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…

Full set slideshow and archive –

2010-10-19-NEVER-SHOUT-NEVER – Images by Elisa Sherman

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;)

And I loved this one of the gal from Teen Feed – it definitely captures the spirit of the entire gig…

And my favorite music image of the event – definitely this one at the piano of the keyboard player for The Album Leaf -

And a few of the other images…

You can see all of my shots from the 2 gigs featured here -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noisefortheneedy/tags/nftn2010byelisa/show/

Until next year!

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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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 -

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/

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/

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

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

I wish you both the very best.

xoxo
~Elisa

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!

Altogether, a gorgeous day!

~Elisa

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!

Full set including the more “perfect”:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157619463108586/show/

Shooting notes: all images shot with the 28mm f1.8 wide open(ie f1.8) on my Rebel XTi…

Bunches of shows coming up!

xoxo
~Elisa