FREE TULSA: JOHN MORELAND AND THE BLACK GOLD BAND

This is a little taste of John Moreland and the Black Gold Band. I played in this band for a few years and still love the music that they are churning out. The new Album "Things You Can't Control" sounds amazing and I wish them the best. They used Free Tulsa as their stage to release their album.

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Mike singing one of the songs he wrote. I thought with this photo I just caught a good moment and good lighting.

I like how Wayne and his microphone framed up Mike and John.

John Moreland and Mike Williams at Free Tulsa.

I thought this shot of my friend, stephen, was just kinda unique. He's sitting on his drum throne but, it looks as if he should be sitting in that chair instead.

Blackwatch

Jared and Nathan in Studio working their magic.

Catching Z's

We had to shoot an "office" portrait and I chose to do this. I just thought back to that Seinfeld episode where George built sleeping quarters under his desk. Its a really simple idea but, I think it works.

Community

On the right is the farmer that sits outside of OSUIT campus. I purchased a delicious $3 watermelon from him. This interaction between producer and consumer is something that is being lost and I love that in Okmulgee...this is more common than not.

John Moreland

This is my good friend John Moreland. I think he is quite possibly one of the best song writers I know. He talked about getting some photographs and we got together and made it happen. It took almost getting stuck in quicksand and getting pricked by goatheads all afternoon. But, I'm happy with the result! Enjoy! www.myspace.com/johnmoreland

Double Vision

A little series I did while at the Church Studios. I just shot through a window on every shot. The double exposure look really caught my eye. Enjoy.

Best of the best

I was at the Cain's shooting some video of Dwight Twilley and I couldn't help but take this still shot.

My old band played numerous shows with The Brandon Clark Band and I haven't seen Brandon since then really but, that doesn't mean he hasn't been around. He played 32 shows in 31 days last month. This man works his tail end off and won Best Red Dirt and Artist of the year. It was great seeing him but something didn't feel right when I was talking to him and I figured it out towards the end...he left his old Mets hat at the house. haha Congrats Brandon!

I didn't have time at all to change my settings when they won their award. Thats why the color is super intense but, Scales of Motion was voted the Absolute Best Indie Band in Tulsa. A little ol' fact that I have known for years. Congrats my friends!

DIY FILTRATION

Kelly gave us an assignment to make our own filters out of what ever we could find. In my car I found a Mountain Dew bottle and then I changed my white balance to an extreme number. But, this all was basically done in camera (except for the JESUS photo). I did a little photoshop to bump up the contrast and detail.

Duet: Jarod and Jacob

Jarod and Jacob were rehearsing a song before they laid down their track at the Church Studio. The track was used for promotion of the Free Tulsa Music Festival that just happened on the 30th and 31st.