Published work

Not new, but just found a digital copy of this EP art I shot for Bidwell.

New Shiverfox album artwork

Fearless Friends Tour Substream Cover

Substream Cover #2!

My second cover for Substream Music Press with Hey Monday and Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. Click HERE to order your copy!

Andy in bandannas

Andy Bothwell, aka Astronautalis. Photographed in Court and Artemis' backyard. Los Angeles, CA.

I might just make it policy to photograph him every time he stumbles through LA.

Busy busy...

Sorry I've been so terrible at updating. We had a couple people quit at the day job, and so I was "promoted" to full time. Which means outside the 45 hours a week I've been slinging coffee, I've been slugging through mountains of backed up editing for Hide and Seek, shooting album art for Shiver Fox and Hello Astronaut, still trying to get over bronchitis, and trying to schedule out my summer into nice neat little sections.
On the 15th I'm heading out to Denver with my good friend Josh White from Umbrella Clothing to shoot a new venture with Kyle and David from Breathe Carolina. To say I'm excited to get out of LA is a huge understatement. I've been itching for a vacation, and I'm desperately in need of some time away from "work" work. I get to see Sam, and all my Denver friends, and it's all paid for.
The end of June I fly back to Montana to shoot a wedding, and depending on how the rest of my summer plans out, I might be up there for a week, or just a couple of days. It will be good to go home either way.
I have a long list of equipment I need to get eventually. I'm saving up for a shotgun mic for my camera, so live audio won't destroy it, as well as a smaller Wacom tablet that can travel with my laptop.
If you haven't been up to date on my Twitter feeds I have a lot of new photos up around the internet.
In Fear and Faith's new Myspace
Hello Astronaut's new Myspace
Of Mice and Men's new Myspace
As well as two photos in the new issue of Outburn with Eyes Set to Kill on the cover. My photos of Bleeding Through are in there as well as a photo along with a nice interview with Ramin from In Fear and Faith.
Aaaand if you didn't get your copy of Substream with Of Mice and Men on the cover, it's still out at your local Hot Topic or Barnes and Nobel. My first cover, pretty exciting!

Andy on Roller Skates...

Andy during the Hide&Seek Summer shoot. He flew in from Australia that morning, and came straight to Pollution. He slept on the couch for almost eight hours, then woke up, put on skates and started scooting around the neighborhood. This might be my favorite portrait I've ever taken.

Jaxin and Ladybird

My favorite photo of Ladybird and Jaxin from their shoot. Love these kids like family!

Sorry...

Sorry I've been kind of absent. I've just been busy/sick/exhausted/working/coughing/boring lately. I've been working on a lot of cool stuff... of course I can't write about it. That seems to be the rule. The more excited I am about something, the less I can say about it. I can say this much, "It moves". There ya go. Happy? I promise I'll be able to say something more as soon as ________ is finished being _______, and _________ decides to _________ it. Yeah.

I've been sick the past couple weeks since we finished ________. According to WebMD I have Bronchitis. According to Kyle, and AJ, and everyone else who has the same ridiculous cough, I have Bronchitis. I can't remember if I'm supposed to go to the doctor for this. WebMD says it should go away on its own if I just stay hydrated (whoops), and take some over the counter lung pills to help loosen all the gunk that's down there. Lovely isn't it? I'm supposed to go to the hospital immediately if my cough is "barking". What the hell does a barking cough sound like? They need to have audio samples of TB and Whooping cough on there. Mine is kind of "honking". I sound like someone is throat punching a goose. It's far less fun than it sounds. But as bad as this might sound, having a cold beer last night helped immensely! I think the cold, plus the alcohol, tricked my body into thinking I didn't need to cough. I might test this theory before going to bed tonight, seeing how I have to be up at 5:45 tomorrow morning to open the coffee shop. I feel like I should be better by now, and it's frustrating the hell out of me.

For you Dad...

Today on our shoot we were graced with an amazing sunset. I was shooting behind the scenes stuff and shot the hell out of the landscapes. Thought my dad would like this one!

Cool things...

This week Substream issue 19 comes out, and I shot the cover photo of my boys in Of Mice & Men! Woo, my (sort of) first cover!
Also Bleeding Through released their new album on Tuesday and I just got a congratulations call from my pal Jared for my photo being on the back of the case. So that's pretty cool.
First magazine cover and first big time photo in some album art, all in the same week.
I'm trying to decide if I should celebrate by staying in my PJ's and making a pot of coffee or getting dressed and going to get an americano at Intelligentsia.
I really just want to go back to bed until I have to head to work at 4, but momma's got some editing to tend to.

