The Phantom of the Opera

Been so busy lately, it hurts... LITERALLY!

I feel old! LOL!

Anywho, I got to shoot Lindsey Stirling's concert this past Friday in NYC at Webster Hall, and it was amazing! This entire weekend has been fun! Tiring, but fun!

That's all I have to say for now, just wanted to do a quick post. I leave you with this!

Recap of the Steampunk World's Fair

A little late, but I've been busy after my brief visit to the 3rd Annual Steampunk World's Fair! I visited the event on Saturday, and what a long Saturday it was! I was there from 11:30am to about 3:45am. It was insanely fun, and while there wasn't as many bands I was into, like the first year, I definitely had a fun time checking out the different performances, and catching up with friends, as well as making new ones!

To check out the photos, visit my Flickr set. Here's a brief sample:

Wicked Faire & Emilie Autumn

I've been sick for the past two weeks, due to running myself ragged. I was uber-busy on February 18th covering day 2 of Wicked Faire in Somerset, NJ, and the Emilie Autumn concert in New York, NY (Manhattan).

Click for more photos from the Emilie Autumn concert



Click for more photos from Wicked Faire 2012

Also a lot of the photos from the Wicked Faire fashion show were picked up by TechRepublic.

Highlights of 2011: Part 2

This year I was allowed to shoot one of my dream bands, Within Temptation, in addition to a couple of other concerts throughout the year. Here are some of my favorite concert photos from this past year!

Within Temptation

Every once in a while, a rare opportunity will present itself...

I had one of those opportunities! The symphonic metal band, Within Temptation, was playing a few dates in the U.S., and one of them was at Terminal 5 in NYC. After contacting their label and some emailing back-and-forth, I managed to secure a photo pass for one of my favorite bands!

The concert was great, aside from some technical difficulties during "Angel." They never finished it sadly (one of my favorite songs by them).

After the initial three songs were over, it was a pain trying to find a good spot to take additional photos from the crowd, and this was after asking different security staff if it was okay, with different answers every time. Despite that, I had fun! :D

More pics can be on my Flickr!

Dracula's Ball

Went down to Philadelphia this past weekend for Dracula's Ball, featuring Ayria and Angelspit.

Steampunk World's Fair Overview

The Steampunk World's Fair was insane! A lot of great events!

I ended up taking just under 3,000 photos. Got to see a great band, Unextraordinary Gentlemen, who I didn't know was going to be there until I actually saw them! Met up with some new friends, as well as old ones. Did many photo shoots, as well as attended many presentations and panels.

Only down side was the end of Saturday night when my camera battery died. This was my back-up battery, while my main battery was still recharging back in my hotel room. Of course it died during the performance by Cosplay Burlesque and The White Elephant Society :\

The only other downside was being woken up by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band at 4-5am in the morning on Sunday... awesome. Not.

I stayed at the Embassy Suites hotel which was nice, but the only downside was I needed to pay for wireless internet in my room, to which I said, "Fuck that!" Luckily they had a internet cafe that was free for guests in the lobby.

Now I'm slowly going through the photos. I was going through them in order, but the designers from Sunday's fashion show already started asking me about them, so I'm trying to finish up their photos first before I handle the regular photos.

Here's some quick previews:

2009 Year-In-Review

I attended a record amount of conventions... which isn't actually that much, but considering the last convention I went to was nearly a decade ago in the basement of a church... This year was intensive for me! I hit the New York Comic Con, AnimeNext, Mokucon and New York Anime Festival. I also hit the press day for the "Brooklyn Botanical Garden's Sakuri Matsuri.

Cosplay photography aside, I also got the chance to do a lot of photo shoots this year, both from meet-ups, as well as private shoots. Met plenty of great people, photographer and models (some cosplayers, others not, others both).

A lot of activity this year on my FlickR, which I was happy for! Got to do the concert photos for The Azoic and September Mourning, as well as studio photos for Cruel Black Dove and Blacklist.