27 PHOTOS OF BURGERAMA III 2014

I went to Burgerama III twenty-fourteen and these are some pictures from it. This was my third Burger Records event (thanks very much to Makenzie Goodman and Curtis Harding). Although I didn't get to see or photograph every band that I wanted to on the lineup (not enough time), I still witnessed some really incredible musicians.

SEE PHOTOS HERE

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I have also attached links to some of the musicians below the link. I have about 70 more images I feel as if I could have posted... so maybe there will be a Burgerama III part II album... who knows.

Featured artists include: 

BLACK LIPS

FIDLAR

MAC DEMARCO

DEATH

ALLAH LAS

SLEEP

CURTIS HARDING

TOGETHER PANGEA

KOOL KEITH

Also be sure to checkout: 

THE GROWLERS

BLEACHED

and really just everyone on this BURGER RECORDS lineup....

St. Patrick's Day at Benchwarmers

Hello all!

       I don't really want to put these on Facebook or my blog because everyone can steal them that way... but I thought I'd share some photos from St. Patrick's Day here at the Benchwarmers in Ventura. I think I might be starting a series on the people of Ventura dive bars so this might just be the beginning to a bigger project. But take a look!

Thanks friends, love you guys

Also, look forward to photos from Burgerama III within the next two days!

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29 PHOTOS OF NEVADA. Check it out. Give me feedback.

Over the weekend I went to Nevada for the first time and fell in love with it. I think what draws me to this state over the rest of the Southwest is the history. Remnants of cowboys, gold miners and outcasts litter the land like cigarette butts on a California highway. A place that was condemned as inhabitable by many of the early settlers, Nevada now offers the only remaining glimpse into earlier American history.

I didn't intend to go to this place and start a project... but it seems as though I must. This is just the beginning. The first draft.  I took too many pictures for this to be final but I'm too eager for feedback not to post now.

Two years ago this week began my photo-journey. An indelible moment at a concert followed by a catastrophic personal event drove me into the welcoming arms of photography as both a coping mechanism and an obsession.

Anyway, HERE ARE MY PHOTOS. Give me your thoughts please.

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