Danger Death Ray Band Shoot

Again I present to you the Portland pop punk band Danger Death Ray. They got their name from an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or MST3k for us hardcore fans) which is amazingly awesome in and of itself. Ryan (the tall one) is a part time security guard at a very old and very cool church in downtown Portland. We had unlimited access for the shoot and had such a blast. As I've said before, I love doing band shoots because I can really push myself creatively in ways that just don't work with families or weddings.

Enjoy!


The requisite "80's school picture" photo:


Ryan:



Dave:



Walker:




Group shots:





The BIG Danger Death Ray Choir:

Danger Death Ray- Sneak Preview

Lots more fun ones to come. You have no idea how fun this shoot was. :)

Rock 'n Roll Saturday Night

A couple weeks ago I had the privilege of going to buddy's concert in his basement. Basement concerts are a rite of passage of sorts for Portland bands. Artists like The Decemberists, The Helio Sequence, The Thermals, M. Ward, The Dandy Warhols and Elliot Smith made the rounds of playing the basements of PDX.

Here is a fun little video MTV did awhile back about it:

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - MTV Shows

Anyway, I fired off some shots at the concert which are below. You'll probably recognize of few of them from a shoot I did of them when I was just getting started with this whole photography thing. Check out Dave and Ryan's newest creation: Danger Death Ray. Enjoy!











PS Stay tuned for a wicked awesome shoot I did for their band in an old church downtown that I'll post within the week.

10 days of film

Day 10



(Probably best to not put your finger print on the negative before you scan it in :)

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Day 9

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Day 7

My dear ole Dad's office:

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Day 6

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Day 3

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Day 2

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The next 10 days will feature photos from the first roll of black and white film that I developed by hand and scanned in.

Day 1

Drew + Tiffany Vol. 3

Here is the final installment of our photo shoot. These were all taken with my film camera (Nikon F100), developed by hand and scanned in. There is something very satisfying about developing by hand and as I've said before, shooting film in general. These shots are straight out of the camera with no manipulation in photoshop. I also really like the imperfections of the film look and grain quality. Fun stuff!

Why I love Saturday mornings...

Drew + Tiffany Vol. 2

Drew + Tiffany! Vol. 1

To preface these photos I feel the need to echo the sediments of the great fashion model and philanthropist, Derek Zoolander: " I'm pretty sure there's more to life than being really, really ridiculously good looking". Indeed there is and to prove it I present for your enjoyment the photos of Drew and Tiffany. For not only are they indeed "ridiculously good looking" but also are the funnest and nicest people that you ever could meet.

For this shoot we went to an industrial section of SE Portland, Oregon. It's an area I drive by almost everyday and I was so excited that Drew and Tiffany were willing to do our shoot there.

I'll be rolling these all out in probably 3 different volumes because I shot some of them with film that I am developing by hand and then scanning in. (yay!)

Enjoy!