Fascinating - Julia's House (Live From Bad Racket)

Our latest "Live From Bad Racket" is out now! This is a special "Live From" because our old intern Brendan helped edit it! I love jamming this song so be sure to check it out!

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Read about the first single on TheFireNote.com, "Fascinating frontman Ricky Hamilton has an extensive list of personal bands that include blackbear + the surf bums, The Nico Missile, Pig Flayer, Shagg, and The Venus Flytraps plus he has toured with Warm Soda and Useless Eaters, as their drummer. If that wasn’t enough, Hamilton also runs Quality Time Records out of his hometown city Cleveland, Ohio. The exciting part is that all his releases have different sounds and the lower fi post punk of Fascinating is one that really stands out for The Fire Note".

Dustin Tyler - Cleveland Magazine Photos

I took some photos Dustin Tyler from Case Western Reserve University for Cleveland Magazine! He's working on a pretty amazing project at Case and you can read a great article about it below!  

A CWRU Researcher Creates the Sense of Touch

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Can't Swim - Right Choice (Live From Bad Racket)

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Check out our newest "Live From" Bad Racket! I shot and edited most of this video while Hunter tracked, mixed, and masted the audio. We took a slightly different approach to this video visually (b&w). I think it really worked for this video in particular. Let me know what you think below! Thanks again to Can't Swim! You can see thing at Riot Fest this Sunday!

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Past Favorites

Michael Symon's Mabel's in Downtown Cleveland

I was lucky enough, through Cleveland Magazine, to head into Michael Symon’s new restaurant Mabel’s and take some photos! It was a really exciting experience to get to photograph someone who is extremely talented and successful at their craft. Hopefully, I can continue to take these type of portraits because this style of portraiture is always interesting and challenging. 

Capturing a portrait of someone doing what they love in cramped and stressful environment is thrilling to me. Michael and the Mabel’s staff was extremely accommodating and supportive of me and I cannot thank them enough for their hospitality.

Every time I’ve been by there or been into the restaurant its been packed. I’ve seen a lot of people on my social media feed saying they have enjoyed their experiences as well. So it is definitely one of the hottest restaurants in Cleveland right now.

The food I was lucky enough to try was amazing! I've gotten to eat there muliple times now and have been overwhelmed with the quality of my meals.

Not to mention the food I was lucky enough to try was amazing. I’ve gotten to eat there twice now and have been overwhelmed with how great the food is. I can’t even really explain it you’ll just have to go try it for yourself! 

Tiny Moving Parts at Mahall's (05/26/16)

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Tiny Moving Parts  killed it at Mahall’s the other night. It’s great to see them getting more and more success as a band. The first time I saw them was in 2013 when they were on tour with The Front Bottoms. The show was in Indianapolis at the Hooiser Dome and if you’re familiar with the venue its a pretty small place. So seeing The Front Bottoms a few months ago sell out the Agora, a 3,000 cap room and having Tiny Moving Parts fill up the upstairs at Mahall’s with more people than could fit in the Hoosier Dome is pretty awesome to see. They are both great bands and deserve all the success. It was great to get to snap some photos and sing along to some of my favorite songs. Life is good. 

Cavs Parade

The Cavs parade was a once in a lifetime experience. I am thinking about potentially selling some prints from that day. Please email me if you're interested.

RNC Recap

Proud of this city and proud of all those who participated in #TheLongestWalkRNC and all others who shared their opinions for the world to see. In America we can have a conversation and we shouldn’t be afraid of being shot or killed for our beliefs. Yes, the police presents was overwhelming and scary. Yes, seeing people who weren’t police with guns was intense and unsettling after all this country has been through, but our voices were still heard tonight and this week. Whatever your opinion, let’s try to see the best in the world as well as criticize what is broken. Do not forget to hold on to those best moments, because being broken means nothing without them. 

Also check out some photos I took for The Longest Walk made it on Hyperallergic! Super cool! Read all about it below!

Art and Body Politics at the Republican National Convention