Lee Koch Live at the Historic Ventura Theatre

I pretty much jump at the chance to hear certain musicians play, Lee Koch is on the those special artists. When I had met Lee in passing early in the week, I learned that he would be opening for Greg Alman that coming Friday. " I'll shoot, help me get in!"

One week later, a few smiles and shakes of hands and I am receiving my photo wristband and I'm in like Flynn. Here are a few selects from that night. Enjoy and get out to hear Lee Thursday nights at Watermark.

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Portrait of Lee Koch

Ventura's music scene is real rich right now and one of Ventura's hugest music scene supporters and awesome musician gave me the opportunity to photograph him for a personal project.



Lee Koch hosts a weekly music experience at Watermark on Main in Ventura, CA, where he invites some of his best musician colleagues and friends to play in an open casual club on the third floor of the restaurant. Although he is always inviting an eclectic menagerie of merry musician, Lee always has his harp with him and can put on an awesome show himself. For anyone who has the opportunity to see Lee and Friends, make it to W2O on the third floor of the Watermark on Main in Ventura every Thursday evening. Click Here to Read More..

Take a BIG First Bite

My photography has taken me in many directions over the years but has always been about the stuff I love. My latest project has been working with artificial light on location with both large and small strobes. This is a chance for me to photograph one of my favorite things, FOOD. I have worked a bit with food in the past but I am always up for a good challenge. I worked with a restaurant in Ventura, CA for my project. Shannon Rice at The Watermark on Main hooked me up with a few sexy plates and some space to shoot. One of the plates was a light summery and delicious salad. The second and more challenging plate was a rack of lamb. We shot a smaller plate and it turned out looking , mmmmmmm. I was stoked with the lighting but would like to fine tune some of the food styling elements and dial in some go to compositions and backgrounds. Look for more to come, we will take a glance back at a few images from earlier this year as well as creating skate, music, food and beverage images, with snowboarding images to come with the snow.





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