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These are my images from the 52nd Grammy Award show. Once again, i’m terribly slow to process and post, perhaps they’re practically irrelevant now? Or perhaps they’re still interesting to see?

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Celine Dion after rehearsal in the Staples Center:

Couch signed by Grammy Artists for charity auction:

Gift Tent (goodie bags the artists get to take):

Signed Gibson guitars to be auctioned for MusiCares charity:

Hollywood Bowl – Opening Night, Summer 2009

z2e — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:17:05 +0000

I had the great honor of attending the Bowl’s opening night (yes, it took me a long time to post this), to see the Josh Groban and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa get inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. Performances and presentations by them as well as: Trisha Yearwood, John Williams, Frederica von Stade, Angélique Kidjo,Roger Daltrey, and Garth Brooks as well as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Thomas Wilkins. It was a wonderful evening! The bowl is always a great time, epecially with box seats, sake, cheese & crackers.

Beau Bridges:

Josh Groban:

Josh Groban and others (email me if you have names?):

Josh Groban and William Shatner:

William Shatner:

Josh Groban and Christine Lahti :

William Shatner and Eric Paquette:

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa:

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa and Josh Groban:

Fred Willard:

Josh Groban and Eric Paquette:

The Bowl, wide angle shot:

Coachella 2009 – the Crystal Method

z2e — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:56:11 +0000

the Crystal Method’s show was amazing, had me dancing the whole time. It was only disappointing when the stage manager forced them to stop playing..

Coachella 2009 – Paul McCartney, & others

z2e — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:52:38 +0000

more coachella 2009 photos.. Paul McCartney (who had a closed pit and played until 2 A.M. ), Peter Bjorn & John, Steve Aoki and misc festival photos.

Paul McCartney:

Crowd for Peter Bjorn & John:

Peter Bjorn & John:

Steve Aoki:

Misc Festival Photos:

omg I want this hoodie:

Coachella 2009 – Franz Ferdinand & My Bloody Valentine

z2e — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:34:38 +0000

More Coachella 2009 photos… Franz Ferdinand (great show!) and My Bloody Valentine (should be renamed My Bloody Ears).

Crowd & sign @ Franz Ferdinand:

Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand:

Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand:

Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand:

Nick McCarthy & Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand:

Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand:

Alex Kapranos & Robert Hardy of Franz Ferdinand:

Robert Hardey of Franz Ferdinand:

Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand:

Kevin Sheilds of My Bloody Valentine:

Bilinda Butcher of My Bloody Valentine:

Coachella 2009 – Morrissey

z2e — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:12:39 +0000

So in order to get into the Coachella Music Festival as a photographer, I had to sign a standard waiver, but then also had to sign an additional waiver for Morrissey, which stated that if I took any photographs of Morrissey, or his show, all pictures belong to Morrissey & company, and I may not use, display, etc any of them for anything other than the publication I represented at the event (once, and only within 12 months). After the 12 months, I must surrender my “negatives” (I’m not sure how that works in the now digital world) to Morrissey & company. His show was certainly decent, except when he walked off stage. Near the end of his show, he apparently smelled BBQ, cooking meat. He is so vehemently vegan, that he walked off stage in protest. Anyway, here is a picture from his show with appropriate censoring:

Coachella 2009 – Christopher Lawrence & others

z2e — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:01:13 +0000

More of my photos from Coachella 2009. Brian Jonestown Massacre, Christopher Lawrence, Shawn Pyfrum (from Desperate Housewives), Felix Da Housecat, Leonard Cohen, M.A.N.D.Y.

Brian Jonestown Massacre (I only saw them from far back obviously):

Christopher Lawrence:

Shawn Pyfrom (Desperate Housewives):

Felix Da Housecat:

Leonard Cohen:

M.A.N.D.Y. (<3):

Coachella 2009 – Art & the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

z2e — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:32:47 +0000

Coachella 2009 was amazing, just like the other Coachella events I’ve attended. We had the good fortune to stay in a house just a few miles from the event, and thanks to a very generous host, Jim who put us up.

I took 3667 pictures (29.8GB) in just 3 days. Needless to say, it will take a while for me to sift through and edit them. I’ll do them in batches, and here are the first: Art installations and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who put on a great show!)

