It was a music week...

I wound up shooting a few musicians this week, and would've shot another - if he wouldn't have cancelled his show on Friday. First up was the double billed Jill Scott and Maxwell concert at American Airlines Center. It was a good show, though all the media photographers were forced to shoot from way back during Jill's set. I'd shot Jill a few years back, but had never seen Maxwell live before. He was good, like a modern day mixture of Ray Charles and James Brown. My favorite shots of him were when he was connecting with the audience - like the one below when he asks them to sing along.

I was also supposed to shoot 50 Cent this last Friday. It sounded like an easy shoot. However, it got even easier when he cancelled the show. At the time, I thought my Friday night was wrapping up. Then I received a last-minute call from Quick. They wanted to know if I would shoot Pitbull at the Palladium Ballroom. You can see one of the pics used online here: blog.quickdfw.com and I'm sure a couple more will wind up running in the next printed issue, hitting stands soon.

Next up (unless another concert comes across my lap in the next few days) will be a studio shoot with Dallas, Texas band Black Tie Dynasty for a feature story in The News. That should be a fun shoot! I've shot them twice before, and they are real nice guys. I'll post a link or copy of that story when it runs...