Art/Heart Saturday Night at The Green Room

The Green Room has turned into a decent spot to get away from the normal ridiculousness of downtown Ft. Lauderdale. On this evening there was a ton of art on display and John Ralston headlined. Check out Mickie Centrone's write up about the night over at New Times. You can also see the full slideshow from the night. 

Stampede at Grand Central 3-9-11

Miami, FL- I tagged along once again with my friends Stampede for their show at Grand Central. I was interested in doing some set up shots during their sound check, but unfortunately, the lack of time and amount of gear set up onstage for the headliner Fishbone, prevented this from happening. Here are my favorites from the night, unfortunately I wasn't able to stay the whole night and check out Fishbone due to having to wake up early the next day.

Fishbone

Biz Markie at Rokbar 3-10-2011

Miami Beach, FL- The NYC Greenhouse team took over Rokbar in South Beach last night. The place was packed and Biz Markie was on the decks. Talib Kweli was also in attendance. Here are my favorites from the night.

Biz Markie

Talib Kweli & Biz Markie

Eric Hower & Biz Markie

Talib Kweli

Max Pierre & Talib Kweli

Cool Vee

DJ Ferno

 

DJ Ani

The Story Behind the Picture: Dancegiving

Sometimes they say a picture can tell a thousand words right? Well, sometimes it is nice to hear the actual story behind how a picture is created. So I thought I would start a series of blog posts on the story behind the picture.The full gallery is over at New Times

For this image, I was covering Dancegiving, an all day electronic music festival in downtown Ft. Lauderdale at Revolution, The Green Room, and America's Backyard. I had already been at the event for 9 hours and the music was starting to blend together. The lighting was pretty rough all day, but I kept on trying different things to make it work. The headliner, Steve Aoki, was playing and after taking a few photos on stage I headed to the back area to take a little break. As I was talking to someone, one of the event's staff made his way to the stage entrance with an inflatable raft and told someone "this shit is about to get crazy". That's all I had to hear for I know Steve Aoki tends to crowd surf. I immediately headed to the crowd. I really wanted the epic shot of Steve Aoki crowd surfing in the inflatable raft (where did they get it?), but a few minutes later as I am packed in the middle of the crowd, out comes the raft......

The Crystal Method at Gryphon 8-13-2010

As soon as the guys of The Crystal Method got on the decks their DJ skills were on display. The guys have been at it for some time now, but haven't let up. Through out their set the guys bounced around and were in it just as much as the crowd. It was my first time shooting in a club with my new wide angle lens, the Tokina 11-16mm 2.8. It's great for tight situations such as the DJ booth. Here are the best photos from the night. See the full gallery over at Irockparties.com

Gryphon with David Solano and Pangea 8-6-2010

Another night at Gryphon and Pangea. Got a chance to get up to the room over looking Gryphon and got some cool shots of the club. David Solano was bringing it and had the crowd going. Check out the full gallery over at Irockparties.com

Marco V at Gryphon 7-30-2010

It's been forever since I've been to Gryphon with the last time being Dubfire. It was the old stomping ground. Marco V from the Netherlands kept the energy up.  I also spent some time in the neighboring club, Pangea. Here are the best photos from the night. The full gallery can be found at IRockParties.com

Boris At Monarchy

   I haven't shot very much in the clubs lately, but after Warped Tour I headed out to Monarchy in West Palm Beach for Boris. I was so burnt out from the day in the sun. With a couple cups of coffee and house music I was good to go. One of the things I look for when I'm out shooting nightlife is to catch someone in their own little world enjoying themselves. I also try to get some cool shots with long exposures and blurred light. My favorite has to be the dancers. They are also probably the hardest to shoot since they're moving the whole time. Let them know you're taking their picture and they will probably help you out.

Dubfire and Apollo V @ Gryphon

     I had been looking forward to this night for a while. Dubfire's tracks and mixes have been on my playlist for a while now. Even better, my friend Apollo V got the slot for the opener. I've shot Gryphon plenty of times and continue to try different ideas and get better shots.
    My goal for this night was to get some killer shots using blue and red gelled flashes on opposite sides of the DJ. Using my pocketwizards, I could trigger them from anywhere in the club. Freezing the DJ with my flash, I then dragged the shutter to bring out the rest of the club. Those without the blue and red flash are shot with a similar concept using on camera flash directed towards the DJ.

I love Dubfire's style and he had the club moving. I had to tell myself to stand still while taking long exposure.

 I would of liked to of shot more of Dubfire with colored flash, but the DJ booth was packed and this limited my angles.

Dubfire and Apollo V

A few crowd shots from the night