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Frozen {Fine Art Friday}

leighann — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:54 +0000

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I love my job. I love working and photographing musicians. I love writing about music. I love my portrait work and being able to help my clients see the beauty of themselves and their love. I love documenting everyday life, whether its a rockstar or a family. I love that my photography takes me around the world. I guess I’m just a huge lovefest. but sometimes, I need to create artwork that is just for me. no client. no expectations. I present the first of the monthly series of Fine Art. The last Friday of each month will feature one of my fine art pieces.

FROZEN

I spent a week being trapped by snow in Seattle. Cold, white, wet snow. At first it was fun and exciting. Then it moved to feeling trapped and bored.

I’m part of a small group of professional photographers who are committed to exploring and showcasing their own fine art photography. You should hop over to Holly Christine of The Enchanted Photo | Central Utah Photographer to view her Fine Art showcase.

Cut Copy [live photos]

leighann — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:21:49 +0000

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Australian dance-rockers Cut Copy got the audience hot and sweaty, or rather, even more sweaty. After a long day of oppressive heat, the well dressed band bound on stage to get the festival-goers bouncing and energized. They gave a high volume, high octane performance.

Deerhunter [Live photos]

leighann — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:56:22 +0000

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What can I say, Deerhunter just keep getting better and better. Their set was one of the best sets of the whole pitchfork Music Festival.

They’ve come a long way from the first time I caught them live several years ago (5, maybe?), when Brandon lost his voice, the sound gear quite working, and it was one of the worst, most painful gigs ever, to a crowd of maybe 50 people (maybe). Fast forward to Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 and I’d say they were one of the highlights of the festival. They killed it. Best I’ve ever heard them. Despite the oppressive heat and the sun glaring in their eyes their whole set.

TV On The radio [live photos] Durham NC concert photos

leighann — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:45:58 +0000

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TV on the Radio, live. They are always a treat, even shows that might not be their best. The are seasoned performers and create great music. The opened the set with Dear Science opener “Halfway Home,” and burned through song after song. it was the careful and emotional attention to tunes from Nine Types of Light, their most recent album and the last one to feature Gerard Smith (bass), who passed of lung cancer days after the release. The highlight of the set, for me, was their cover of Fugazi’s “Waiting Room.” It was perfection.

No Age [live photos] Durham NC concert Photography

leighann — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:28:09 +0000

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Randy Randall of No Age

Indie rock band, No Age, rocked my ears off. They were ringing with energy. No Age is a out of LA. A duo, consisting of Randy Randall and Dean Spunt. I dont know what rock I’ve been hiding under, but I had somehow missed hearing these guys prior to this. I know, I know, I need to get out more. But there are only so many hours in the day. Anyway, these guys rock. They rock hard enough for 4 guys on stage, let alone 2 guys. its amazing what what 2 guys, drums, and a guitar can create, but I’ll tell you, I likey.

The energy of these guys is great. They are exciting to watch. Its always a gbreath of fresh air when a band interacts with the audience and does more than stand behind a mic relatively motionless while performing. Instead, these two rock out. They’ve gained a new fan in me. I’ll be keeping my eyes and ears open for more show from No Age.

Check out their video of Eraser

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My London Adventure

leighann — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:30:11 +0000

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Its been 4 months since I returned from London and first published my blog articles and images. Because there were issues with some images, crashed hard drives, I have updated each entry to make sure they are complete.
If you missed this series, start from the beginning and follow along on my London adventure, complete with music, food, drink, and a royal wedding. Click on each of the thumbnails below to take you each blog entry.

London Bound

An American in London

HNMTF @ NHAC | Music Photography

Frank Turner, Strummerville, and a car park | Durham Music Photography

Airborne Toxic Event @ KOKO, London

Justice Force 5 [Durham NC Music Photography]

Portabello Market [Raleigh Lifestyle Photography]

Afternoon Tea in Kensington Palace

Royal Wedding Souvenirs

Kate and Willy Get Hitched [The Royal Wedding]

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti [photos] Durham NC Concert Photography

leighann — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:55:54 +0000

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Ariel Pink’s showed up for Pichfork music festival in Chicago…sort of. It was an odd performance overall. It was hot. really hot. And the stage was in full sun, so it was very uncomfortable. Add to that, I dont think Pink likes to see the sun, or daylight for that matter. He wore a terrible crackling headset mic (that would get tangled in his hair and was a constant annoyance, from what I could tell). He staggered around stage, complaining about the heat, muttering things that were hard to comprehend because of such a bad headset mic that was run through the craptastic synthesizer.

Pink started to stand behind various band members. I started to wonder if he was hiding from my camera or the video camera. Who knows, but it was weird. The other members of the band were awesome. They did great set despite the weird behavior of Pink. I was alf waiting for Pink to pass out from heat (or substance?). He eventually laid down in the front of stage. Ys know, if you’re hot, on a hot stage, the ver last place you want to be is one the black floor of a hot stage in full sun. Its HOT. I have to sit/kneel on it sometimes and it just heats me up even more. Hot to the touch. So, Pink pretty uch checked out at that point. he then walked off stage (there was some frustration with sound or mix?). The band seemed a bit confused. It was only half way through the set, at 28 minutes. Then the band announced that was it, and left the stage. Strange.

I wonder if I decided to blow off half my job, if I would still get paid? not sure I want to test that one out.

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On The Road Again

leighann — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:27:43 +0000

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I’m terribly behind in blogging the 107 different things that have kept me on the road, or rather in the air, criss crossing the USA all summer. Beach shoots, concerts, festivals, band portraits, ComicCom, Seaworld, Legoland, Las Vegas, etc. But I’m about to catch another airplane, heading back to the midwest, so I wont be updating much. I wanted to leave with one photo that I adore, from ComicCon 2011 in San Diego (the full update to come soon).

Wild Curiosity: her natural state

leighann — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:35:16 +0000

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I adore photographing children in their natural state, in their natural habitat. Sort of like a wildlife photographer. haha. While I love to see those perfectly posed, perfectly dressed, perfectly lit portraits, they always leave me without any sense of the child’s personality. Dont get me wrong, there’s a place and time for those types of images, but my own preference is for images that capture more than a perfect child. My work focuses on creating images that capture someone’s true self. With children, this means doing what they do, messy hair, dirty hands and feet (and sometimes faces), where they are not focusing on the camera and giving that oh-so-cheesey-smile. While I create the image, I dont create the moment. I interact with whoever I’m photographing and allow them to react and create their own moment. it allows me to photograph who they are, not just what they look like.

Fleet Foxes

leighann — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:35:45 +0000

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Seattle’s Fleet Foxes knock it out of the ball park at Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 in Chicago. They played to a sold out festival, with their fans standing all day in the sun and heat just to have the ultimate viewing spots for the show.

They set the stage a bit unusually, setting up about 15 feet back from the front of the stage. Apparently this was due to the use of a can mic, needing to be farther from the audience to avoid picking up noise. Or so I was told (I’m clueless on these things). It was a great show. A perfect end to a perfect day.

To Learn more about Fleet Foxes and hear samples of their music, visit the Fleet Foxes Website

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