Week In Review: January 1-7

If the rest of 2012 shapes up to be anything like this first week, then we’re all undoubtedly in for one wild ride of a year.  While we took a break from shooting live music this week, there was still plenty to be done in the spare moments for I Shoot Reno.

Check out the links below for two upcoming shows that are sure to set Reno ablaze.

Continue down the page for a recap of the weekly Instagram fun and follow @ishootreno on Instagram for a real-time photo stream!

Upcoming: Tool @ Reno Events Center [January 14]

Upcoming: The Crystal Method (DJ Set) @ Knitting Factory Concert House [January 19]

2012-01-01 Grandmama Pat and Pixie the grandpup
2012-01-01 Grandmama Pat and Pixie the grandpup

This was taken at the dinner table for a birthday / New Year’s Day celebration with the in-laws.  Pixie was looking as cute as ever in grandma Pat’s lap and this HDR image was ran through iCameraHDR and the fancy hearts and bling are courtesy of LensLight.

2012-01-01 Star Wars Madlibs
2012-01-01 Star Wars Madlibs

I’m pretty sure that Star Wars Madlibs are the perfect accompaniment to the trilogy … this shot has some added bokeh and light leaks courtesy of Picfx.

2012-01-05 Sorry I've been away so long heres a shot from my paper shredder
2012-01-05 Sorry I've been away so long ... here's a shot from my paper shredder!

After taking a break from I Shoot Reno fun time and grinding out some needed office hours at the day job, this shot from the full paper shredder made me smile on the way out of the office Thursday evening.  Can you find the word ‘Penalty’?

2012-01-05 My 1st contribution to the #ube_thu before and after party
2012-01-05 My 1st contribution to the #ube_thu before and after party

PolyMagic is the cool frame app used here, FX Photo Studio allowed me to affix the before / after tags and #unitedbyedit / @unitedbyedit are highly recommended searches on Instagram.  TONS of talent just waiting to be discovered!

2012-01-07 Cristal in the morning
2012-01-07 Cristal in the morning

Leftover Cristal photo from New Year’s layered atop of the blinds in the bedroom.  Purple hexagons courtesy of LensLight sit atop of this early Saturday morning post.

2012-01-07 Wifey + Chi Chi + Champagne
2012-01-07 Wifey + Chi Chi + Champagne

Another NYE leftover of my gorgeous wife and chihuahua daughter.  Frame Magic lets you apply that cool drop shadow and Squaready helped setup the square workspace to arrange within.

2012-01-07 Fruitadelic
2012-01-07 Fruitadelic

So there’s this place called Edible Arrangements which just opened here in Reno.  As the name suggests, the arrangements they make (and deliver) are edible!  Fruit is the medium and this shot used Juxtaposer, Picfx and PhotoForge2 to bring the fruitadelica to life.

2012-01-07 What makes you smile?
2012-01-07 What makes you smile?

My wife says that this is her new favorite picture of our chihuahua daughter.  I have to agree, it’s pretty darn cute.  ToonPAINT is responsible for the cool lines and FX Photo Studio painted in the dirty photo background.

2012-01-07 Did you catch up on your rest this weekend?
2012-01-07 Did you catch up on your rest this weekend?

Another ToonPAINT + FX Photo Studio combination here plus Frame Magic and Squaready for the final product.  Oh, and iWatermark for the copyright info.


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Upcoming: Tool @ Reno Events Center [January 14]

2012-01-14 Tool @ Reno Events Center, Reno, NV

Let me start by saying that if you have tickets to this event, consider yourself a lucky mother f—er.  Pardon my French, but this is THE concert to see in January 2012, regardless of your geographic location.  Words cannot express the impact which Tool, led by the one and only Maynard James Keenan, has made on myself, my generation and the world I have come to better understand since their breakout in the early 1990’s.

I’ve personally never attended an event at the Reno Events Center, but it looks like a huge venue, which didn’t make a lick of difference when it came to ticket availability on December 16th; hence the strike-through on the link to purchase tickets below:

$55 – $85.  Get Tickets.

Hey, there’s always eBay!

Check out Tool on Amazon: Lateralus, Aenima, 10,000 Days, Undertow, Opiate