Wooo!

My "life sucks a little less" present to myself for this week is a ticket to see Foxy Shazam at the Troubadour. I've wanted to see these guys for years! Their new CD is fantastic, and I haven't been this excited for a show for a long time. Can't wait!

Jerry

Jerry Roush... he's special.

Bamboozle Left!

Hide & Seek Clothing go to Bamboozle Left 2010 from Hide & Seek Clothing on Vimeo.

Hey Mom, doing fine...

Today I got to shoot one of my favorite bands from Southern California, In Fear and Faith. We shot all day, and had a ridiculous time, and took a break in the middle and hit up Pizza Port, which was awesome. Some of the nicest guys ever. These dudes, combined with Of Mice and Men, and The Bled on their upcoming tour... damn, that will be memorable!
We Shot this at the end of the day after the usual screamer. Cody brought his dad's 64 Chevy Malibu, and it was just too awesome to not hop in the trunk.

Astronautalis for Hide&Seek

I photographed Andy again last week, but this time for Hide&Seek Clothing. It was the third shoot for H&S in one week. Craaaazy busy... I want a vacation.

I'm alive...

I survived SxSW and Bamboozle with only a bit of wear and tear.
We got a new roommate named Yuki, he's Japanese, and I think I've seen him a total of three times since he moved in.
There's a mattress in our living room if anyone wants it.
I have about 2,000 photos to go through.
I wore shorts today.
Goodnight Sunrise officially live in Southern California now! I am very excited about this.
So does Jerry Roush. I'm also excited about this.
I get to see Ok Go this week at the Jimmy Kimmel taping. Immediately after, I get to see my buddy Andy, AKA Astronautalis perform at the Bootleg Theater. Both of these things are awesome.
I'm doing a shoot tonight with Jace and Secret Secret Dino Club for Hide&Seek, Thursday I do another one with Andy. Busy Busy.
I have to figure out how to trade my Friday night shift, because Dannel got me a ticket to see Alkaline Trio... it's trade shifts or quit or something because I MUST go to that show.

There is a really pissed off Chinese woman yelling outside my house. She's yelling at a Mexican locksmith. Maybe she's just talking though. But it sounds like yelling. I can't understand what either of them is saying.

:)

Yesterday I got to photograph Something Corporate's first show back since they broke up. Also got my wireless system to work with my Ultimate Ears for the first time on my own. I had Andrew's feed, and it sounded so good to ignoring the crowd noise.

Brit

Pac Sun made a nice little video with Brit about his artist collaboration shirt. Can you spot me?

Please...

Please keep my friend Brit in your thoughts. He was hit by a car while riding his motor cycle the other day. He's having a bunch of different operations to repair broken bones, and the injuries from the accident. He's an amazing person, and hearing something like this breaks my heart. Please think good thoughts for him.

T-12 hours... oh and Mandatory Monday...

Twelve hours until I drive off into the unknown with Tom, Glen, Hannah, and Luga. Full car, good friends, good times... hopefully we don't kill each other.
I'm doing laundry, and pretending to pack my gear, but actually just eating a bowl of tofu and veggies while I check my email. Today was such a long day. I had to spend the great majority of it tied to my computer while I sent files across the country. I tried to leave once to go buy instant film for the trip and got a call right away and had to come home to resend something that got corrupted in transit. Sigh.
Yesterday was a totally fantastic shoot with Fi and Vi, a pair of comedians from England. We photographed them as American Pin Up girls, at Pollution Studios, and our shoot ended up with quite an audience! All the Pollution boys camped out on the couches with Fat Tire while we shot, it was so funny! Afterwards the boys made us some amazing vegan burritos with cactus, and sauteed veggies. A fantastic way to unwind after a long day. The photos all look great and I can't wait to get back from SxSW to edit them.
Speaking of SxSW I picked up 40 sheets of film for my Fuji instant camera for the trip. I'm really excited to see Austin and all the amazing bands and people that are out there. It's been so so so stressful getting everything ready for the trip that I don't think I ever really thought it would work out, but it did! I'm staying with Glen and Saint Motel, so there should be no shortage of ridiculous photos when I get back. I'll try to blog while I'm out there, but no promises.
See you in a week!

Mike Prim

We hauled Mike into our shoot today. Yvonne and I turned him into a Greaser and he got to act like a sissy getting a tattoo. I shot a few portraits of him just because he looked so awesome!