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09.25.07

Vegoose: Confirmed
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Credentials just came through for the Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas. This three-day festival, produce by the same folks who bring you Bonnaroo, features two days packed with over two-dozen top-shelf acts.
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09.23.07

The Upright Animals @ Play:STL — 2007.09.23
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The Upright Animals turned in a rocking set on the last day of the Play:STL festival. As always, lead singer Jamie Irwin executed a strong performance on the mic, while the Peters brothers brought all the Guitar Hero action. Bill Newmann on bass brought the funk groove as Moises Padilla on drums set the foundation of the five-piece. The late-afternoon performance on the East-facing stage came with all the heat and backlighting one would expect, but as always the Animals were fun to shoot. Just a few snaps from their set.
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09.22.07

Modern Day Zero, King Thief @ Play:STL — 2007.09.22
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Tonight I shot two acts at the Play:STL festival, a three-day festival held in the Loop. While I wasn't familiar with the bands before, I thoroughly enjoyed photographing King Thief and Modern Day Zero in their outdoors sets. With sets starting at 5:00 and 6:10, respectively, both bands benefited from sweet light on the West-facing stage.
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07.23.07

Pitchfork: The Gear That Worked
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At last year's festival, point & shoot cameras seemed to dominate the photo pit, with DSLRs in the minority. This year saw a reversal of that showing, as the Pitchfork Music Festival attracted bigger media outlets and appropriately bigger cameras.
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07.20.07

Pitchfork Music Festival 2007: Sunday
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The Pitchfork 2007 festivities continued Sunday, with clear skies, persistent sun, and, of course, the noise. Highlights included Junior Boys, Jamie Lidell, Of Montreal, and De La Soul's energetic closer, with special guest Prince Paul.
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07.19.07

Pitchfork Music Festival 2007: Saturday
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15,000 dirty hipsters, 2,700 shutter actuations, 39 bands, 1 free Chipotle burrito, and a fistful of business cards later, the dusty hipster-meet that is the Pitchfork Music Festival has come and gone for 2007. As always, Chicago was a blast, with great food and friends, though the ever-elusive Chicago-style hotdog remained just out of reach. I've just finished up images from Saturday, the first full day of the Pitchfork Music Festival, and the first day I covered of the event.
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07.17.07

Back from Pitchfork
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I'm back from a weekend trip to Chicago, where I covered two days of the three-day 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival. I photographed the twenty bands on the main Aluminum and Connector stages and shot about 2,700 frames. Some highlight's from the festival included Battles, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, and Junior Boys. I'll be posting a few images soon, as well as a summary of what worked and what didn't work, with regard to gear, technique, and planning.
07.13.07

Nikon 85mm f/1.4: For Chan and Yoko
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Aside from the D2x, 17-55, and 70-200, I've decided to leave the rest of my gear. But I'm taking the Nikon 85mm f/1.4, if only for Cat Power and Yoko Ono. And possibly Neko Case. After the images the fast telephoto delivered for Morrissey, I'm convinced it may be valuable in the twilight hours when those artists perform.
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07.11.07

Gear: What I’m bringing to Pitchfork
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With the Pitchfork Music Festival quickly approaching, I'm making equipment selections over the next few days. With another year of experience on top of having covered last year's festival, hopefully I'll be bringing only the essentials. On the short list are the Nikon D2X, Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8, and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR.
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07.07.07

Pitchfork Music Festival 2006, Day Two
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Day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival proved a little easier than the first, with cool weather early on and familiar faces in the pit. The latter was one of the things about the festival that made covering it so much fun. Despite the heat, everyone was friendly and excited about the music, even when the press crowd was rolling 30+ deep and slammed into the pit. Tapes 'n Tapes
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07.06.07

Pitchfork Music Festival 2006: Day One
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It's almost here: Pitchfork Music Festival 2007. The event starts next Friday, July 13, and features 39 bands over three days in the sun-drenched land of Union Park, Chicago. Here are a few images from the first day of last year's festival: Man Man
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06.28.07

Pitchfork Music Festival 2007
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Confirmation for the Pitchfork Music Festival just came in. I covered last year's festival and, despite the 105 degree weather, over-abundance of short-shorts, and swearing I'd never do another festival again, it was a blast. The second iteration of the online magazine's festival (not counting Pitchfork-curated Intonation 2005) features the following three-day lineup: Friday, July 13 Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation) GZA/Genius (Liquid Swords) Slint (Spiderland) Saturday, July 14 Yoko Ono Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues Clipse Mastodon Iron and Wine Girl Talk Grizzly Bear Voxtrot Battles Califone The Twilight Sad Fujiya & Miyagi Oxford Collapse Dan ...
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