Uli Jon Roth @ 2016 Metal Magic Festival
…I boarded a train for the other side of Denmark, to a place I’d never been before, to see/hear this man. “Taken By Force” was (and still is) one of my favorite albums of all time. That day/night was transformative for me. Not just because I finally got to see Uli live, but because I was introduced to the wonders of the Metal Magic Festival. I’ve been back five times since, and would go every year, regardless of who is on the bill, were it not for the distance.
Thank you Uli and Metal Magic for all of the memories.
P.S. Uli is playing at the 2026 Metal Magic Festival tomorrow night!
July 9th, 2026 | Tags: concert photography, metal, metal magic festival, Nikon D500, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm F2.8 PRO DX, uli jon roth | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on 10 years ago today…
Book of woodblock prints from 1834. “Fuji at Sea” (Kaijô no Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai, part of his famous series, “One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji” (Fugaku Hyakkei)
July 9th, 2026 | Tags: hokusai, mt. fuji, museums, Tokyo, ukiyo-e | Category: Japan | Comments Off on The Ukiyo-e Collection of the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Little O’Malley and O’Malley Peaks from near Flattop Peak (foreground on far right of this image) Alaska – August 2023
The Chugach Mountains cover a huge territory, of which you can see only a small part of in today’s photo. The mountains around Cordova, Girdwood, and Seward are all part of the Chugach Mountain Range.
July 8th, 2026 | Tags: Anchorage, hiking, landscape, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, photomerge | Category: Alaska | Comments Off on Chugach State Park
Berlin, Germany – July 2017
And what it looked like in the 1980s…
July 7th, 2026 | Tags: berlin, buildings, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750 | Category: Germany | Comments Off on Potsdamer Platz
Diablo Swing Orchestra’s Martin Isaksson @ 2019 Brutal Assault
Brutal Assault crowd reflection in Ray-Bans
July 6th, 2026 | Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, brutal assault festival, concert photography, crowd, Diablo Swing Orchestra, metal, Nikon D500 | Category: czech republic | Comments Off on A different spin on Metal Monday
Búðakirkja (Iceland – June 2019)
July 5th, 2026 | Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, buildings, Nikon D500, Snæfellsnes | Category: Iceland | Comments Off on Black-and-white thinking