The Zoetic Tour Part Two May 2016

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This was the second half of the Zoetic Tour. It felt crazy because it was only around two weeks long. The crazy part is that it was the shortest tour I've ever been on and so when we left, we were already almost home. It was a great end to the tour starting in Las Vegas and ending with an amazing last show in San Francisco.

Kyle's Family | NM

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The Zoetic Tour Portraits

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Photo by Tara Avary

Managed to take portraits of everyone on The Zoetic Tour. I shot them the same way I shot the portraits on the previous tour, you can see those here. There was only two bands on this tour, The Rocket Summer and Farro, but I still managed to get quite a few portraits. I'm really happy with how these ones came out and it reminds me of how awesome all of these dudes were. 

J | Farro

Josh Farro | Farro

Quinn | Farro

Randle | Farro

Tyler | Farro

Aaron | Farro

Tyler | The Rocket Summer Crew

Kyle | The Rocket Summer

Teddy | The Rocket Summer

Pat | The Rocket Summer Crew

Tara | The Rocket Summer Crew

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The Zoetic Tour Part One Mar-Apr 2016

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The first half of The Zoetic Tour was the first time touring with a new band and it was a great experience. Doing photo and video on this entire tour was so incredibly hectic but I learned a lot. Bryce and the entire crew are all great people and some of my favorite times were in the RV while on some all day drives. Farro Was on this half of the tour so there are some photos of them in here as well. I'll post the tour portrait and the part two blog soon after this one. 

Rehearsal Day

Marfa, TX

Buzzfeed

Paste Magazine

Thanksgiving in New Jersey

Toronto

Niagara Falls

Chicago

Farro in Des Moines, IA

Pat at The Mall of America

Stormy Drive 

The Crew

Farro

The Rocket Summer & Farro

Quinn Selfie

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Let The Kids Riot Tour Oct-Dec 2015

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Halloween | Texas

The Let The Kids Riot Tour was so much fun to be on. With a lot more experience on the road after Warped, this was so much easier. We also all made a lot of friends and had some great times. After the tour ended in NJ, we played shows on the way home. Thanksgiving in PA, seeing Star Wars opening night in NM, and ending with a sold out home show, it was a great tour.

The Mosers

Vanessa & Ashley | My Merch Friends

Soundcheck in Kentucky

Steve | Young Rising Sons

The Mosers | Young Rising Sons | Night Riots

Matt | Baltimore

Travis | Baltimore

The Mosers | Vermont

Travis & Mikel | Baltimore

Selfie 

Let The Kids Riot Tour | Rick's Birthday

The Boys & I

Young Rising Sons | Brooklyn

The Mosers | Brooklyn

Zack | Front Of House

The Mosers | Hometown Show

Let The Kids Riot Tour | Last Show

Thanksgiving Dinner Aftermath

Night Riots Thanksgiving

Backstage | Missouri 

Frank Turner | Misouri 

Tim Convy 

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Let The Kids Riot Tour Portraits

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I decided to take some portraits of everyone on the tour at the last show. For as DIY as they are, they didn't come out half bad. All I used was a Canon 430ex II, Canon 5d mark III, and 24-70mm f2.8. That isn't a bad set up but It definitely isn't as cool as what some other photographers do for tour portraits. The goal is always to improve but for now, these are the tools I had. So I just set everyone up right next to the Young Rising Sons bus, which had some white on it, pointed my flash at the bus at an angle until I found one I liked. I got a portrait of every single person on the tour, including the beloved crew, but somehow I missed Matt from Night Riots. Oops, sorry dude <3.

