JJB’s Ramblings

Props goin out to Roo for gettin this blogulation off the ground.  If you are liking what you see, then thanks.  If you don’t, then you can blame him for allowing me to put it up.  Actually, he is the brains behind all the JJBates.com changes and without him my site would probably be a photo of a monkey with a phone that would have been upload by accident.  So thanks Dude, you keep the site rockin.

So in addition to the coolness of part 1, I received another email regarding another music photo that I took.  This one was a shot that I took last year of Martin Rybak at the battle of the bands and burrito eating competition at The Paradise on Comm Ave.  He emailed me to tell me “…I’m about to be profiled in a local Polish weekly magazine, and they want to put your “Bono” picture of me on the cover…”

How cool is that!?  Two in one day.  Next thing I know, this guy will be emailing me asking if it’s ok to use the photo I took of him for Octogenarians Monthly.

So check this.  I went to see Bang Camaro this past Sunday with eRock and M&K.  It was a killer show outside and there was decent weather.  I had the ol’ D70s with me and the Stalker lens attached so I blissfully shot the show while rocking out.  \m/

Anyway, after the show I worked on a bunch of the shots and sent them to the Camaro.  They used one in a myspace bulletin. neat. no big feat, but still kinda cool but I move on.  Then I get this email yesterday….

Hi there,

Playgirl Magazine is ….

Playgirl? what the hell?  i read on….

…hosting a Bang Camaro after-party next weekend in Brooklyn, following their Luna Lounge show May 18. We were searching the Web for images, and came across this picture on your site (see attached). I wanted to see if it was alright with you if we used this image on the after-party invite. You, of course, could have the invite for your portfolio or any other promotional purposes.

 …wait…Playgirl?

ha. of course I gave them the rights.  Now that’s pretty frickin cool.

Hello Everyone!  get ready for some ramblings

As if I didn’t have enough of a daily chore with the Photo of the Day project, I thought i would play around with this option to keep people informed. well, at least entertained while they procrastinate at work.