Hi friends!  Last night I had the pleasure of taking photos and video at a show that was put on to benefit my good friend, Alex.  Alex was hit by a drunk driver a couple months ago and is in rehab in Atlanta, Georgia.  (I also wrote about it here)  My buddy Andrew put together this show to raise money to help Alex and his family with the wicked medical bills and other needs.  The show was a serious success!

A ton of money was raised!  I was supposed to sell prints of my photography at the show, but I forgot, so I’m now going to open it up to the blog world.  If you’d like to donate to Alex and his family, please email me at carpentern2@gmail.com and I will send you a print of any photo off my flickr site, and I’ll throw in some delicious, baked vegan treats as well!

Anyway, as I said, the show was one heck of a success.  It was pretty much my first time really taking video or photos at a show, and I think I did a good job!

And of course, if you’d like to see video of the bands, check them out!  I’ve got video of Fugue, Signal The Escape, Sleeping At The End Of The World, and Joe Ballaro.

I’ll be back with some food soon, I hope.  I’ve been having laptop/camera/memory card issues.  My camera/laptop ate a ton of video and photos from yesterday.  Boohoo!

My buddy Andrew recently started up a musical project and was looking for some photos.  I was so happy to help out!  We decided on an abandoned gas station for the shoot.  The gas station turned out to be a really interesting location.  I think it was perfect.

I love how this shoot went down.  It was very simple- Andrew sang and I just clicked away!  I think we were able to capture Andrew’s intense passion for his craft this way.  It shines through in the photos.