http://joshsisk.com photography from baltimore & d.c. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:32:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I only met her once or twice, but she was a really warm, friendly person who obviously had a ton of talent. It's a real shame when someone passes away when they have so much ahead of them. Rest in peace. http://joshsisk.com/2008/07/21/k-swift-club-queen/       Last night, I saw Jay Reatard, Vincent Black Shadow, and Ratsize at Sonar... I loved VBS and Ratsize, VBS was kind of stoner-y and Ratsize was kind of 80s hardcore-y. Never seen either before. Jay Reatard was fun, but I didn't really see why people are ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/07/14/jay-reatard-vincent-black-shadow-ratsize-sonar/       This show was GREAT. Full set here. http://joshsisk.com/2008/06/21/f-yeah-tour-monotonix-the-death-set-matt-kim-team-robespierre-sonar/    I was tired as all get out, but last week after a fashion shoot, I went and caught the Cool Kids at the Ottobar... they were really fun! Cool old school hip-hop vibe, kind of party rap but without any noticeable gansterism or misogyny! Refreshing show. Check out ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/06/13/the-cool-kids-the-ottobar-baltimore/ Last night, I shot Jamie Liddell at 9:30. He started out strong, the first few Prince-and-MJ-influenced songs were great fun, but after awhile the show just sort of petered out for me... I had never really listened to his music before, though... now I am going to probably check ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/06/13/jamie-lidell-930-club-dc/ From a photo shoot I did last week. Just started looking at the images last night. http://joshsisk.com/2008/06/12/skyler/              This weekend I made it up to Philly for the Mad Decent Block Party... it was a blast. Diplo, DJ Sega, Blaqstarr, Rye Rye, Flosstradamus, Dave Nada (with his new partnership with Matt Nordstrom, Nadastrom), a ton of other DJs... ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/06/10/mad-decent-block-party-philadelphia/          Friday, Diplo played at Sonar with Dan Deacon and DD/MM/YY (and Emily Rabbit from BBC, Ari Goldman/AFP from Nightmoves)... it was AWESOME. People, as always, flipped the hell out for Dan, and Diplo made the whole place dance like crazy. Check out the whole ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/06/02/diplo-dan-deacon-ddmmyy-sonar-baltimore/ Check it out. I have some photos, as is normal, in the "OUT" section. Hi-yo! http://joshsisk.com/2008/05/28/new-issue-of-gutter-magazine-out-now/ On newsstands now! It was cool meeting him. http://joshsisk.com/2008/05/21/bob-mould-xlr8r-spread-featuring-my-photos/             Saturday, I checked out the Cut/Copy & Black Kids show at Sonar. Crowd full of unfamiliar faces, but I think I got some okay shots. Check out ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/05/20/cutcopy-black-kids-sonar-baltimore/                Monday, I took photos of an amazing show... Bonde Do Role, Old Haunts, the Death Set, DJ Sega... with special appearances by Blaqstarr and Rye Rye (two of Baltimore's best hip-hop/club music artists). It was amazing, sweat-and-nudity drenched fun. Monday ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/05/14/taxlo-presents-bonde-do-role-the-death-set-dj-sega-old-haunts-blaqstarr-rye-rye-sonar-baltimore/ from a recent shoot in my studio. http://joshsisk.com/2008/04/30/pony/     Friday morning, at around 3am we were leaving Ben and Kim's... Brian called me to tell me there was a raging fire on North and Charles. Brad and I drove up and saw a bunch of trannies and what might have been their pimps running from huge ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/04/27/fire-on-north-avenue/ I photographed the MICA fashion show this year - it was a great time, the designers had some really creative and quality stuff, I was impressed. Check the set out here. http://joshsisk.com/2008/04/24/mica-fashion-show-2008/     View the set. This show was amazing! DC fans really came out, and Misery Index in particular KILLED IT. Update: Covered by BYT http://joshsisk.com/2008/04/16/pig-destroyer-misery-index-the-wayward-black-cat-dc/ Interesting new product seeking to dethrone pocket wizard. Looks like it has promise, it can apparently wirelessly send TTL info to the remote flashes! http://joshsisk.com/2008/04/13/radio-popper/ alticon is the IT consulting firm I co-own. we provide web development, systems administration, DBA, and security evaluation services. our own website is (finally) about to launch, so we took some staff photos... the above are my favorite two. http://joshsisk.com/2008/04/07/alticon-staff-photos/ Scottie B (Unruly Records), Blaqstarr (Mad Decent), Dave Nada (Taxlo, T & A Records), Ronnie Darko (Spank Rock, BBC) all on the decks! Check out the full set here. Check out the BYT write-up here. Special bonus: Svetlana from BYT asked me to pick my favorite photos that have run on ... http://joshsisk.com/2008/04/07/cullen-stalin-bday-show-tensday/ MORE photos from SXSW... Spank Rock, Santogold, David Banner, Dark Meat, BLK JKS, Drop The Lime, Mad Decent Blowout, Vice Afterparty... blah blah blah... SEE THE SET http://joshsisk.com/2008/03/28/sxsw-2008-more/