Cape Cod Trip

It has been so long since I have had the chance to travel out of Florida. I spent a few days in Cape Cod visiting family for the holidays and then stopped in downtown Boston before flying out. Boy was it cold. Living in South Florida for most of my life, anything below 50 degrees is freezing. With the temperature at 20 degrees and windy, I was not prepared.

We stayed at my Uncle Pete's girlfriend's house right on the bay.

The living room was bright with light from the low winter sun.

 

 

My uncle Pete and I took a walk down to the bay adjacent to the house so I could take some shots as the sun went down. It was probably about a 20 mph wind and I could only last for about 10 minutes before I gave up because of the cold. 

 

 

 

Here are some snapshots I took as we all said goodbye as we departed from the house.

We had some time to kill before our flight later that evening and my dad, brother and I stopped in downtown Boston for a while. The plan was to walk around and snap some photos and get some pizza. Due to the cold, it turned into me shooting drive by style as my dad and brother speed walked through Boston Common and looked for pizza . It was just before sunset as we went through Boston and the sun was out with blue skies. I'm used to associating sun and blue skies with warmth, but this day it was uncomfortably cold.

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Common

Roger Sanchez @ Monarchy

It was my first time making it up to West Palm Beach and the club Monarchy on Clematis. The place was packed and Roger Sanchez kept the energy up. It was good to get a chance to shoot at a new club. For a full gallery of the night go on over to IRockParties.com

Kim

These images were shot at the building Icon in Miami Beach. We had originally planned on shooting at a friends condo on the beach, but I really liked Kim's condo and due to a time crunch decided to shoot at the building. I chose the white dress from her closet and she took care of the rest.

 

These were shot downstairs in what you could call the "library". It was pretty much a walk through room that as we walked through I decided to shoot in. These are actually shot at 1600 ISO with a ltitle bit of fill flash.

 

Buzz Bakesale 09

It was a long 12 hour day of shooting. With the majority of the bands going on in daylight and without stage setups, it would be the action and emotion of the acts that would make great photos and not cool concert lights and effects. The crowd in attendance was really young and brought back my memories of when I was in high school and went to the radio shows of the day and let loose in the pit. It put me off a little bit though when I saw 15 year old girls smoking cigarettes.

My two favorite sets of the day had to be Metric and Cage The Elephant. They both made for great shots. Cage The Elephant's lead singer, Matt Shultz, was spastic and even jumped into the crowd for a bit.
 
Here my favorite shots from the day. Check out the rest of the pictures from the day here.

30 Seconds To Mars

Chevelle

Matisyahu

The Used

Skindred

Panic At The Disco

Cage The Elephant

Our Lady Peace

Anberlin

Sick Puppies

Manchester Orchestra

Say Anything

Metric

After Midnight Project

Halestorm