PhotoFM.com Blog

2011-04-18T14:52:00.000-07:00

As of 4/20/2011, this blog will be dormant and all of my updating will be done via Flickr at this link:

PhotoFM.com Flickr Photostream

I will most likely update this blog on my tour this summer, if not, just keep watching the Flickr page!

To view my portfolio, please visit

http://www.PhotoFM.com

-FM

EXTREME THING 2009 PHOTOS

2009-05-13T11:00:00.001-07:00

Finally, after much work and time, the extreme thing photos ARE DONE....and....ONLINE!!!!

View Extreme Thing 2009 Photos by PhotoFM.com on Flickr!

View Extreme Thing 2009 Photos by PhotoFM.com on PhotoFM.com

Mike Biggs made a sweet ass menu for my Extreme Thing 2009 photos viewable on the link above.

Thanks go out to everyone who made this possible.

SAMPLE IMAGES FROM "THE CROWD" Section (click to enlarge)

Broken End Otherwise & Shatterance At House of Blues Las Vegas, NV at the Mandalay Bay

2009-05-05T13:01:00.001-07:00

So I have been swamped with life lately. For those of you in my life, you already know what i mean. But for those of you who don't really give a Eff and just wanna see some kick ass pics of some kick ass bands...look no further! Click the link below to view the images:

Broken End Otherwise Shatterance Photo Gallery Link

And a few samples:

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Ryan & Adrian Patrick of Otherwise Rocking out

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Wes of Las Vegas Hardcore Metal band diM and Ryan of Broken End doing a tune together

Enjoy Bitches!

Extreme Thing 2009 Teaser

2009-04-05T10:49:00.000-07:00

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Extreme Thing 2009.....what a day!

Here is a teaser photo set for you to gawk at until i can get to editing all 2,200 images from that day:

EXTREME THING 2009 Teaser Photo Gallery Link

Scott Russo offering me some mysterious grape flavored beverage....

Big B Posing for a quick shot...

Diego (Eyes Like Diamonds Singer) showing the camera some love...

Diego On Stage...

...and BIG shouts go out to HighDro for being a KICKASS MOTHERFUCKER and rolling with me all day....honestly i wouldnt have been able to do this shit without you bro..sorry about the sunburn yo :)

NAMM 2009 Day 4: The Final Countdown

2009-01-18T14:36:00.000-08:00

NAMM has been fun. Working these past few days brushing shoulders with some of the greatest guitarists ever has been a real treat for me. Dick Dale, Gary Hoey, Ulrich Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Greg Koch, and Eric Johnson just to name a few. Hung out with Nick and Joey, that was cool. I met up with my buddy Wes too! That was also cool :)

So here is your moment of Zen (TOMMY THIS MEANS YOU) with a photoset:

Here is the photoset link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photofmdotcom/sets/72157612728735474/

NAMM Nick Rich Part II

2009-01-17T13:55:00.000-08:00

In this update, I adventure with Nick to the Marriot where he played a cover of "California Love" with a band called "The Uglistick". We also took some fun pics while waiting for him to go on.

Photos here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photofmdotcom/sets/72157612688845304/

-FM

NAMM Nick Rich Part I

2009-01-16T16:03:00.001-08:00

The NAMM conference is an interesting place. It brings a very diverse crowd of people that is pretty random. Rockers to Suits at NAMM and everything in between. Kinda makes you feel like a number.

I managed to run into some friends, Nick Rich and Joey from Age oV Reason. We walked around meeting random people that Nick knew while he banged on just about every fun looking drum he could find.

Anyway here is some photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photofmdotcom/sets/72157612605949607/

Enjoy!

-FM

Snow in Las Vegas

2008-12-19T19:59:00.000-08:00

So it snowed in Las Vegas!!! It actually stuck too! Here is a link to the photoset:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photofmdotcom/sets/72157611435245014/

And here is the preview shot for you: (click to enlarge)

Image info: Shot in the snow on a tripod, ISO 100, f/22, 30 sec. A car drove by causing streaks. This exposure was half way done when the streetlights came on.

Enjoy seeing this rare occasion!

-FM

BITE OF LAS VEGAS 2008 PHOTOS

2008-12-11T13:29:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone who reads my humbly arrogant blog...

So............Bite of Las Vegas was like 2 months ago...i know....you think i am a slacker....wear my shoes....go ahead.

