Arts, Beats, Eats 2005

Tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of photos to go through. It is times like this that I'm not so sure about photography, perhaps I just have to bring things in focus more. There are some great photos that happened this weekend. Best advice I can give is to check the galleries that are going to fill up from this link at fuzzytek.com. There's even a gallery there that points you around to the other galleries related to activities listed in this blog post that aren't part of the main group of photos.

Friday

Friday night I went to ABE (Arts, Beats, & Eats) in Pontiac with Mike (TimeFragment) to take photos of the bands there. We saw Crossfade and Seether. I managed to get into VIP between the two sets and got great shots of Seether. Mike was surprised that I got into VIP, but he knows I manage to do that sort of stuff regularly.

The photos from VIP were GREAT. I hope I can sell a few and make some money. Lord knows I could use it.

It was great meeting Scott Legato during the show. It was funny to have met his father and mother just a few weeks ago at Woodward Dream Cruise.  They mentioned me to him - he was blown away realizing who I was. That was a freaky and fantastic meeting.

Saturday

The day of Pure Detroit Design Lab's runway show. Mike and I drove in and met Rachel and James when they arrived. We had a great time with Vinnie & Rob at Detroit Choppers before the fashion show and told them we would return afterward.

At the temporary store for the Design Lab the models gathered and began pulling together outfits. Time came for runway and things came together great. Most of the models wore two outfits and the rotation looked comfortable.

After the fashion show our group held a quick photo session in the back space of the temporary design lab. Then we headed to Detroit Chopper and met Casey and Athena at their tent. We setup a shoot using their bikes with Kim & Rachel in a small parking area across the street from Mill Street.

Kim's friend Katrina came down and I stuck with them as we went over to see Better Than Ezra. The performance was great, but the crowds were far less animated than they were for Seether and Crossfade. Most of the time the VIP area was seated in the chairs. I guess they were conserving energy for Rick Springfield who was to follow. Our group didn't stay for Rick to come on. Kim & Katrina got backstage with Better Than Ezra. I met up with Mike, Rachel and James since they weren't with us when we entered VIP. We decided to head to the car, the night was pretty much over.

Sunday

Rachel, Mike, James, and I returned Sunday afternoon to catch more of the scene in photos. Sunday turned out to be a shorter more relaxed day than Saturday's activities.

Monday

I returned in the afternoon with Tony to get more photos. Tony wanted to discuss a few things over dinner. After dinner he headed home. I stayed and met a bunch of people, as I always do. I saw Kim from Broadzilla. Met the band RadioCraft and held a quick photo shoot with them. And I met Amanda, and held a fast photo shoot with her on the patio of Sevin. I eventually headed to the bus stop and took the Smart bus home around 9:30pm.