Anderson Grove Band Portraits

I did my first ever band portrait shoot a couple weeks ago for Anderson Grove. They are our church’s worship band..great musicians and all around great guys. They are in the process of recording a record, CD, Mp3′s..or whatever you call’em these days

As this was my first shoot, I’d love to get your comments and thoughts about some of the images I was able to make.

Lightroom 3 Custom Develop Settings Tutorial

In a previous post, Lightroom 3 custom metadata templates, I showed you how you can easily create a metadata template and apply it to every one of your images upon import.

In this post I wanted to share with you another setting that I apply to every image upon import as well. Develop Settings. These are settings that I used to find myself going back to all the time with in the Develop module.

Lightroom 3 Custom Metadata Template Tutorial

In my workflow, I have a pre-created a metadata template as well as a starting Develop Setting that I apply to all my images during import. The metadata template includes all of my copyright and contact information. The Develop Setting I’ll share in another post, but here is how to create a custom metadata template you can apply to all you images upon import.

Lightroom an upcoming series

This year I really wanted to start sharing, what I hope to be, some valuable info to this site. Many of you are photographers really interested in (or already are) shooting shows. I wanted to share the process I go through to process my images to be posted at NewReleaseTuesday.com as well as here at CollidePhoto.

Concert Photographers I follow

When I first got into concert photography I had no idea where to start, but through some searching and a little social media (mainly Twitter) I came across some of who have been come the concert photographers I religiously follow now.

Happy Holidays!

Photos MercyMe @ Rock and Worship Roadshow

MercyMe batted cleanup closing out the night of amazing bands and music on the Rock and Worship Roadshow in Cleveland OH.

MercyMe photo set after the jump.

Photos Jars Of Clay @ Rock and Worship Roadshow

Jars of Clay was one of the last two groups to perform for the evening. Their thought-provoking personal, and profound lyrics coupled with a sound that rivals the likes of U2 and Coldplay they always bring a sense of newness wherever they perform.

Not only do I love the opportunity to photograph them, but also just love listening to this band!

Jars of Clay photo set after the jump.

Photos Matt Maher @ Rock and Worship Roadshow

Next up on the Roadshow hit parade was Matt Maher. Believe it or not, Matt is a Catholic worship leader and young adult minister. That surprises a lot of folks, but he’s working hard to breakdown some of those Catholic stereotypes. I think he’s doing a pretty good job, too!

Matt Maher concert images after the jump.

Photos Hawk Nelson @ Rock & Worship Roadshow

Continuing the amazing lineup of artists on the Rock and Worship Roadshow.. I give you Hawk Nelson!

This the second time I’ve photographed them, last time was Creation 2009, and I keep wondering why it’s taken me so long to shoot them again. They are just a blast to watch and photograph.. You can bet I’ll be watching their tour dates much more closely in the future.

Hawk Nelson photo set after the jump.