BC Design & Photography

Shot my buddies The Expendables again last month. They opened for Pepper at Club Nokia in downtown LA. The guys put on a great show as usual and as always it was a fun show to shoot. Check out the photos.

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On Tuesday I had the opportunity to photograph Sweden’s own Arch Enemy at Club Nokia in downtown LA. The show was insane and a ton of fun to shoot, it’s always a plus when you really like the band you got asked to photograph. Arch Enemy only has a few dates left on their North American Khaos tour so if you’re close to any of the upcoming stops you should definitely check it out. If you are not familiar with their music, check out their newest video Bloodstained Cross which is by far my favorite song on their new album Khaos Legions, the breakdowns, guitar solos and chorus are so good.

My only regret is that I didn’t get any usable shots of their drummer Daniel Erlandsson, I always try to get at least a couple good shots of every member of every band I shoot, especially the concert photographers pariah aka the drummer… Sorry brother, it just wasn’t in the cards this time, I blame Club Nokia.

Opening bands on the tour were: Devil Driver, Skeletonwitch and Chthonic (who came all the way from Taiwan and totally killed it). All of the opening bands were really good and put on impressive performances, which is rare. I’ll be posting up their photos in a few days.

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So back in February my buddies The Expendables called me up and asked me to come out and shoot their show at the Roxy in West Hollywood. I had just received my new 5D Mark II and was super excited to try it out in a concert environment. Well, I got a little over-excited and I wasn’t ready for the super fast shutter speed on my new camera. I ended up taking over 2500 photos and killing two and a half 16GB memory cards… Let’s just say it took me a little while to edit through all the photos and then finally pick a few of my favorites…

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Turisas opened for Cradle of Filth during their “Creatures of the Black Abyss” tour when they stopped off at the Fox Theater in Pomona, CA. I was especially excited to photograph Turisas because I’ve been waiting for them to come back to the states for a few years now. Ever since I saw them open for Ensiferum back in 2007 I’ve wanted to shoot them. They put on an awesome show and was definitely not disappointed. Turisas is currently promoting their new album Stand Up and Fight which was released on March 8, 2011. I’ve given it a few listens and so far it has turned out to be a pretty good album.

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British Black Metal band Cradle of Filth stopped over at the historic Fox Theater in Pomona during their “Creatures from the Black Abyss” tour on February 5th. The tour, in support of their latest concept album Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, which centers on the demon Lilith, the first wife of the biblical Adam, also featured American Psychedelic Metal band Nachtmystium, Finnish Folk Metal band Turisas and the Finnish Rock band HIM’s side project, Daniel Lioneye. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the show, I’m still working on my Turisas picks so I’ll be posting those up later.

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