- Shooting Notes:

While visiting places, I like to book a few shoots with local models to take advantage of that city’s locations and to meet some new people from the area. Denver was no different. The first shoot I planned was with a model named Danielle Krogh (MM# 1252471). We were hoping to shoot at some graffiti walls in downtown Denver. I location scouted a couple days before the shoot and managed to find a number of different great locations (including some awesome graffiti walls) within a couple blocks. We met up in the rather chilly weather, and bounced from location to location using a wide variety of outfit variations she brought with her.

It was definitely a ton of fun shooting with Danielle. Not only was she great to work with from a professional standpoint, but she was a lot of fun to hang out with. My thanks definitely goes out to her for putting up with the frigged weather and that might normally postpone a shoot.

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- Shooting Notes:

Visiting Denver is like going home for me. Even though I have spent nearly all of my life in Kentucky, I was born in Colorado Spring, CO and have been a Denver Broncos fan as long as I can remember. Having a sister in the area an some holiday time off of work, I decided to spend Turkey Day out in Denver, and naturally brought my camera along. Throughout the week, I snapped off some shots of the buildings near by, as well as some cool graffiti scatted along the brick walls of the suburbs.

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- Shooting Notes:

In only their second home game of the season (excluding exhibition games), UK players definitely seemed to be getting more and more comfortable with themselves and with each other. There were some very intense plays in this game which provided some nice gems to photograph. John Wall was still sticking out as being the dominant player, while DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe proved they were not to be overlooked.

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Miami OH 11-16-09: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmhooper/sets/72157622829297958/

Clarion 11-06-09: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmhooper/sets/72157622643490859/

Campbellsville 11-02-09: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmhooper/sets/72157622640010303/

Following Suicide Pact was a Floridian alternative punk band, Fallen From the Sky. While their guitar riffs were heavy, and some hardcore influence could be heard in the vocals, they were quite the step down in intensity from the previous band. They seemed to have a much more polished sound. You could tell they felt comfortable on the stage, and that reflected in their music and attitude. They definitely have the makings of a good band, and are probably on the rise. Below are some of my photos of Fallen From the Sky. If you want to check them all out, you can view the set on my Flickr.

Leaning more toward punk and away from alternative, Title Fight took the stage next and got the crowd energized and involved. Since there was no barricade between the stage and the crowd, people were constantly climbing their way onto the stage before performing a stage dive back into the pulsing crowd below. Title Fight put on a great set and more than made up for any vocal shortcomings with some amazing guitar and bass skills. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t like the vocals were horrible, but more so that the music overshadowed them. Below are some of my shots of Title Fight I was able to snap in between stage divers overhead. To see the rest of the photos, visit the set on my Flickr.

Topping off the night was New Found Glory, who had just recently celebrated the 10 year anniversary of their first album, ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay.’ Their stage, much like their newest music video, was zombie themed. Blood splatter and chainsaw designs were scattered throughout to add accents to the stage. As they lit up the set with one great song after the next, the crowd began to pulse and ripple like waves, and it became clear that everyone there was either a big New Found Glory fan already, or becoming one. Although from a photography standpoint, their set was probably the most challenging due to all the crowd movement, it was unquestionably the highlight of the night and created the most energy from everyone. Below are some of the photos I captured during their set. To view them all, check out the New Found Glory set on my Flickr.

It was definitely an awesome night with four great bands I would highly recommend checking out. As hard as it was, I had a blast shooting the show, and if anything, the challenge made it that much more enjoyable. My thanks goes out to Brian and Chad Gilbert for hooking me up with a photo pass to the show, which I’m happy I was able to go to.

New Found Glory 10-30-09: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmhooper/collections/72157622606074403/

Big Blue Madness: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmhooper/sets/72157622504682879/

UK Basketball 2009-2010 will be updated as the season progresses.

Before my car got stolen or had it’s windows bashed in, we decided to walk back to where I parked and go to the next [possibly even shadier] location. We drove back down a street we passed on the way to tracks and found a few houses that looked awesome, and at the same time pretty dangerous. One house was about to fall down, another looked like a tornado hit it and was in shambles on the ground, and the next was boarded up and consumed by vines. We didn’t have a lot of light left so we hurried over to get some shots around that area while trying to avoid getting tetanus. Below are a few of the photos from the second location. If you want to see them all, swing by the Old House set on my Flickr

Model Shoot: Kimberly 2 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmhooper/collections/72157622458899319/

Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun hit the stage not long after Varsovia finished their set. They had a unique setup, in that the lead singer also played rhythm guitar and keyboard, while the bassist also played keyboard and was a backup singer. It worked out really well and a added a variety of sounds to each of their songs. The lead guitarist seems to break into spontaneous solos which usually consisted of feedback created by the amps or pedals, and really added a dynamic intensity to the songs. The drummer did his part and added a lot of explosive lines to the songs that seemed to round everything out. Below are some of the photos I took during their set. To view them all, check out the Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun set on my Flickr.

TtheM, TtheS 09-26-09: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmhooper/collections/72157622614507484/