after a few numbers by nicole, very few people left their spots on the floor as we awaited the headliners. with no photopit for us photographers, i also held my ground, dead center just up from the floor area. i don’t love staying in one place for a show because i think photos can start to get boring that way. however, i knew how much this band would fill the stage… so i stayed put, hoping for the best and planning to move later on during the night.

for the first song played that night from their forthcoming album (coming may 29), the band gathered on one side of the stage to play it “like we recorded it for the album, all together in one room”.

not too long into their set, and alexander came off the stage, meandered through the crowd, and settled on a perch pretty much directly in front of me.

even jade sat down on the stage, shaking people’s hands and sharing some words with their adoring fans:

during a track from his solo album entitled ‘truth’, alexander turned to jade for some memory-jogging of the lyrics:

oddly… i do not love bluegrass music. though a lot of the bands i love seem to play some here and there. but i do love me some banjo. when i see a band with a banjo, i light up a little inside. news at 11.

during the final two (and, arguably, most popular) songs of their set, people from the crowd just started jumping onto the stage to join the band. basically until even the band could barely be seen at all.

and alexander came off the stage and back to the perch he had been to before, to close the show out. it ended up, i inadvertently picked a pretty good place to stay for photos.

i was honored to be able to shoot this show for honest tune, the online magazine i sometimes shoot for. this all came together very quickly, for the band’s first show of their tour. trust me, if you can catch edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros in your area: do so. i’ve had the extreme pleasure of seeing them twice now and it really sounds cheesy, but it’s not just a concert… it’s an experience… one very much shared between band and audience.

there are a handful of inspirations i have in different photographic communities. among them, i have seen a little bit of work here and there with animal masks. i decided to take a little spin with this and make it my own with abbi.

for those of you who may know my photography from a couple of years back, specifically with my 365 days project, you know i used to be all about the jumping. well, if you have a girl in a zebra mask, on top of a building, doesn’t it kind of behoove (oh… behoove… good one!) you to have her jump in it?

thanks, abbi. it was great to finally work this shoot out and you kicked it up a notch with your willingness to step out of the box a little. i hope you love the photos!

we took a few shots before we headed to the rooftops. now, let me say, scott is not currently running for office… but if and when he does, i got his poster shots covered!

there is even some nice greenery to be found in amidst the concrete jungle there.

we finished up the day the way we started it: brick brick brick!

i figured i would keep this brief… if scott is like most guys, he was not even anticipating this going up on the blog. so… short and sweet. if nothing else, to show i can and do shoot guys too. haha.

thanks again, scott. it was fun catching up with you and i look forward to havin’ a pint with ya sometime in the not too distant future.