Gavin Degraw.. Yes Again

Gavin Degraw
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So in April I went to see/shoot Gavin Degraw again, this tour titled "Where It Began" was full of new material off his latest album "Free." It wasn't your traditional Gavin show, it was a more mellow stripped down show, and back to his old ways of having a different set list every night, which is awesome. There was no barricade it was up close and personal. Oh and also! He didn't wear his hat at first.. proving to the world he has hair! Sure I knew that already, but a lot of people didn't. Even Perez Hilton was amazed.

The show picked up energy at the end though. Gavin rocking out on the piano as usual. So all in all a great show yet again. Sure this is a biased opinion because he's one of my favorites, but the guy's got soul. I'm crossing my fingers for the day he'll cover "Let's Get It On" again and get up and do the splits then sing you give me good feelings without a microphone like he did the first time I saw him.

Here's a few shots. Lots more on my flickr! Go check them out. :)


I've got some Forever the Sickest Kids on the way! I'm hoping to shoot No Doubt on Saturday! Crossing my fingers for that one! So excited they're back.

Rachel

Nascar Spring 09

Jeff Gordon
Originally uploaded by rachelparker

Nascar was last month, and that's always fun to shoot, my ears got burnt pretty good though. It's definitely grueling, but I feel like I learn something each time I go out there. As you all well know I don't shoot a whole bunch of sports. And ok I'll admit it, I like every other girl my age have a crush on Kasey Kahne. However when I'm down there shooting I can't play favorites and professionalism is the name of the game. So that's a major upside to being out there shooting. On another note traffic wasn't too bad on Race day either, I took a differn't route home this time, it seems as though 121 I think it was.. is far less congested than 35 south. But that's only helpful to East Arlington and Dallas residents, if you live in Fort Worth it would take you way out of the way. The Texas Motor Speedway folks are always hospitable so I'm giving a shout out to them. Tickets for the Fall Race are on sale now. So Dallas folks you should check it out, but bring the sunscreen!

Here are some shots from the Spring Race

Samsung 500


Samsung 500 Qualifying


O'reilly 300


O'reilly 300 Qualifying




Ok well that's it for right now. I have some Gavin Degraw to come! I just need to write the blog on that! And then some Forever the Sickest Kids, Fall Out Boy, 50 Cent, Cobra Starship, James Morrison, Demi Lovato, and Mandy Moore. So just a few things.

Yall have a good friday! TGIF!
Rachel

Britney Spears & Adele

Britney Spears
Originally uploaded by rachelparker

Well at the end of March I got to shoot Britney's Circus tour stop here. There were about a billion dancers and stuff on stage with her. They had us up on the side because honestly when you've only got 3 songs to shoot and a stage that big in the round. It's about the only thing that makes sense. I mean I imagine one could keep up on the floor but it would be like running a marathon back and forth and difficult to focus on shooting.

Spotlights were good for most of it. The second song was a little tough cause Britney was in a cage thing of sorts. But I think I got some ok shots, no cool lights or anything because of where we shot from. Here are some shots.



Also in March I got to shoot Adele who was great. I got to actually stay and watch the show which is rare so I was happy about that. She seems so giddy sometimes when she performs, as if she can't believe folks are there cheering for her. I think the modesty is a great. Here are a few from that!



Ok that's it for now. Lots of stuff from April to come including Nascar, Gavin Degraw, Fall Out Boy, 50 Cent, and James Morrison. So definitely stay tuned!

This weekend Robin Thicke and Jennifer Hudson are here, hopefully I'll get to shoot that one! Also here on Wednesday, Mandy Moore will be at Kidd Kraddick. Should be a good one!