So here are a few highlight photos
followed by the link to the entire set of 936 photos:

(CLICK TO ENLARGE PREVIEWS)

LIFEHOUSE

METRO STATION

PUDDLE OF MUDD

NIK FROM VERBATYM

COOL MYSTERE CHARACTER

BITE CROWD AT F/16 FOR 4 SECONDS

JUSTIN NOZUKA

SECONDHAND SERENADE

okay and here is the link to the entire set...

http://www.photofm.com/concerts/bite08/index.html

happy viewing!

POST ME SOME DAMN COMMENTS EVEN IF ITS LIKE "cool" or something dammit!

Otherwise Wins $10,000 in Diablo's Cantina's Rock the Roof Battle of the Bands in Las Vegas, NV

2008-10-29T16:09:00.001-07:00

The air was curious this night. Energy flowing through it like none other. This was not just another night of drinking and shenanigans for Otherwise. This was a night of success. After months of competing in various stages of this Battle of the Bands at Diablo's Cantina in Las Vegas, NV, the local Las Vegas Band walked home with $10,000 in cash and prizes. I was there to capture this momentous occasion with class and style.

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So after drinking half a bottle of Sailor Jerry with Matt in the parking lot for financially obvious reasons, we decided to go inside this bar on the strip and drink some more:

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Matt getting Crunk-a-fied

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Me getting Crunk-a-fied

The gang from the Vegas Indoor Skydiving Tunnel were there and were also partying it up:

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So anyway, here you can view the photos via PhotoFM.com or my Flickr photostream:

View photos on PhotoFM.com

View photos as slideshow on Flickr!

Daughtry Blackjack at Red Rock Casino Las Vegas NV

2008-09-17T15:13:00.000-07:00

So Mix 94.1 has commissioned me to photograph Chris Daughtry along with his band playing blackjack with contest winners from the radio. It was like 10:30 AM on a Friday, and after a semi-long night of partying and little sleep, I was ready to snap some killer shots of this semi-private event for a "semi-" popular star....yeah right...everyone and their mother knows who Daughtry is!

I could tell that the guys were totally just waking up and that having a camera in their faces wouldnt be too fun for 45 minutes so i took a rather large amount of candid shots using only available light. This photo is probably the only shot that i really asked Chris to pose for because i knew it would be a money ass shot!

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I would have to say that being the time of day and the just waking up factor, the guys were pretty nice and understanding about having me shoot these shots. The nice pit boss guy who let us use the cards for the shot had Chris sign them since they were in this shot. He said he is going to use my print to put in a case with the signed cards for display...nifty!

Also here is a nifty candid of Chris thinking about his next move:

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(Starbucks in Hand)

Here is the entire set of 105 photos from that event:

http://www.photofm.com/underground/daughtryblackjack08152008/index.html

Special thanks to John at Red Rock for being so cool about everything!

-FM

Otherwise @ House of Blues Las Vegas, NV

2008-08-13T14:18:00.000-07:00

Otherwise headlined a show at the House of Blues and I managed to make it out to take some photos. They totally rocked the place and i got some killer shots out of the evening like this classic shot:

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A quick photo tip/technique for all of you photo nerds/strobists: In some of the images of the people hanging out at the bar in the crowd photos section, i bounced the flash off of a yellow/orange ceiling or off of the wooden floor back onto the subject.

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Normally, this would cause a yellow/orange cast on the subject, but the neat thing about shooting in raw is being able to white balance after the fact in post. I set my white balance to "Tungsten" in ACR for these images to correct for the cast. Now the other cool thing about doing this is that around the venue there are all kinds of tungsten colored lights on the cieling and sound equipment and behind the bar. This sets both the ambient lighting and my supplemental bounce flash to around the same color temperature creating a uniform white balance in the shot. This is very similar to using a CTO gel over a strobe as explained on the Strobist blog here.

For all of you extreme photoshop geeks, this means that we can do some extreme color pushing with the new whitebalance from the yellow bounce like so in this fabulous photo of Bob cupping my breast:

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So anyway enough chit chat. Lets look at some photos!

Here is the link:

Otherwise Photos

Big B @ Icehouse Lounge for Ink Fridays

2008-07-13T18:31:00.000-07:00

Just uploaded all the pics from Icehouse Lounge from Ink Fridays on June 27th 2008. Big B & The Dirtball (suburban noize records), Opium Alibi, Slow to Surface, and not to mention, the Miss Ink Bikini Contest.

