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Tour Portraits

Shaun Menary — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:26:25 +0000

GRO Snow Shoot

Shaun Menary — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:20:30 +0000

My amazing photographer friend, Eric Anderson, is out on tour with us right now and we took Green River Ordinance out for a little shoot the other day. Did I mention that we are in the North East of the country that just had a blizzard? We thought we’d take advantage of the snow. This was mostly Eric’s shoot and I was just tagging along, and as a photographer I know that we rarely get our photo taken, so I made it a point to try to get some photos of Eric in action. These are more or less just b-roll and behind the scenes photos. It was fun. We were soaked by the end of it.

Seth Philpott – Good Hearts EP

Shaun Menary — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:52:22 +0000

Seth Philpott is an up and coming artist out of Nashville who’s bluesy soul will make you want to “amen brother” all day long. We did a concept shoot for his new EP, Good Hearts, that just released today! Go check it out on iTunes and BUY IT: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/good-hearts/id339335000 This guy is really talented and I can’t wait to see where this EP takes him! Send him some love: www.sethphilpott.com

On Set with Seth

Shaun Menary — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:35:06 +0000

Recently I did a promo shoot for an awesome up and coming Nashville artist, Seth Philpott, who’s just wrapping up his new album that is set to release in a couple months, which by the way is freaking awesome! We just did a concept studio shoot for his album artwork/promo. Here’s a little “on set” photo to wet your whistle until I can release the rest of the shoot to you.

Jillian Edwards Promo Shoot

Shaun Menary — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:00:46 +0000

I recently did a promo shoot for Jillian Edwards’ new album that she will be releasing later this year! If you haven’t heard her yet, you MUST go check her out immediately by clicking here. Her new album is going to be amazing. A certain photographer that you know..who’s blog you might be currently looking at…might be playing drums on a couple tracks as well. Seriously though…I’ve heard it…it’s going to blow you away.

Opening Bell 6/11

Shaun Menary — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:02:17 +0000

I had the pleasure of going to a great show the other night here in Dallas where 3 outstanding musicians performed accompanied by other fabulous musicians behind them. It was a magical night full of laughter, emotion, and rawness that you can only find when hearing truly great singer/songwriters. Make sure to check out their myspaces:
myspace.com/mattmccloskeymusic
myspace.com/jillianedwardsmusic
myspace.com/davidramirez

[I also shot some video for the first time with the 5DMII. I am by no means a video guy, I really just wanted to see the quality. It does not disappoint, check it out at the bottom of the post]

[Make sure you hit the HD button on this!]

Live at the Casa De Blue

Shaun Menary — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:27:24 +0000

It is always such a joy as a musician to play at a venue that has great sound, great accommodations, and a great staff. House of Blues Dallas is by far one of the top 2 concert venue in Dallas, TX. The band I play in, Sleeperstar, played a show there last week accompanied by 3 amazing other bands, Abraham, Jillian Edwards, and Stars Go Dim. I sometimes photo at these shows, sometimes not. This show was a sometimes. I found myself following Jillian around during her warm up in the stairwell with her band mate, Kelsy, because they are pretty much amazing and I am drawn to wherever their music is being played….truly amazing. I really enjoy photoing live concerts and have been extremely inspired lately by my friend Andrew Shepherd. He is pretty much the best live performance photographer I have ever seen (among other styles)…no lie. Please don’t look at his live photos first and then mine….it’s not fair to me.

Seth Philpott Rocks

Shaun Menary — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:55:16 +0000

I recently had the pleasure of doing a promo shoot for a man who goes by the name of Seth Philpott. He’s one of the hottest up and coming artists in Nashville. He’s finishing up his new record and it is freeeaakkkiiinnggg awesome!! As another bonus we had the one and only Natalie Jagers styling this shoot…she’s pretty much the bestest stylist in the biz! The best way to view this post is to first visit Seth’s Myspace page by clicking here, and then listen to his tunes while you look at the photos. Do it. Now. I’ll give you a minute to click on his page and then get back here to see the photos …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. …………. Ok…good job, here we go:

Jeff Johnson Band

Shaun Menary — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:42:31 +0000

The Jeff Johnson Band totally rocks. They are based in Dallas, but every Tuesday they lead worship for a huge bible study, Break Away Ministries, in College Station, TX for 2000+ college kids. A few weeks ago I went with them on their trip. Driving from Dallas to College Station is like going through a time warp. You drive out of the modern, fast paced DFW Metroplex and pass through towns that are no bigger than my street block, all of which look like they are straight out of 1953. We stopped in Calvert, TX along the way to do a promo shoot for the band and I also photographed the live performance that evening.

Side note for photographers: I got to test out the new Canon 5D Mark II on this shoot, and it was sweeet! 21mp does NOT disappoint. The clarity of the shots through my 24-70mm L series was impeccable. The low light use was also nothing short of outstanding. I shot the majority of the live performance at ISO4000 and could have easily bumped it to ISO6400 and still had relatively no noise. Pretty awesome, I highly recommend it.
[Jeff said I could show all the images I wanted, so I'm posting all my favs]

Karla Chisholm :: Baltimore, MD

Shaun Menary — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:28:31 +0000

I have the privilege of having a dear friend who just so happens to possess one of the most amazing singing voices that God has ever graced this earth with. Karla is about to record her first solo record with all original songs and I’m very excited to see where it takes her, I know it will be far. She currently resides in Baltimore, MD so she flew my butt out there for a weekend and we had a lovely time of catching up on each other’s lives, seeing great music in Baltimore, hanging with her entourage, and making great photos to help promote her record when it drops.

I’m normally going to try to limit these posts to only 10 images, but since this is the first post..and we had so many locations and set ups…I’m just gonna go for broke. Here we go: