January 29, 2008
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When I’m not photographing weddings & portraits, for Reno / Lake Tahoe’s greatest couples, my other passions is music. I have upcoming shows for both bands that I play in. If your in the area please come by, take a listen, and say hi!
I have been in this original music project for almost 2 years now. The song are awesome and the guys in the band have become great friends. You can take a listen to a few of the songs on our Myspace page Don’t forget to add us as a friend so we can keep you posted of future gigs.
Friday February 8th – Northstar-at-Tahoe Village – FREE 4:30-7:30
This is outdoors at the ice rink, bring your skates and dress warm!
Sunday February 17th – Zephyr Lounge – Time TBD
This will be a showcase of our newest material for our upcoming CD
The first two albums are available at TheCriticalMassBand.com
Yes, I know that the apostrophe is grammatically incorrect …… thats part of our charm …
This is the band that I started with Frank Carabetta and Chuck Sheetz back in 1984. 20+ years later we are still playing. Frank and I have gone through different guitar players, keyboardists and drummers throughout the years, we are back to the original line-up – the one that started one of the most popular Lake Tahoe Bands of the late 80’s /early 90’s.
Saturday February 16th – Northstar-at-Tahoe Village – FREE 4:30-7:30
This is another outdoor show at the ice rink, bring your skates and dress warm!
Come on out and see some great live music!
January 27, 2008
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Todays Fantasy Wedding Faire was non-stop brides from 11:00am to 4:00pm. It was great meeting everyone and hearing about their wedding plans. Unfortunately I didn’t bring my camera to get a photo of my booth (I know, bad photographer …) but I had a nice set-up. This year I decided to go with 10 large prints, half color and half black and white. It received a lot of oohhh’s and ahhhhh’s, and I got a ton of comments on how different my work was from everyone else’s … which is what I was going for. If you stopped by, THANKS!! It was great meeting you and I look forward to working with you. If you didn’t make it by here are the images that I had on display today ….
I shot this a while back from a 3rd story balcony. People either get this one, or they don’t.
My clients do 
Location: Sugar Bowl Resort, Donner Summit CA
This is from last summer. I have 4 kids of my own and love photographing kids.
Location: Gardnerville, NV
This is Stephanie, she booked me a year in advance for her 7/7/07 Wedding.
Great wedding party.
Location: Town of Genoa, NV
This one of my favorites, all the girls were so happy and full of love.
Happy people = great images!
Location: Mc Kinnley Art Cente – Reno, NV
Another beautiful couple, super nice and awesome to work with.
Location: Serene Lakes Lodge – Serene Lakes, CA
This is from last summer, I love to use motion to add impact to the image.
Location: Private residence – Reno, NV
After shooting the wedding party we stopped into what is told to be one of the oldest bars in Nevada. We had ablast, just kind of took over the place!
Location: Town of Genoa, NV
This was the ultimate winter “Snow Princess” wedding.
Location: Valhalla Tallac Historical Site – South Lake Tahoe CA.
This is another of my favorites ….. I love shooting slow and getting motion in my images.
Location: Grand Sierra Resort – Reno, NV
This was another super fun couple to work with.
Location: Edgewood Golf Course – South Lake Tahoe, CA
For information on Wedding packages, and the fantastic Fantasy Wedding Faire special offer, please send me an email.
January 13, 2008
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In the off season, football season actually, I do a Monday Night Football promotion at Bully’s Sportsbars with my good friend Troy Fullmer of Thats Entertainment DJ Service. This where I met John Kamowich of the band Sides of Indifference. He brought some people out to see my band, The Critical Bass Band, play at XOXO a while back and I was glad to be able to finally go check his band out. They were good and I look forward to doing some shows together soon.
The gig was at Knuckleheads (4th & Vine) in Reno. The night started off with the duo Sons of Martyrs (Sides of Indifference’s drummer Matt Custer & singer John Kamowich) playing a short set followed by Days 11 and Sides of Indifference.
Sons of Martyrs
Days 11
Sides of Indifference
More photos here …… Sons of Martyrs , Days 11, Sides of Indifference.
Bands – for use of photos send me an email
January 12, 2008
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Last night I shot another great show, produced by We Ain’t Saints at VIXEN in sparks. Three bands - Xenophobes from Gardnerville, The Infamous Swanks from Sacramento, and Three Bad Jacks from L.A. I really like shooting bands, to bad I can’t be two places at once when my band plays …
Xenophobes
You can see more photos from the show here …
The Infamous Swanks
You can see more photos of The infamous Swanks here…
Three Bad Jacks
More photos of Three Bad Jacks here …
Bands, contact me for getting photos ….. Thanks!
January 10, 2008
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Eric from VIXEN nightclub in Sparks gave me a call to come down and shoot some of the national acts he has over the next few months. Last night (Wed. 1/9/07) he had The Head Cat, featuring Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats – Lemmy of Motorhead, and Danny B. Harvey, a rockabilly guitar legend. The show was produced by We Ain’t Saints.
Opening up was Dirty Rigs from Tahoe City a 3 piece old school punk band from Tahoe City.
More photos of Dirty Rigs
The second act was Helbound Glory a self proclaimed “Dirt-bag Country” band from Reno. In my mind these guys were the highlight of the night. I have seen their name for a while now and am really glad I had a chance to finally see them. They were GREAT.
Hellbound Glory – Check them out if you get a chance. More photos here ..
The head liners, The Head Cat, did a solid set of rockabilly standards, some Stray Cats stuff and some originals. It was a good show and it was LOUD. I was only allowed, due to a no camera clause in their contract, to photograph the 1st three songs without flash. Rockstars … 
More photos of The Head Cat here ….
If you have any questions shoot me an email.
