday Night Boys for Glamour Kills. Also trying to fit in a shoot with the "Mayor" of Indie Hip-Hop, Bleubird
Best week EVER? I think so, I really do.
I'm going to be all over the country this week, and getting paid to do it! Hey Ma, look at me! I'm jet setting!

GOOD THINGS!

This one's for the Los Angeles Department of Motor Vehicles!
So today during my horrid 5 hour nightmare at the LA DMV, I decided to make the most of it and enter 98.7FM's contest to win tickets to see Manchester Orchestra in a private show... over and over and over again.
Well as soon as I returned home, mixed myself a STRONG Bloody Mary, and calmed down I got a call from 98.7 that I had WON! So being stuck at the DMV proved worth the hell, as I get to see one of my favorite bands (see wrist tattoo) TWICE on Sunday! Now the only problem is deciding who I'll take with me... hmmmm....
BIG FAT WOO HOO!

Astronautalis

I was super excited to get the opportunity to photograph Andy Bothwell, AKA Astronautalis, today. He's definitely one of my favorite musicians, and a super nice guy too.
We shot these at the end of my street in the rain. Andy's from Seattle, so I find it pretty amusing that he came down to sunny LA, and had a rainy shoot. But then again I get excited to even shoot with clouds in the sky, so I'm really happy with how these came out.

This Providence

I had the awesome opportunity to work with This Providence after they wrapped filming on their new music video. Super super nice bunch of guys, and really funny. I wish all my shoots went this smoothly!

What a week...

Published in People, photoshoot in Bakersfield, promos for This Providence, set photos for 30 Seconds to Mars, amazing shoot with Drake Bell, booked to shoot The Bled in Tuscon, photoshoot with Astronautalis, shoot for OMGEE! Magazine, and I get to FINALLY see Manchester Orchestra!
It's nice when things start to look up :)

We the Kings

Finally able to release the We the Kings promos I did a few weeks ago!

This is for you Dad

Today we shot a music video for This Providence (check them out!) out next to the Salton Sea. It was the worst smelling, but most beautiful location I've ever had the chance to shoot at. I snapped this while setting up lights for band promos. This place was like a painting!

Sean says, "Don't Forget"

I'm thinking of making this my official stationary... what do you think?

People Magazine...

My photo of 3oh!3 (above) was in the last issue of People Magazine with John Travolta on the cover! I only wish someone had let me know. I walked past it for the last week in stores with no idea my photo was inside. Now it's off the shelves, so if anyone has a copy they'd be willing to part with, I'd really appreciate it. I need it for the magazine tears section I'm working on for my site. My first tabloid haha!

Oh and Kyle took this...

Kyle stole my camera during their shoot and turned it on my sunburned dirty self.

Friends is friends...

In the past year I've had the opportunity to meet some really awesome new friends. Not the least of which are Kyle and David from Breathe Carolina. These guys and their crew are possibly the nicest group of guys I've ever met. I met up with them at their House of Blues show yesterday and spent the whole night catching up in a kitchen and swapping stories. I'm so happy for them and their new found sucess. Love or hate their music, they make it for all the right reasons, and have more fun on stage than most bands. I'm glad I get to call them my friends.

RIP Irving Penn

There's a really great article in the New York Times about Irving Penn's life and work. I just saw his Small Trades series at the Getty this weekend and his work was truly amazing. I don't think people realize how much influence he had in today's fashion and editorial photography. Take a few minutes today to revisit his work in his memory.

Another one surfaces...

This time it was on the Barnes & Nobel site...

Special Moments with Taylor

Taylor of I am the Ocean shares his thoughts on the zen of skateboarding.

We're not getting paid tonight...

Jeremy-0 Trash Can- 1

Last night Jeremy had a trash can heaved at his head while trying to help break up a fight at the Knitting Factory. This is the result.