A Place to Bury Strangers, originally uploaded by good_on_paper.

The May 2008 issue of SXSWorld is out and they published one of my photos.



Check out the online version here (page 36).

MGMT, originally uploaded by good_on_paper.

These are so two weeks ago...

I had an amazing time volunteering as a photographer for SXSW. Having a camera with me revived my interest in shows and I can't wait to do it again next year.

The whole SXSW music set is up on Flickr here.

Alex, originally uploaded by good_on_paper.

For the last three years of SXSW, I've volunteered on the Press & Publicity crew. Though it required taking a week off of work and 40+ hours of the phrase, "May I see your badge? Oh, sorry, this room is for Press only," being rewarded with an almost-all-access pass to any music show we wanted was worth it. While volunteering last year, we oogled Paul Rudd, Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Chris Kattan, and Tom from MySpace (Yes, he is real).

I couldn't afford to take off so much work this year, so I chose to leave my friends in the P&P crew. However, Amiee alerted me to an opening in the volunteer Photography Crew and I was so there.

I borrowed my friend's digital camera and have been practicing shooting with flash in different lighting situations. Dustin's band had a show on Thursday, so I brought it with me for a trial run.

I won't have as much creative control with the pictures I take for SXSW, but I do like these images and I can't wait to get my band list (hopefully tonight!)