Clutch @ 2018 Roskilde Festival
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Clutch is one of the more recent bands that have been added to the 2019 Copenhell lineup. But that’s not where my history with Clutch begins. Earlier this year they played at Roskilde Festival on one of the more enjoyable and memorable evenings of my existence (in part because of the company I was with, Dark Tranquillity being one of my favorite bands, and being blown away by seeing NIN for the first time). But that’s not where the story begins either…
Way back in 2008 we were headed to Copenhagen for me to teach at Copenhagen Business School for the first time. (2019 will be my sixth time in twelve years.) Copenhell didn’t exist yet, and I had never heard of the Roskilde Festival so I didn’t go (which is sad because many great bands played that year including Neil Young, Judas Priest, Radiohead, At The Gates, Slayer, Dengue Fever, and Black Mountain). Anyway, as we were queued up in an airport line in the USA to check our bags to Copenhagen it was obvious that we were in line right behind a band as they had all of their gear, etc. I asked them who they were, and they told me they were Clutch. I had never heard of them before. They were going to play at that same 2008 Roskilde Festival. Seeing them live, for the first time, 10 years later at the very same festival was serendipity or ironic or something.
December 12th, 2018 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR, clutch, concert photography, copenhell, Nikon D750, roskilde festival | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Circle of Life … or something
December 11th, 2018 | Tags: buildings, Nikon D500, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm F2.8 PRO DX, Wallenstein Palace | Category: Prague | Comments Off on Wallenstein Garden
Nekrokraft @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival
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December 10th, 2018 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, metal, nekrokraft, Nikon D750 | Category: Other | Comments Off on Metal Monday
Elisabeth Bridge over the Danube River from the Chain Bridge
#Budapest #Hungary #ElisabethBridge #Danube
December 9th, 2018 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR, bridge, night photography, Nikon D750 | Category: Budapest | Comments Off on Hot night in Budapest
Yosemite Falls beyond the Merced River (March 2013)
#yosemite #waterfall #yosemitefalls #mercedriver #camping
Back in 1994 we spent a few nights camping in Yosemite with friends. The catch was that to get the camping sites we agreed to do some service in the park. Our project was to plant saplings along the Merced River in this spot to prevent erosion of the banks of the river. The trees were just a few feet tall, at most, when we planted them.
Fast forward nearly 20 years to our next visit to Yosemite and we got to see that our saplings had grown into these 20-30 feet high trees.
December 7th, 2018 | Tags: landscape, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D600, waterfalls, yosemite national park | Category: Other | Comments Off on Trees along the Merced River
