Category: Reviews

There are nights when everything falls perfectly into place. The weather cooperates, traffic is nonexistent, the bands deliver, and you walk away with some great photos and a story worth telling. Then there are nights when your body decides to file a formal complaint before you even leave the house.

Women Who Rock 2026: Big Voices, Bigger Hearts, and a Cause Worth Fighting For An unforgettable afternoon of rock and roll at The Belle and The Bear brought together incredible musicians, familiar faces, and a community determined to make a difference. There are concerts you attend for the music, concerts

Some concerts are planned months in advance. Others come together at the last minute. And then there are those shows where you don’t know if you’re actually going to make it until you’re sitting in the car, heading down the road. This was definitely one of those nights. On Sunday,

There are nights when getting to the concert is almost as much of an adventure as the concert itself. This was one of those nights. When the approval came through to photograph Brantley Gilbert at the Rose Music Center, I was excited. Then reality showed up and reminded me that

This one was a little different. Normally, when I head to a concert, there’s a camera bag involved, a photo pit somewhere in the equation, and at least a small amount of pretending I know exactly where I’m supposed to be. Not this time. Neither I nor any of the

Some concerts are assignments. Some are nights out. And every once in a while, one comes along that manages to reach all the way back to the kid you used to be. Dokken at the Rose Music Center was one of those nights. It was another hot and steamy September

After a very busy, and somewhat stressful, day in the studio, I was more than ready to trade the control room for a concert. So I packed up my camera gear, hopped in the car, and headed toward Lori’s Roadhouse in West Chester, Ohio, to shoot David Adam Byrnes. There

Hot doesn’t begin to describe it. When I left my house around 5 p.m. and headed toward Riverbend Music Center for Five Finger Death Punch, the temperature was pushing 100 degrees, with enough humidity to make the short walk from the parking lot to the gate feel like an endurance

There are early shows, and then there are festival days. Saturday started for me around 11:00 a.m., when I left the house and headed toward West Chester for the third day of the 2026 VOA Country Music Fest. My first concern wasn’t necessarily camera settings, credentials, or even the artist

Some concerts are planned weeks in advance. Others come together with a simple phone call from a good friend. After spending most of the day in the recording studio, I packed up my camera gear and headed across town for one of the summer’s biggest classic rock events as Chicago