UPDATES!++----------------------------------------------++ Birmingham was hit with more tornadoes this morning. Trussville, Clay, Pinson, Tarrant and a few other places were hit hard. If you live in town and here of something to help, please volunteer your time. A lot of people in a lot of communities I love are now in needand this is the time to help. I went to Centerpoint, the part of Birmingham where I grew up, this morning and shot some photographs. CLICK HERE to view some of the shots, the one below is part of the series.
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3 new photograph prints for sale, all 3 of the above shots are available in my ETSY store. You can buy them individually at 8” x 12” each or get a set of all 3 at 6” x 4”. These are actual photo lab prints and not some weird home computer print. Head over to: http://ryanrussell.etsy.com to get the prices and to order!
Here's a couple new photographs:
MASTODON (full version - click)
EMPEROR X (full version - click)
TOUCHE AMORE (full version - click) ++----------------------------------------------++ Hello everyone! It's that time of year again for my charity photoshoots. I shoot a couple press photographs for your band in return you sponsor a child in Salvation Army's Angel Tree program and buy the selected gifts on the child's wish list. You get to have 100% rights of the photographs I shoot for you and in the process you are directly making a child's Christmas better. I AM IN NO WAY AFFLIATED WITH THE SALVATION ARMY. I just think this is a great way to give back to the community of Birmingham where I live instead of asking for random money donations. Below is all the info/guidelines etc you will need to know about this if you are interested in participating.
Please read everything below, then contact me if interested: ryan@ryanrussell.net. You must get in touch now if you want to do a shoot, space is limited and reservations will not be accepted after November 28th. The shoots begin starting today till December 8th. How to participate in the charity band photoshoots: 2. There are only so many spots available for me to do these shoots a week, due to the demand some bands will be turned away. It is a first come first serve situation so please get in touch today if you want to try and book a date. 3. On the day of the shoot we will meet up adopt a child online then go and shoot 1-2 locations. After photographs we'll gol to a department store to buy everything on the child's list and box it up to be shipped to the Salvation Army's collection center. I handle all the shipping for you. You will not need to spend any money to book the date, you will only be spending money when you buy the gifts day of the shoot. 4. Most of the child's wishlist will cost between $75-$150 depending on the child's wants/needs. Your band will purchase the appropriate amount of gifts the day we do the photographs. If for some reason this is not possible time wise for you we will make arragements before the shoots just let me know. 5. Your band will have 100% free rights to the photographs for album, press, merch, etc. No strings attached. 6. Above all you are directly helping a child in need for this Christmas and that's a wonderful thing. If you have any other questions feel free to email me and ask away! -
Check out my photographs from Manchester Orchestra's video shoot for "Simple Math"
++----------------------------------------------++ First, Thanks to Paul Finebaum for letting me watch and shoot photographs of him during his show back on September 19th. I had gone to the Alabama/N. Texas game two days before and it was a real pleasure to sit in and listen to all the calls for the program. I am a huge fan of the show and he couldn't have been nicer and more accommodating. Listen to Paul every weekday on WJOX 94.5 from 2pm - 6pm or online at http://www.finebaum.com. Check out the photos here: more photographs of Paul Finebaum.
Secondly, a few preview shots from the Blink-182/My Chemical Romance show in Atlanta on Sept 21st. I will post the full gallery of all my shots from the show on my next update.
My Chemical Romance
Blink-182
Thirdly, Death Cab for Cutie played in Birmingham at the Alabama Theatre on October 6th. Ben is a huge baseball fan and I wanted to take him over to Rickwood to have a look around. Nick and I always have some sort of massive foodbrodown when we're together so I had to take him over to the Taco Truck in West Homewood. There's a couple shots of all that plus soundcheck here: photographs of Death Cab for Cutie in Birmingham.
Nick at the West Homewood Taco Truck
New Found Glory in Atlanta at the Masquerade ++----------------------------------------------++ Hey guys! So it's been forever since I've written an actual news update. I guess I assumed everyone who checks the site follows me on twitter so there was no need, it is definitely not the case. I've shot a lot over 2010 - 2011 and been super busy starting up my NERVOUS ENERGIES music sessions videos and "record label". I put record label in quotations because it's more so me releasing cassettes and vinyl of bands I'm friends with or enjoy, just doing it for fun. I seem to always get distracted every few months when I start overhauling the site to switch it to a completely alphabetical based photo listing instead of chronological as it is now. There's just too many shoots and too many sessions to film and it's been neglected. I have hundreds of photographs I never posted over the entire mid 2009 to present span that will be posted once the new version of the site goes up so hopefully it'll be worth the wait. In the meantime #1 - I put up 3 TAKING BACK SUNDAY live prints for sale in my ETSY store. They've been up 10 hours and already sold half so there's a good chance if you're reading this past labor day they're already sold out. To order visit: http://ryanrussell.etsy.com.
#2 - Here's a bunch of new shots from the past 12 months. Couldn't post everything (it'll go up with the new site) but there's a lot of new ones to look at! Link: Photo update for Sept 2011
#3 - ...and finally. I rode with Death Cab for Cutie for 2 days in August at the Nashville/Atlanta shows. Here's some of the shots I took while with the band. Link: Ryan Russell w/ Death Cab for Cutie in Nashville/Atlanta Aug 2011
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