Invasion 09: Society’s Plague
In addition to a skate tournament, Cosmic Invasion had a stage with live bands playing all day. One of the bands, which was right before the headliner, was Society's Plague. There were an extremely skilled and high energy Hardcore / Death Metal group out of Lexington. The beauty of shooting ...
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June 25, 2009
Invasion 09: Skate Tournament
This past Sunday was not only Father's Day, but also National Go Skateboarding Day. It just so happened that both fell on the same day this year. Cosmic, a local clothing and skate shop, hosts an event called Invasion each year on National Go Skateboarding Day. There is a skate ...
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June 23, 2009
The Dame: The Funkman Tour
Recently, The Dame played host to The Funkman Tour, which consisted of Del the Funky Homosapien, Mike Relm, Bukue One, and Serendipity Project. The show, which was heavy on hip hop with a side of funk, was the second time I have shot something at The Dame since doing freelance ...
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May 11, 2009
Assignment #5: Letters
For this week's photo assignment, letters are the emphasis. Think fonts, type, lettering, and anything of the sort. As with the previous weeks, the theme is fairly vague to allow for a lot of creativity from the person behind the lens. Since the weather is horrible outside, I took some ...
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March 28, 2009
Boys Sweet 16 Tournament
At work this past week we have been hosting the National City/KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16® State Basketball Tournament (I know, longest title ever...), and I was able to get a photo pass and shoot some photos from the floor to use for writing up a recap at work. This was ...
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March 19, 2009
Assignment #4: Urban Decay
The subject of this week's Photo Assignment was Urban Decay. I absolutely LOVE urban decay. I find work, rusty, paint chipped buildings fascinating for some reason. There is some beauty in the personality of a building. When a house or warehouse is fresh and clean then it doesn't tell much ...
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March 18, 2009
Woodland Skatepark
The sun actually decided to come out today and the temperature spiked up to the 70s, so I decided to go out after work and take some photos. I drive by Woodland Park and decided to stop by the skatepark there. I had been meaning to snap some photos of ...
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March 17, 2009
Assignment #3: Sky
This week's Photography Assignment was the sky. It figures that the week when I am supposed to try to get an interesting photo of the sky, all I have is overcast - flat, gray, dull, overcast. Luckily, I dug up some photos from the previous week to use in the ...
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March 14, 2009
Downtown Lexington
Some friends of mine came into town this weekend and we made it a point to take lots and lots photos. One of the days we planned to check out downtown Lexington, KY and see what it had to offer. I am extremely familiar with downtown Lexington so I was ...
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March 9, 2009
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