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Monthly Archive for August, 2007

Donny Osmond in Blue, 2004 UK Tour
There is a time and a place for flash photography, but concerts are not it. There will be some that can show me some great shots they got because their flash fired off just perfectly, but I will tell you those are the off chance exceptions rather [...]

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Natures Best

Every year we take a family vacation of two. This year we decided to do something different. We decided instead of traveling to some vacation spot and bunk it in a hotel we would see what our own area had to offer. We took day trips each day of vacation. Fortunately [...]

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What Is REALLY Important?

This morning before my alarm went off I hear… “Mom?  Mom are you awake?”  I am now, I thought.  I look up to see my beautiful 7 year-old-boy smiling at me.  “Hey Mom, It’s cold can I get in?”  I scoot over to let my son jump in.  From there we lie there and talk [...]

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Donny Osmond in Salt Lake City, 8/21/07
By popular demand, I have decided to start up a series of tips for taking great photos at concerts. Hopefully the tips I share will be both useful and entertaining as I will try to also include photo(s) that emphasize the point I am trying to make. [...]

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Behind the Scenes

 
As I mentioned previously, a lot goes on behind the scenes when putting a concert together.  One big part of making a show a success is the rehearsals.  I had the opportunity to visit with the band in London when rehearsing for the upcoming next 3 weeks of touring.
All the gear packed into a small [...]

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Bunking Up With Donny Osmond

Sorry, I had to do it. I know that title is misleading and a little edgy for some, but it sounded too good not to post it. Hopefully that will catch some attention on the Google News Alerts!
I know today isn’t a picture of Donny or any of the band, [...]

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One of the Others: Tom Hopkins

 
When working with a well known, lifetime star like Donny Osmond, it is often easy to forget there are many people that work behind the scenes to make a performance happen.  A lot goes into a concert just to make it happen.  There are staff members for booking, publicity & promotion, stage setup including lighting [...]

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Atypical Shots

 
When I first started taking concert photos, I was so desperate to get “the” shot that I often ended up taking hundreds of photos a night that ended up looking much the same.  Not until I had several concerts under my belt did I start realizing that I had all the standard shots taken care [...]

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Blog Action Day 2007: The Environment

Those who know me well know that my college education was in Biology of all subjects. How I ended up in Internet marketing is much like most that have stumbled through the Internet evolution. I have never given up my love of all things nature and a desire to care for the [...]

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Extreme Closeup

I have been holding back for some time on posting some of my concert photos. I usually need to get permission on many of them to do most anything, but for a number of reasons I am going to go ahead and get some online. I would like to start discussing and [...]

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