The Arcade Fire opened their US tour in Broomfield CO (between Boulder & Denver) last night. It was my 1st time seeing them in concert. They were spectacular. I’ve seen them perform on TV Shows and the Internet and thought “meh”. I have to give credit where credit is due. Live and in person, they …

Rocky and I nearly died in a hailstorm while driving through Eastern Colorado. 60+ mph winds! We thought the hail was gonna bust out all the windows in my Corolla…

I saw Buddy Guy (for free) at the beach on Friday. I took my camera and a borrowed telephoto. This is my 1st real go with my Canon T1i.

Here are some of the last photos from recording Donnie’s album. Vocal overdubs are going down next week. We should have some to sell by Summer. I can’t wait.

here are some of the better portrait shots
that I took from 2009.

I nearly got my face smashed 5 pics into shooting these. Josh miscalculated his trajectory, I narrowly avoided painful injury, I may have shouted a four word expletive, etc…

It happens…

Pics from the CO Fall Roadtrip in Wilmington.

On Sept 26, I had the pleasure of helping out with the SC Fingerstyle Guitar Association’s 1st Annual Conference and Concert. This was my 1st chance to really put my new EF 50mm 1.8 lens to the test!

I’ve been re-recording some of the old Rosewater Faire Material as well as some new stuff. Click to read more.

Kevin Smith’s band, the Seven, performed today in Florence SC at Timrod Park. I went out with my camera to document. Check out these sweet pics!

London was amazing! My buddy and I thoroughly enjoyed being such a cool city for a few days. Here’s what we accomplished during our short stay…

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“Portrait of Lilli” Digital Photograph J. Stephens

I’m getting much better at using the camera. All of these were shot in the XTI’s manual mode. I’m figuring it out!

My buddy and I found a store/repair shop in NC that sells upright basses! Cool huh?!

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I went with some friends to the Zoo in Greensboro NC. I thought it’d be a good time to work on my photography skills…

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Today was my day off. I spent a good bit of it wandering around Durham. My camera and I found ourselves at Duke University Chapel.

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