Mike | The Mosers

Dave | The Mosers

Matt | The Mosers

Ricky | The Mosers

Rob | Guitar Tech

Zack | Front of House

Vanessa | Merch for Young Rising Sons

Ashley | Merch for The Mosers

Dylan | Tour Manager

Julian | Young Rising Sons

Andy | Young Rising Sons

Dylan | Young Rising Sons

Steve | Young Rising Sons

Rico | Night Riots

Mikel | Night Riots

Travis | Night RIots

Nick | Night Riots

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Warped Film Photos 2015

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I took a film camera on warped with two or three rolls of Kodak Portra 400. I loved how the colors came out and I've been really excited to post these for a while now. As I was saying in my previous blog, I made friends with a bunch of merch people. These people were all rad and really made the experience dope. Also, it has been almost a year so I'm sorry if I forgot anyones name. 

Mike | Merch for Hundredth

Merch for Senses Fail

Trey The Ruler

Bear & Asia | Vans DIY Chop Shop

Jeffrey & Avery | Merch for Modsun

Jake & Ansley | Jule Vera

Michael & Danielle | STAPAW

Wisconsin

New Beat Fund

Rico of Night Riots | Jake & Mat of Citizen

Laundry Day with Night Riots

Whitney | Merch for Beautiful Bodies

My Special Merch Book

Frankie | Merch for Metro Station

Ellie | Merch for Matchbook Romance & Jac Vanek

Gino | Merch & Tour Manager for Juliet Simms

Jak | Merch for As It Is

Josh | Merch for Citizen

Josh & Ryland | Citizen

Chuck & Citizen

Matt | Tour Manager for Citizen

Whitney, Jade & Lynn

Moose Blood

Carlos | Merch for Beartooth

Ralph | Being As An Ocean

Anthony | Merch for Being As An Ocean

Michael | Being As An Ocean

Joel | Being As An Ocean

Josh & Michael | '68

Trip

Ryan | Tour Manager for Metro Station

Vuhnastyy | Merch for This Wild Life

Sammy | Photographer

Jamie | Merch for Transit

Kurt Cuffy | Photographer

Carl | Merch for I Killed The Prom Queen

Joel | Hands Like Houses

Nesha & Alex | Hands Like Houses

Jesus | Pure Noise tent & Photographer

Dieter | Photographer

Matt | Driver on Warped

Jennings | Merch for Handguns

Sam | Sumerian Tent

Jasmine

Kristin | Merch for Bebe Rexha

Travis | Merch for Riff Raff

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Warped Tour 2015

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Warped was an absolutely indescribable experience, but I'll try. It was interesting because I went with the mindset of a photographer but I was doing merch for the Night Riots guys so I met a lot of cool photographers but also a ton of cool merch people.  You seem mostly the same people every day because you try to set up near your bands stage. Since you are all in this crazy situation with everyone, you make friends pretty fast. I have a lot of Night Riots photos from Warped, but also other bands I got to see.

'68 | Warped Tour

August Burns Red | Warped Tour

The Amity Affliction | Warped Tour

Being As An Ocean | Warped Tour

Baby Baby | Warped Tour

Bebe Rexha | Warped Tour

Born Cages | Warped Tour

Citizen | Warped Tour

Diamond & Klue | Warped Tour

Hundredth | Warped Tour

Jule Vera | Warped Tour

Metro Station | Warped Tour

New Beat Fund | Warped Tour

Night Riots | Warped Tour

Fit For A King | Warped Tour

Kurt Cuffy | Warped Tour

Moose Blood | Warped Tour

Trey The Ruler | Warped Tour

Pvris | Warped Tour

Riff Raff | Warped Tour

This Wild Life | Warped Tour

Waka Flocka | Warped Tour

Drum Clinic | Warped Tour

Warped Tour Training

Warped Tour Prom | Colorado

Whitney & Mike | Post Roller Coast Ride

Bus 79

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Night Riots Tour Feb-Mar 2015

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This was the first tour I ever went on. I didn't realize how hard of a tour it was until I went on a few more tours. It was an amazing first experience though and I got to go across the country including going to SXSW. I also go to take some photos of some friends at South by So What! 

Capsize | South by So What

Chon | South by So What

Hotel Books | South by So What

Pianos Become The Teeth

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