Tesla Coils:

The crowd for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs:

The crowd for YYY, with Travis and John (where’s waldo?):

travis:

Karen O (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs):

Nick Zinner (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs):

Bassist/keyboardist (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs):

Karen O (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs):

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs:

Karen O (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs):

Karen O and Brian Chase (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs):

Travis again:

Port of Long Beach HDR experiment

z2e — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:23:19 +0000

This was my second experiment with HDR, and I only took one bracketed shot, as there wasnt a ton of sun, and it was a tad windy and cold. For those that don’t know HDR is “high dynamic range”, in which several exposure bracketed shots are taken of the same subject, and then later combined using software (such as photoshop or photomatix) to achieive an image with very high dynamic range. I used a photomatix photoshop plugin for this to give it a bit of that almost “electric” surreal look and exagerated saturation.

17 Again Press Junket

z2e — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:58:49 +0000

At Eric’s interviews of the cast of the new movie ’17 Again’ (please keep in mind that all photographs on this site are mine, and may not be reposted without my permission.. thanks!):
Thomas Lennon, Eric Paquette, Zac Efron:

Matthew Perry, Eric Paquette, Leslie Mann:

Scans

z2e — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:14:10 +0000

I got a new (used) scanner (thank you, Julie!), so I had a scanning frenzy. These are all very old pictures of me.. mostly silly ones! Here are a few from the series. The entire lot can be seen here:

http://z2e.org/scans

Coachella 2008 4/4

z2e — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:49:22 +0000

the last batch of my pix from Coachella 2008 – Death Cab For Cutie:

Coachella 2008 3/4

z2e — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:26:00 +0000

More of my pictures from Coachella 2008… Click for larger:

Adam Freeland:

Fatboy Slim:

Danny Tenaglia:

Coachella 2008 2/4

z2e — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:54:58 +0000

More of my pictures from Coachella 2008.. Roger Waters was definitely my favorite show at Coachella. Hearing Dark Side Of The Moon in surround sound in an outdoor arena, under such a beautiful desert night sky literally brought tears to my eyes. It was an amazing experience!

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Me, Nate, Rich:

Sia:

Van de Graaff generator:

Fans wait for Roger Waters:

Roger Waters takes the stage:

Roger Waters giving a look:

Roger Waters:

Roger Waters Stage:

Roger Waters:

Roger Waters full stage:

Roger Waters, Pink Floyd Pig (it flew away and the finder got a $20,000 reward and lifetime Coachella tickets.. which she split with her neighbor since it landed on both properties):

Roger Waters, Pink Floyd prisim triangle:

Coachella 2008 1/4

z2e — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:02:55 +0000

Because there are so many, the 2008 images will have to span 4 posts.
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Boo in the Sahara tent:

Nate in the Sahara tent:

me:

Sandra Collins:

Goldfrap:

Goldfrap’s Harpist:

Goldfrap:

Our tent village:

Rich, Boo, Nate:

Boo, Rich, Nate:

Nate:

Junkie XL:

Kraftwerk:

Kraftwerk;

Prince:

Coachella 2007 2/2

z2e — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:16:29 +0000

Continuing… Click for larger:

Richie Hawtin:

Soul Wax:

Silly speedo trio:

stilts:

Art installations:

The Arcade Fire:

The Feeling:

Tiesto’s Crowd:

Tiesto:

Willie Nelson!!

Coachella 2007 1/2

z2e — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:42:30 +0000

Continuing with my older coachella posts.. here are some of my pictures from COachella 2007. As always the images are all copyright. Click for larger:

AIR:

Badass kid:

Baloons anyone?

Bjork:

Bjork and Icelandic children’s orchestra:

Felix Da Housecat:

Jarvis Cocker:

Paul Van Dyk:

Red Hot Chili Peppers:

Coachella 2006

z2e — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:43:56 +0000

Every year, nearly 100,000 people go out to Coachella, California in the Colorado Desert for a 3 day music festival. The heat soars up over 100F, the music lasts 9-11 hours each day from over 100 artists. It’s mad fun :]

I feel like going back and posting pictures from the past Coachella Music Festivals before this year’s event. These are photos I took at the 2006 event. Labels above image, click for larger:

daft punk:

Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode:

James Blunt:

Crowd during James Blunt show:

Crowd during Paul Oakenfold’s show:

Madonna:

Coronado part 2/2

z2e — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:32:10 +0000

up until now, because formatting pictures is so hard, i’ve done one picture per line. On this post i tried to do 2 images per line, but it seems to be impossible. THe images bunch up and you cant place them, or move them, and its impossible to get a cursor in between them to hit enter to make it go to the next line. I guess im missing out on something with wordpress? Anyway… as always, click images for larger: