Utah Musician Photography - Martin Bradshaw

I really love photographing musicians.

With certain kinds of portraiture, one is expected to produce very specific results. Family photos should be touching, engagement photos must illustrate love, wedding photos absolutely have to be in focus.

Conformists.

Band photography doesn't start out with that kind of pretense. Members are typically not in love, nor are photos required to be touching. As an artist I typically have more freedom to portray musicians how I please. This situation lends itself to photos that are often more conceptual in nature.

So Martin Bradshaw recently approached me about photographing his band, Gigawhat. I know Martin, I've photographed him before, and I figured that he would be receptive to an idea I've been kicking around.

He was!

This project with Gigawhat is coming out in two parts. Today and Friday I post portraits I made of the members of Gigawhat, Martin and Landon. Then (weather permitting) Monday I post the other half of our project.

I'm excited.

Utah Portrait Photography - Natalie

Friends of Trevor Christensen inevitably get their picture taken. Depending on how you feel about photography this is either a great perk or a huge disadvantage.

Lucky for me, my friend Natalie is a good sport. She'll wait, patiently, in the cold rain because I want to try something new.

Like the last few portrait posts I've made, these photos are from a time lapse project I'm working on. The piece isn't finished yet, but if you'd like to see something I've done that's along the same lines, you can on Vimeo.

Provo Photography - Dylan Chadwick

For the last few months I've been working on a time-lapse video. As part of the piece I've asked a few friends to pose for some portraits. Here are a few stills from the project.

For the next few days I'm going to be posting photos of each person appearing in the project. Today's featured friend is Dylan Chadwick.

Utah Portrait Photography - Alex Pow

For the last few months I've been working on a time-lapse video. As part of the piece I've asked a few friends to pose for some portraits. Here are a few stills from the project.

For the next few days I'm going to be posting photos of each person appearing in the project. Alex Pow graces today's inaugural post.

BikeSnobNYC at Rapha

Shortly before leaving for New York I joked with a friend that maybe I'd get a chance to meet the BikeSnob. Back when I had a terrible customer support job I was kept sane by his blogging, so I thought it would be cool to see the man behind the keyboard.

In the back of my head, I sort of had a plan for meeting him, but it quickly fell through. So I pushed that to the back of my mind. Lucky for me, Rapha Cycle Club invited him to present a slideshow titled "Exploration of Epic" right while I was in town.

I even won a BikeSnob shirt for guessing how much a pair of Rapha gloves cost.

Anyway, it was a fun event and I'm glad I got to go out there. Shout out to Rapha for hosting and special thanks to BikeSnob for letting me shoot a few after.

BlogHer 2010! (Party Shots)

I really can't say enough good things about my time at BlogHer. People are great, the mood is fun and I felt like I left the event with 2,400 new friends.

Anyway, here's some party pics. I tried to link where I could.



Kirtsy put on this party as part of their Voices of the Year Gala and Art Auction.




Summer Fredrickson










I like this photo because of the way the woman on the far right has her hands up & out.

Greyson Chance performed a few songs.


For his last number Greyson, announced that he was going to debut a new song - one that hadn't been recorded for the web yet.

When he said that, every recording device in the house shot up.


Google "Greyson Chance BlogHer Performance" and I'm sure you'll find tons of links.



Sparklecorn.






CheeseburgHer was the last party of BlogHer 2010. What a way to go out. Waiters with platters brimming with cheeseburgers, a giant (custom made) cheeseburger shaped bed and a place to make your own McDonald's meal bag hat.

Yeah.


Justin shootin'.


This is Mishelle Lane. See the photo she took of me here.






So here are my last words: if you're on the fence about attending BlogHer, I say go. I got the chance to spend time with the staff behind the scenes. What I saw was a great group of women, who really believe in what they do, working very hard to make this event a meaningful success.

And if you were an attendee of BlogHer, I'm sure you saw the same thing.

I don't know exactly what San Diego will be like, but I'm willing to bet it will be awesome.

(Also, next time you see me I might have dreads again!)