Merry Christmas Reno! Here’s a quick recap of the last 7 days in the world of I Shoot Reno. While this past week focused mainly on Instagram postings, there are some pretty cool inclusions here, starting with my (failed) attempt at capturing Knitting Factory’s ad featuring a crowd shot from Sage Francis’ headlining performance earlier this December. Note the ’15 Minute’ reference on the sign … perhaps a subliminal reference to my own 15 minutes of fame in the digital billboard world. In case you’re wondering, the image overlay was done using the Juxtaposer app.
Life is rough features the Juxtaposer app again … and that cute little chihuahua which follows me around wherever I go. Skating under the cold December sky is an image I shot on my iPhone 4S at Rink on the River while out and about for the 2011 Reno Santa Pub Crawl and somehow happened to overlook until this week. Hawaii 2006 is a picture hanging on our refrigerator which was taken back in 2006 … an homage to our first trip, and a quick celebration of purchasing our tickets for May 2012 (pictures to follow).
Crabs. Got em? was taken at Whole Foods on December 23rd, amidst the seasonal mayhem. There was literally employees with carts restocking basically everything, all the time. Sundog is a snapshot taken while driving on 395 South and passing by Grand Sierra Resort & Casino. Notice in the center of the picture the small, rainbow-looking section. That is a sundog if I’ve ever seen one.
2011-12-18 Gorilla Pod + Lumix + Toyota2011-12-18 Life is rough2011-12-20 Skating under the cold December sky2011-12-21 Hawaii 20062011-12-23 Crabs Got Em2011-12-23 Sundog
Adam Taylor of Iration in full groove and right on time with the wicked bass line...
Recently, there have been a lot of ‘firsts’ for myself in life … especially here in Reno! Our coverage of Pepper’s headlining set at Knitting Factory Concert House this past Sunday, May 15th was our first official shoot at the Knit, and has been quite difficult to get off the brain as the week progressed.
Opening for Pepper is a band that has way more ‘Likes’ on Facebook than we’ll care to admit not having known too much about before shooting… The band plays a mixture of punk, pop, reggae and rock, hails from Santa Barbara, CA and all members originate from Hawaii. Can you guess the name? Iration … and don’t you forget it!
Another first for us in Reno was the slender yet amazingly effective photo pit between the audience and the stage which stood about 4.5 – 5 feet high. This photo pit allowed myself and several other photographers (Metromix Reno, we’re looking your direction) the freedom to move from side to side of the stage without having to battle our way through (what looked to be) a sold out show.
The rules for shooting were as follows: a) first three songs from the pit, and b) no flash. While this might seem like a challenge to most photographers… Just kidding, this is *the* infinite hurdle of concert photographers, it’s nothing new. We did, however, make good use of our time (and our prime lens) during this three-song window into the the inviting sounds of Iration, of which we will now happily recommend to anyone seeking that fun-loving summertime sound that could easily fit alongside many previous greats in this arena. Think bands like 311, Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Living Dred or … Pepper!
Kai Rediske of Iration deep in delivery of his sweet vocal musings...Micah Pueschel of Iration delivering those thick, reggae-flavored licks...Cayson Peterson of Iration kickin' up funk on the multi-leveled keyboards...Joe Dickens of Iration pounding out those summertime beats...
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Jam-packed crowd taking in Iration's set (and loving every second of it)...
