Aerosmith & ZZ Top

Aerosmith
Originally uploaded by rachelparker

Ok first of all, sorry it's been so long. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, what better to follow the last post than Aerosmith & ZZ Top. This show was great to shoot. I enjoy that they mix the set list up every night, and that way the photographers don't all have the same shots. The band was great to shoot with Joe Perry shredding away on guitar and Steven Tyler's hair blowing around thanks to the gigantic fans next to the catwalk. My only complaint is that all the photographers have to cram into one side of the barricade. I got in first so I found a sweet spot though, no room to move around at all however. Major kudos to the girl who was handling the press, I'm not sure what her title was, she may have actually been the tour manager even.

Here are some shots from the great show. It's a shame that Steven fell off the stage at another show shortly after. I hope he is feeling better.

Aerosmith


ZZ Top were the openers and a blast to shoot as well. Here are some shots of them.


Ok that's all the rock I have for you now. I have some Twicon Actor Q&A pictures coming very soon. I just shot the cast of Glee this week, and I'm lined up to shoot one of my favorites next week. But I'm not going to talk about it ;-)

Rachel

David Cook & Vans Warped Tour

David Cook
Originally uploaded by rachelparker

4th of July was absolutely insane. I don't think I slept more than 3 hours the whole weekend. Kicking it off was David Cook out at Winstar Casino up in Thackerville on the 3rd. I just took my point and shoot with me because I didn't bother to try and get a photo pass. I wish I had taken the pro cam with me though cause quite a few folks in the audience were shooting away on their rebels. Oh well though. David put on a great show and was chatty with the audience talking about winning at blackjack. I wish he'd come to Dallas sometime soon. It's not like the drive out there was that far though. The cool thing about this venue was they had a spotter. The other stops on davids tour were at clubs mostly with really not so great lighting.

Here's a couple shots from it!


On the 4th I shot some fireworks out in Dallas. Which was pretty much your typical 4th of July ordeal. And on the 5th Vans Warped Tour rolled in. Which was interesting. Quite a few lesser known bands this year. The threat of rain loomed over keeping it a few degrees cooler, but it was still like 98 degrees in the shade. Here are some shots of the bands I shot. I enjoyed Sing It Loud's set the most I think.

3OH!3


Anti-Flag


Chiodos


Sing It Loud



Alrighty! So I have some Aerosmith to come. Obviously Pre Steven falling off the stage. Poor guy. And then I have some of the actors from Twilight at the Twicon that was here in Dallas last weekend.

Later yall!

Heroes Baseball, Boyz II Men, and The Veronicas Oh my..

Heroes Baseball
Originally uploaded by rachelparker

So the heroes baseball game was at the end of June, and twinkle toes here is Joey Fatone. Who some may know from Dancing with the Stars, but more commonly known from the Boy Band Nsync. Now I may lose every bit of musical credibility right now, but I loved Nsync back in the day. Heck I'd love a reunion tour, and would probably give an arm to photograph it because of all the dancing they did and I'm sure are still capable of doing. Makes for good looking photos. They always had great lighting too. Anyway so I was a little excited about this shoot for that reason alone. I kept my excitement inside though, because hi professional.. its what I do.

The heroes game is something I've attended in years past and it's always a good time. I don't really shoot a lot of sports, but when it's something laid back like this it's really enjoyable. Hopefully I'll get to shoot it again next year. Other celebs/sports stars in attendance were Warren Sapp, Martellus Bennett, Jason Witten, Brady James, Marty Turco, Brendan Morrow, Mike Modano, Daryl Johnston, Michael Irvin, Mark Cuban and some other I cant remember. For more information on the Heroes Baseball game you can visit www.heroesbaseball.org

Here are some shots from it


There's a couple more at my flickr!

Ok so on to the Veronicas who I always enjoy shooting. Let me just say though I was scared during the first song where the lighting was horrendous! However by the 2nd song it was looking up and the 3rd song had amazing lighting. These girls are always great about playing it up for the audience and the cameras. And they put on an energetic set.




And lastly Boyz II Men, a band I grew up listening to. Like literally, I was like 10 and singing I'll make love to you. There's something just not right about that.. Motownphilly is one thing, but songs about baby making being sung by a 5th grader.. not ok. None the less I still enjoy these guys and they were full of energy blowing the roof off of Bass Hall with their flawless vocals, which is not an easy feat.



Ok so I have some Warped Tour stuff for yall very very very soon, some David Cook, some Aerosmith, some Twi-Con.. not the lame stuff just the good stuff like Peter Faccinelli and Kellan Lutz.

Later guys!