Here is a link to the photos:

http://www.photofm.com/concerts/icehouseinkfridays06272008/index.html

Enjoy!

-FM

Nick Rich @ VooDoo Lounge Rio Las Vegas

2008-07-06T19:25:00.000-07:00

Last Thurdsday night I photographed Nick Rich, The Drummer KC, and Leddie Garcia at VooDoo Lounge on top of The Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. There was a shitload of people there. I had to practically knock people over to get to the stage where I saw Nick standing on the sidelines waiting to be called up to play. He looked a little anxious, but come on, its Nick Rich...he becomes pure energy when sitting in that chair. Energy just moves, unquestioning the future, posessing no fear. The drummer KC was playing when I came into the picture and he had some pretty cute girls cheering him on. They obviously got a photo from me :) Once I managed to get down to the stage, I hooked up with Nick and Mike Booth (guitarist for Nick's band "Opium Alibi") who were both on the stage's left side. I loaded some fresh batteries into my 580EX and snapped some fun shots of nick with the staircase behind him to showcase the doomness I had to overcome to get to the stage :)

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Once Nick went up everyone went pretty damn crazy, especially once they got a little taste of the goodness. The Pink Cookies fashion show was going on in the background which heightened the fun by adding hot women in booty shorts to the photos.

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Not to mention the fact that this venue is on the edge of the roof of the Rio Hotel & Casino! The backdrop of these shots is The Las Vegas Strip!

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Also, Vic Firth will hopefully get to use some of these for a future promo ad featuring Nick holding their sticks!

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Sweet...

As usual, here is link to ALL 150 photos from the event:

http://www.photofm.com/concerts/nickrich/index.html

COMMENTS AND CRITIQUES ARE WELCOME

-FM

Solar Power @ Jillian's Las Vegas

2008-06-24T17:31:00.000-07:00

Scott (Grand Element), Nick, and Tommy got together and jammed over at jillians for the upstairs gigs called "Club Synergy" on May 16th.

Here are some quick previews followed by the link:

Scott (click to enlarge)

Tommy (click to enlarge)

Nick (click to enlarge)

Solar Power (click to enlarge)

Solar Power Live! (click to enlarge)

Naked Chick Undergoing Body Painting by Orlando (click to enlarge)

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE WHOLE SET OF PHOTOS

Thanks to Scott, Nick, Tommy, Bryan, Tori, Pat, Nathan, Nips, Monique, Nick&Vanessa, Orlando, and the painted chick for coming out and letting me take your picture!

COMMENT PLEASE

-FM

Red Rock National Park - Ragged Edges

2008-06-17T08:28:00.000-07:00

Red Rock Ragged Edges - This climb had a PHAT crack running up the middle. These photos probably didn't do this climb much justice because I was pretty dang tired and probably a little too "distracted" to really accomplish anything of value. Nonetheless, please enjoy these as there are some nifty shots of a butterfly and some leaves.

Here is J.Ray Doing a nice foot move...i am still learning the lingo guys, sorry in advance!
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Also, here is Nathan preparing to "jug the fixed line" (click to enlarge)

Click here to see the rest of this image set:

Red Rock Ragged Edges Photos by Fred Morledge

As always, please comment and subscribe to the blog. Include the image numbers when doign a critique.

Thanks to Bryan, Johnny Ray, Skippy, and Nathan for coming out and helping!

ALSO: You can now subscribe to my blog RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL INBOX via the link on the right hand side of the page. This means that whenever i post a new blog, its sent right to you...you dont even have to come to this page unless you want to comment! Nifty!

Red Rock National Park - Panty Wall

2008-06-05T12:22:00.000-07:00

Red Rock Panty Wall - Some of the silliest names i have ever heard of for climbs. Names like "Silk Panties", "Scanty Panties", "Cover My Buttress", and "The Last Panty" made the day rather jovial.

All images were shot on manual mode using a Canon 30D with the Canon 17-40mm f/4L lens. Some images were shot using a 1.2SE GND Filter.

Here is a highlight pic of Lucas Climbing (click to enlarge)

Another preview pic:

Lucas in the top left, Bryan in the bottom right. (click to enlarge)

Click here to see the rest of the images:

Red Rock Panty Wall Photos by Fred Morledge

Any comments are always appreciated. Please include image numbers for critique purposes.

Thanks go to Bryan, Johnny Ray, Pat, and Lucas for helping me make this shit happen.

-FM