Never Shout Never at the Showbox 10-19-2010 (concert photography blog)

October 28, 2010 by elisa sherman

Christofer Drew Ingle – known as the performer “Never Shout Never” (the band is “The Shout”) – came into town last week to a sold out(and lined up around the corner) throng of teeny bopping fans – yes, the average age was like, oh, 13? I was easily the oldest non parent there!

Was also the first go round with new 15mm 2.8 fisheye lens – so all in all a fun night!

SoundSpike assignment links to like here -
Gallery – http://www.soundspike.com/photos/342-never_shout_never_in_seattle.html
In Pictures feature – http://www.soundspike.com/news/tour/892-never_shout_never_tour_in_pictures_never_shout_never_in.html

And my faves from what will be the new image archive…

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Concert Photography: Noise for the Needy 2010 – don’t forget the crowd shots!

June 24, 2010 by elisa sherman

For the third year in a row, I made it a point to photograph a couple of the shows sponsored by the Noise for the Needy Festival. Catch images / blogs from 2008 & 2009. The Festival this year was supporting “Teen Feed” – as always another great organization that does so much good. It’s great seeing so many musicians, music lovers, and volunteers come out for the events hosted at various clubs all over the city. I volunteered this year for the two shows at Neumo’s 6/11 & 6/12…featuring The Album Leaf, Delta Spirit, Kinsky, Baths, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, & Romany Rye.

As I as volunteering as a photographer this year for NFTN – one of my photo responsiblities was to take photos of the crowd…not always the easiest in some of the darker venues, particularly when not using a flash…but now and then something interesting occurs, the light is just right, or someone makes an interesting pose…

My favorite image from shows, is this one, all bathed in a bit of a green/cyan wash, w/the NFTN signage prominently in the background…if this isn’t representative of the event, I don’t know what is – though, given that I have no idea who the green dude is, it will never officially be, other than from this observatory editorial viewpoint…and hey, it’s not just the hulk that looks good in green;)

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New Foxy Shazam CD – featuring cd image…

April 29, 2010 by elisa sherman

Primed to take the world by storm – Foxy Shazam just released their self-titled major label CD via Warner Bros this month…and I have the pleasure of having one of my photos on the CD itself!

If you haven’t had a chance – buy the CD – HERE

And even better see them live, they are a treat! Love them…the CD photo is from their opening gig last Fall for The Sounds tour – http://photosbyelisa.com/blog/2009/11/foxy-shazam.html

And more recently on their headlining tour -
http://backbeatseattle.com/wordpress/?p=20420

More pics from both sets -

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RED – Contest | win an awesome new bag

April 1, 2010 by elisa sherman

So I don’t usually do this – but these new bags are that cool – they look like a nice big purse/tote but they’re totally a cool camera bag…they’re most stylish is the Lola…it’s RED and gorgeous…

For more on the contest brought to you by beyond snapshots & epiphanie - http://www.beyond-snapshots.com/blog/2010/03/26/a-chance-to-have-your-own-epiphanie-contest-to-win-an-epiphanie-camera-bag/

To enter – create a RED post in your own corner of the internet and let them know – contest ends – tomorrow!

My RED – from my RED OCTOBER set -

Preview – Deck the Hall Ball

December 16, 2009 by elisa sherman

30 Seconds to Mars, Jared Leto at the WAMU Theatre last night…more soon on LD, etc…

Red October

October 29, 2009 by elisa sherman

Leaves…

There was this gorgeous red leaf tree outside my gran’s house…down in Cottage Grove, OR…was there for just under a week, and one day I went out and shot all the leaves as they sparkled with droplets from an earlier rain…

Take a look -

flickr slideshow – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157622685772776/show/

Monsters of Folk rock, or rather sway the Paramount…

October 26, 2009 by elisa sherman

They blew into town…like the reigning kings of the “it” music genre…the “Monsters of Folk” as they have branded themselves – Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis… They filled the Paramount Theatre, October 15th with their unique and powerfully heart felt musical stylings, illustrated by the vibrant colors you see here…it was a pleasure to shoot…amongst a bevvy of other Seattle shooters…great show…

Photos are on LiveDaily.com here accompanying the review of the MoF LA show – http://livedaily.com/news/monsters-of-folk-tickets-and-tour-dates-live-review-monsters-of-folk-in-los-angeles-ca-20435.html

full flickr set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157622604314230/detail/

Debbie & Dominic save the date

September 19, 2009 by elisa sherman

I shot my friends Debbie & Dominic this last June…

They had just gotten engaged this last Spring, and wanted some images to send out on a “save the date” magnet…

I thought, great idea…

To know them, you realize how fun they are…they bring out the very best in each other…love them!

Anywho, we went out on the town, we wanted to get some shots that had them and something of a “Seattle” local flavor…

Compositionally, I was charged with getting something that would fit into the format of the magnet…ie something that was them to the left, with space to the right…so we worked to that.

There is one image that they are more centered with the skyline in the background, that I just love…There are several good shots, they were lot’s of fun to shoot…don’t tell them, but they may get a wedding present featuring one of the images from this day;)

The one ending up on the magnet, is in front of this gum wall…it was one of those “throw away” shots of them goofing around, and Dom making a face…but to know them, it’s totally perfect!

I absolutely love that they chose this one…there is something about people that don’t take themselves too seriously, that is very real.

The magnet

Debbie & Dominic engagement by Elisa Sherman | photosbyelisa.com

The image

My other favorites

Special thanks to my friends for letting me share these images.

I wish you both the very best.

xoxo
~Elisa

Yosemite …for the first time!

August 3, 2009 by elisa sherman

oFunny enough, I JUST finally Yosemite…

This is notable as, my mom lives in Fresno, and I fly into Fresno-Yosemite International airport when I visit, lol…literally she lived about 90 miles…yet we hadn’t made it up there on my visits until now…

We went and had lunch at the lodge…a few images from our trek…and oh my, the high road is really curvy!

A few more at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157621939242368/detail/

Altogether, a gorgeous day!

~Elisa

Weathered Roses…

June 8, 2009 by elisa sherman

This past weekend, was in Cottage Grove, OR visiting my Grandma…

She, at 89 still cultivates gorgeous flowers including roses…

I like to take pictures in her garden when I visit…she loves the perfect images of the rose as it is meant to be…I love the imperfect, the weathered, the wilted, the textures, etc, with the light hitting them just so…

Here are my favorite weathered roses…dreamy, creamy, blurry and a little bit like strawberry ice cream!