I had such a blast photographing Johnnyswim’s Christmas show at The Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville that I decided to do a photo story post over at Exposure.co to share my experience! Here are a few shots to entice you to check it out: Johnnyswim on December 19, 2017 at The Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TNJohnnyswim on December 19, 2017 at The Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TNJohnnyswim on December 19, 2017 at The Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TNJohnnyswim on December 19, 2017 at The Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TNJohnnyswim on Dec ..read more

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Matthias Hombauer for his How To Become A Rockstar Photographer podcast. The episode just released today, and I think we covered some great topics. We talked about how I got into photography, what I’ve learned along the way, what it was like working with Joe McNally and Scott Kelby, the transition into becoming a freelance photographer, what I’m up to in Nashville these days, and much more! You can listen/download via the graphic above, through Apple Podcasts, or the YouTube video below ..read more

Tony Esposito of White Reaper performs at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN, USA on June 11, 2017. My final day at Bonnaroo began back at What Stage once again with White Reaper. White Reaper perform at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN, USA on June 11, 2017. Their backdrop was up in support of their new album, The World’s Best American Band. Ryan Hater (aka MVP) of White Reaper performs at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN, USA on June 11, 2017. Ryan Hater, aka MVP, was the most fun to shoot as he was the most energetic of the grou ..read more

Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms performs at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN, USA on June 10, 2017. Day 3 of Bonnaroo began for me around 1:00pm when I arrived on site with the rest of the team. My first shoot of the day was back at What Stage with The Front Bottoms. I arrived early to scope things out, thankfully, because the thrust that was there the day before was gone. This meant that the entire stage front was free reign for photographers rather than some of them being relegated to one side of the thrust. The Front Bottoms perform at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival ..read more

Angelique Kidjo is interviewed by Sal Masekela at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN, USA on June 9, 2017.Angelique Kidjo is interviewed by Sal Masekela at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN, USA on June 9, 2017. We arrived on site for day two of Bonnaroo around 1:00pm, and I started by shooting an interview with singer/songwriter and activist Angelique Kidjo and Red Bull’s Sal Masekela. When photographing interviews like this, my goal is to capture shots that show both the production involved in case the client has a need for it, as well as just photos ..read more

Spectators enjoy Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN, USA on June 8, 2017. We began our first day the same way we wound up beginning all but the last day, with a team breakfast at Cracker Barrel (we went to Waffle House on the last day). These breakfasts gave us a chance to just hang in a relaxed environment and talk with one another, whether it was about life, photography in general, or specific things about the festival. Plus we were able to load up with fuel to face the rest of the long day ahead of us. After breakfast each day, we had a little time to gather ourselves and ..read more

Before heading to Bonnaroo, I wanted to make sure I had a good workflow in place that adhered to both Red Bull’s needs as well as my own. Here’s what I came up with… CAMERA SETUP First, I made sure the dates and times were synced up exactly between the two camera bodies. This is vital when you’re shooting an event with more than one camera body, as well as when you’re shooting with other photographers. If things aren’t synced up correctly, it can cause your editor and others huge headaches trying to keep everything straight and in order. After that, I got all my settings dialed into one body ..read more

Photo by Jordan Dunn Back in April, I checked my email one day and found an email from a photo editor at Red Bull… “Hey Brad, We’re filling up our photographer roster for Bonnaroo and are hoping that you are free and would be down to work with us on it. If you are interested and able to do it, let us know, and we can give you more details.” Um, YES I AM FREE AND INTERESTED AND ABLE PLEASE GIVE ME ALL THE DETAILS THANK YOU!!! Well, that wasn’t my exact reply, but it may as well have been. We exchanged a few more emails to go over logistics and whatnot over the next few months leading up to the ..read more