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(personal) best of 2009

josh — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:50 +0000

I have made it a bit of a habit to post a “best of” my photos each year. These types of things generally happen in late December or early January but… This year I have been a bit too busy. All this snow has created a little respite though, so I have managed to wade through and pick my favorites.

mos def, sonar

pig destroyer, the talking head

matt & kim, sonar

gwar pit, sonar

future islands, the talking head

national arboreteum

voivod, hellfest france

bird in flight, chincoteague

angie / sarah

front row

pentagram, sonar

skulls, paris catacombs

hands

frodus, the talking head

tittsworth, taxlo

dancer, deep sugar

the jesus lizard, sonar

dying fetus / jimmy joe roche

agoraphobic nosebleed

double dagger, whartscape

michael

dan deacon / breadfan, hellfest paris

paella

ben

the death set, ottobar

dave nada, taxlo

my crew be unruly

jimmy joe roche, zodiac

Click here to check out 2008 and also 2007’s versions.

(Thanks to Ben, Brad, Michael, Yvonne, & Zack for their feedback on this set)

snow in baltimore.

josh — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:06:54 +0000

Just now digging out of a week of record snowstorms in baltimore. Snow days mean time to test out new things, as you (hopefully) can see above, courtesy of the excellent flickrshow javascript.

Click here to see the photo set in a more traditional format.

my top ten live photos on spin.

josh — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:57:16 +0000

click here to see my ten favorite recent live photos on spin.com

Of Montreal.

josh — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:49:58 +0000

Last week, I shot Of Montreal and James Husband’s tour kick off in Baltimore. It was a fun show, though I was SO SICK. I apologize to anyone I spoke to at that show, I was totally delirious with fever and probably made no sense. This was one of the most grueling photo editing sessions ever, since I had to file the photos by 9am. Somehow I managed it between fever dreams and dry heaves.

Check out the full Of Montreal photo set here.

Read the review and see the photos on Spin.com.

Aural States / Blogtimore Fests.

josh — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:46:02 +0000

This weekend I caught the Blogtimore Fest at the G-Spot (which is apparently closing after 10 years!) and the Aural States Fest at Sonar. To me, the highlights were Sick Weapons, Vincent Black Shadow, and Wye Oak. J Robbins’ new band the Office of Future Plans was also a pleasant discovery… I hadn’t heard of them before but they were good. Sadly the freak snowstorm hurt attendance, but both nights were a great time.

Check out more Aural States/Blogtimore Fests photos here.

posting from the vaults: SXSW 2008

josh — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:12:01 +0000

Posting some never-before-seen photos from SXSW 2008. Pictured above are: 2 Live Crew, Amanda Blank, Spank Rock, and Santigold. Click here to see the whole set, and expect more blasts from the past over the next week or so.

Deacon, Dan Higgs & Jason Urick @ the Ottobar.

josh — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:04:35 +0000

Earlier this month I shot Deacon from Animal Collective’s first solo show, with Dan Higgs and Jason Urick. Click here to read the article on Spin.com. Click here to see the whole set.

the business of professional modeling.

josh — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:04:09 +0000

One of my photos was published in the above book. It’s available on Amazon, but I haven’t seen it yet in person.

Bmore Original.

josh — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:04:48 +0000

Monday I shot some promos for Bmore Original, a local label. This is just a preview of the set. Booman, Jimmy Jones, DJ Excel, Benny Stixx.

Rest In Peace.

josh — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:00:56 +0000

Dying Fetus in Decibel Magazine.

josh — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:13:19 +0000

dying fetus.

josh — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:00:23 +0000

A promo shot of death metal band Dying Fetus. Shot for Relapse Records. Talented photographer Rob Brulinski assisted me on this shoot.

food photography.

josh — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:10:26 +0000

I recently started dabbling in food photography. It’s a new avenue for me… it’s challenging, but fun. This is my favorite shot so far…

winter in mount vernon.

josh — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:53:12 +0000

Click here to see more snow photos

INSANE CLOWN POSSE @ Sonar.

josh — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:34:04 +0000

I can’t accurately describe to you what this was like, but it was really fun. CLICK HERE to see the whole set. View it SLIDESHOWed.

Read Michael Byrne’s blog about it.

Mz Streamz video shoot.

josh — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:27:19 +0000

I did still photography for the first Mz Streamz video ("Tear It Up"). They shot this the summer of 2008 and I wasn’t supposed to post these until after the video debuted, but I forgot to go back and post them after the video debuted! So here they are…

Click here to check out the whole Mz Streamz video shoot set. And here is the video:

Martyn press shot.

josh — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:42:46 +0000

My photo of dubsteb artist Martyn in Rugged & K magazines.

marcus k dowling.

josh — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:52:29 +0000

Some promo photos of my friend Marcus, who is a DC/MD/Va blogger, promoter, wrestling manager, and all-around good guy.

the Jesus Lizard @ Sonar, Baltimore.

josh — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:33:08 +0000

This was one of the best shows I went to all year – I was nervous, I sort of generally expect reunions to be underwhelming, but this was way more than I could have expected. David Yow was frenetic, full of energy, jumping into the crowd constantly, whipping his dick out (see above), yelling at the lighting crew to turn the lights up all the way. The band was incredibly tight, the sound was great – all in all, a great show.

click here to see all the Jesus Lizard shots

Nadastrom.

josh — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:38:18 +0000

Last week, i shot Nadastrom (Dave Nada & Matt Nordstrom) in my new “studio” (really just my living room, while I save up to buy a permanent space). Click here to view the Nadastrom selects from the shoot