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I first saw DJ Z-Trip perform here in Houston about 2 years ago and I was completely blown away by this guy! The music was amazing! I made it a point to keep an eye out for this guy’s tour schedule so I can see him live again. As it turns out he was in town on June 23rd and I almost completely missed this current tour date. If it wasn’t for a friend of mine, Alex Luster over at ShootEditSleep.com calling me only hours before the show to tell me about it then I would have indeed missed it. It was a week night and didn’t make it home til past 3am while still having to be at work at 7am that morning. Oh joy. Was it worth it? HELL YA!!!

You can view the entire set of lower resolution photos on my FACEBOOK ALBUM HERE.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 f/2.8 Fisheye : 1/60th : f/2.8 : 1000 ISO : 15mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : Flash Fired

Have I mentioned recently how much I love my 135L lens? Ok, just checking. This lens is so freaking tack sharp wide open it’s unbelievable. This is definitely a lens I will hang on to and will not be selling for any reason whatsover.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 135 f/2L : 1/160th : f/2 : 2500 ISO : 135mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : No Flash

Cliche fisheye shot of the crowd. I had timed it just right so when the house lights were at their brightest I snapped the shot. lol.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 f/2.8 Fisheye : 1/40th : f/4 : 800 ISO : 15mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : Flash Fired

Keep in mind guys… If you hear of DJ Z-Trip making a stop in your town do yourself a favor and go check him out! You will not be disappointed.

I spent the past few days up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on a photo tour of the Grand Teton National Park and it was AMAZING up there! About 50 degrees cooler than the 100 degree weather we’re having here in Houston. Lol. I took about 2,000 photos over the course of the 4 day trip so it will be a little work sifting through them and picking my favorites.

I did manage to check out my Infrared photos real quick to see which ones I liked so I figured I post one up here for you guys. This was taken at Schwabacher’s Landing and the view was absolutely breathtaking. This was definitely one of my favorite spots along the tour to shoot at.

Canon G9 IR Converted : 1/25th : f/8 : 100 ISO : 7.4mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

I’ll sift through my photos and get a complete set posted within the week. Stay tuned for a ton of spectacular views and some amazing wildlife. =)

Earlier this year I flew to Los Angeles, CA in order to attend the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Show. As a fan of music in general you can probably guess how stoked I was to land a pair of tickets for this event. This is an event that I have always seen on TV and to finally have a pair of tickets and for the first time seeing the event unfold live and in person was amazing!

I arrived the day before the event and had to pick up my tickets from Will Call at The Staples Center. The entire area was jam packed with security, TV trucks, barricades etc so I wandered around trying to find the right place I needed to go to in order to get my tickets. During my walk around the outside of The Staples Center I noticed some very interesting lines of the building itself so like any photographer would do, I stopped to snap off a few shots of it.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/1000th : f/7.1 : 100 ISO : 50mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

I had so much in Los Angeles that weekend and attending the Grammys was the icing on the cake! I got to walk down the red carpet, no not the same red carpet as the important people but right along side that so we got to see all of the people conducting their short TV interviews and such. It was very very cool to see the behind the scenes stuff in regards to the production of the entire event. That’s definitely something you don’t get to see while watching it on TV! Needless to say I will definitely be making plans to attend the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Show coming up in 2011! I can’t wait!