Chicago Polar Vortex 2019

February 1, 2019 | Category: Photography

Chicago Polar Vortex 2019: Record cold grips the Midwest as Chicago River turns to ice.

Postcards from Chiberia 2019

January 28, 2019 | Category: Photography

Welcome to Chiberia 2019. The temperature has plummeted to -55º wind chill.

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2018 Year in Review • Photo Recap

December 29, 2018 | Category: Photography

My 2018 Year in Photo Review

The travel, the concerts, the friends, the parties, the experiences….
Looking back at my entire year in one post is hard to capture, but here are some of my favorite moments in my 2018 Year in Review.

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Can’t wait to see what 2019 holds…..stay tuned.

Blizzard 2018

November 26, 2018 | Category: Photography

Aragon Ballroom • Chicago

November 8, 2018 | Category: Photography

Built in 1926

Aragon Ballroom is a concert venue located at West Lawrence Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, approximately 5 miles north of downtown, in the Uptown neighborhood. According to legend, the secret tunnels under the nearby Green Mill bar, a Prohibition-era hangout of Al Capone, lead to the Aragon’s basement.

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Epic Birthday Tailgate 2018

October 22, 2018 | Category: Photography

Soldier Field Mayhem

Epic Birthday Tailgate in the South Lot.

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Usana Amphitheatre • Salt Lake City, Utah

August 17, 2018 | Category: Concerts, Photography

20,000+ Chris Stapleton fans in Utah

Just a couple of my favorite flicks, from my photoshoot at Chris Stapleton’s Usana Amphitheatre performance on August 11, 2018, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Over 20,00 fans attended the largest ever concert at this venue for Live Nation.
Shot on DJI Mavic Pro & Sony A7RIII

Coastal Credit Union Music Park • Raleigh, North Carolina

July 22, 2018 | Category: Concerts, Photography

More to come…

Fabio Viviani at Northerly Island • Live Nation

June 3, 2018 | Category: Photography

Live Nation VIP Chef • Fabio Viviani

Great night shooting Fabio Viviani at Northerly Island for Live Nation with a crowd of over 9000 concert fans.

Crazy Storm

May 30, 2018 | Category: Photography

Like a Monsoon out of nowhere…

Bloomfield Club II • Bloomingdale

May 24, 2018 | Category: Photography

DJI Mavic Pro

Gettin’ up some practice shots at sunrise…

Winter 2018

February 11, 2018 | Category: Photography

#Chiberia

The snowfall of Bloomingdale, IL

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Jack Daniels No. 27 Gold

February 3, 2018 | Category: Photography

No.27 Gold

Jack Daniel’s No. 27 Gold is crafted to the same uncompromising standards as Old No. 7, but then twice charcoal mellowed to be luxuriously smooth and extra matured in golden-hued maple barrels for a rich, warm finish. This refined expression of our original Tennessee Whiskey is only available in select markets around the world.

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1738 Accord Royal • Sneakerbox Edition

January 6, 2018 | Category: Photography

1738 Accord Royal

Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal celebrates a milestone in our history. In 1738, only 14 years after Rémy Martin started producing cognacs, King Louis XV of France, impressed by the quality of his cognac granted him exclusive permission to plant new vineyards through an accord royal, a royal permission. This rare royal license was given to reward the excellence of Mr. Rémy Martin’s craftsmanship—a true connoisseur’s call. In 1997, Cellar Master Georges Clot decided to create a new cognac honoring the early craftsmanship spirit of the house and to name it after this royal gesture as a tribute. 1738 Accord Royal was born.

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Greatest Ever

November 3, 2017 | Category: Photography

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The Michael Jordan Statue was unveiled as part of a Nov. 1, 1994 ceremony at which Jordan’s famous No. 23 was retired. The statue itself measures 12 feet tall (17 feet from top to bottom) and weighs 2,000 pounds. The statue was cast in bronze using the “lost wax” method at Art Casting of Illinois, a foundry in Oregon, Illinois. Working in secrecy, and putting in 16-hour days, seven days a week for four months, the Amrany’s finished work depicts Jordan soaring over an abstract entanglement of opponents, preparing to unleash one of his signature dunks. The airborne Jordan is attached to the base at just one point—the knee.

“At that moment I knew, surely and clearly, that I was witnessing perfection. He stood before us, suspended above the earth, free from all its laws like a work of art, and I knew, just as surely and clearly, that life is not a work of art, and that the moment could not last.”

— “A River Runs Through It”

The above quote is displayed at the foot of the Jordan statue. It was added following Jordan’s second retirement in 1998, along with his long list of basketball accomplishments, achievements, honors and records.

Epic Chicago Bears Birthday Tailgate

October 23, 2017 | Category: Photography, Sports

“We Own the South Lot for Tailgating”

To say this year’s celebration was a success is an understatement, it was simply an epic party! Thank you to EVERYONE that came out to celebrate, and can’t wait til next year!

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Legendary Birthday Celebration at MJ’s

October 15, 2017 | Category: Photography

Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse Oakbrook, IL

My friends and I celebrated my birthday at MJ’s last night and it couldn’t have been a more legendary experience! We started with the Famous Garlic Bread Fondue and Nueske’s Double Smoked Bacon which we loved! The cocktails were on point – and the MJ favorite Clase Azul shots were amazing! What’s a celebration without dessert, so we indulged in the legendary 23 layer chocolate cake and the Peanut Butter Pie to share among us. The whole staff including the bartender who was rocking Air Jordan XI’s went out of their way to make our experience grand. The service was more than attentive, it was impeccable. Can’t wait to go back!

End of Concert Season Boat Party 2017

September 21, 2017 | Category: Photography

Spent Wednesday afternoon cruising Lake Michigan for our 2017 Live Nation “End of Season” Outing.
The 2017 concert season was unreal, to check out photos from them, CLICK HERE