Scott Stewart Photography

2010-11-02T01:03:00.011-04:00

Here are a few pix from my Automatic Loveletter shoot. Juliet is an absolute sweetheart, even though she made me wait 4eva' while getting hair n' makeup done!

sidenote: She also gets bonus cool points for rocking the kick ass Pink Floyd shirt!

I'll post up more images from the shoot once the features been published.

I've been playing the new Foreign Exchange, "Anxiety" constantly since picking it up, great follow up to "Leave it All Beyond"

Also listening to Phantogram "Eyelid Movies". Down "Diary of a Mad Band" 2 cd full concert, live from Europe, and bonus DVD packed with 130 minutes of footage! The Cramps, "Bad Music for Bad People" and Automatic Lovetter ,"Truth or Dare" great band.

Shooting Michael Franti and Spearhead next Monday on my Birthday, god I'm old. I still really dig the debut album from Spearhead "Home". Before SH, Franti had a project called Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy, classic 90's hip-hop. I remember wearing out my cassette, playing "Television, the Drug of the Nation" over n' over...

Thinking about shooting John Legend that same week, his new album with The Legendary Roots crue "Wake Up" is bananas, 60's soul covers, and it's available on vinyl, tis' a beautiful thing...

2010-10-17T02:03:00.008-04:00

It feels like it's been ages since I've updated the blog...

Let me get this out of the way from jump. It astounds me how inept the Bad Brains management is. Anthony is a nice enough cat (a little on the odd side) the last few times I've tried to sort something out with them it never comes to fruition, which is not a good look for me, because I then have to go back to the publication that's hired me to cover the band and tell them I got nothing. I've given up on those cats, will always love the music though...

Did a shoot with Tommy Brunett last weekend, he's a great dude. Tommy knows his way around a fret board, the new album is killing. "The Drink'n Song" is a personal fave, been giving that tune daily rotation on the turntable, I really dig that he put it out on vinyl. My plan for the shoot was a nice white backdrop, clean, with a few of his favorite guitars, maybe incorporate an amp in the shoot for a vibe...he showed up with his sons Radio Flyer, which made an awesome prop, and an acoustic with a rope for a guitar strap...good times! - Photos below...

I'm doing a shoot with Automatic Loveletter this weekend, should be a lot of fun!

I'm also working on a photo book, very excited about this, it's been a long time in the coming...more on that later...

2010-09-13T21:34:00.010-04:00

The Raleigh News & Observer did an interview with Chuck D a lil bit ago, used one of my pix. The feature isn't as tight as the one done by me and jaythreeoh for OKP, but an a'ight read all the same...Dig it

Below, I posted some live pics of 7Dust. I was looking through my older stock images and I've shot them almost 40 times since 1996, the most out of any band or artist.

Social Distortion has an amazing sound and stage presence...Mike is the ring leader of course...they sounded great...

Chali 2 Na for Okayplayer, I'll hit you with a link once it's been published.

Shooting Matt & Kim tomorrow night and Janelle Monae sunday, love that chick...

2010-08-24T23:36:00.012-04:00

Here's a link to the Chuck D (Public Enemy) feature on Okayplayer. Words by my homie jaythreeoh and a few pix by yours truly.

The most iconic jazz photographer of all time, Herman Leonard passed away on 8/14/10. His body of work is absolutely mind blowing. He was the one photographer who had the most profound effect on me and inspired me to pick up a camera. I had a chance to meet him a number of years ago and he was truly one of the sweetest, most humble guys...R.I.P

I've got a lot of editing to do in the next few weeks, been a busy summer.

Below are some images I shot with my EOS I, an 85mm and a few rolls of illford film. I still love to shoot with it...I have to re-think everything when using it, lots of fun.

Chuck D a few weeks ago, Christian McBride a few years ago...2005'ish - WUV from P.O.D late 99-2000'ish it was the 2nd Sno-Core tour with Primus on the bill - The Knux a few years ago @ RIT, 2007'ish - The Bellrays, 2006 and Raul Midon, 2005'ish.

2010-08-13T09:58:00.030-04:00

Me and my homie Jaythreeoh (slowflowshow) caught up with Chuck D this week. Jay chatted him up and I did my thing, snaps below. I'll post a link when the feature has been published.

Live, Public Enemy was killing. All the original cats, with the exception of Terminator X who retired from music in the 90's. My only issue, why the live band? You're not The Roots. If you're going to bring a live band, be sure they can wreck it. It looked and sounded like they just pulled these dudes off the wedding circuit. Tragic...The DJ was doing his job and well, no need.

Below are some live pix of Dream Theater. I've seen them a dozen times since the late 80's, but never shot them. Musically they're astounding, that's glaringly obvious. The thing is James Labrie (vocalist) has always annoyed me. Observation, give him the pink slip and do strictly instrumentals, that's the move.

Had a chance to shoot Sean Jones a few months back, he's a tremendous trumpet player. His new album "The Search Within" is stellar.

Dig, "Eyes Set to Kill" from the Warped Tour. At some point I'd love to shoot this band in a studio, that would be a blast...

2010-07-22T23:13:00.011-04:00

My new site design was sent live today, I dig it. I've got a few minor modifications I want to make, starting with the light blue logo.

Here's a link to my Christian Scott feature click me you can also see more photos from our shoot below...also added a portfolio to my site here.

Watched the movie 2012 tonight with John Cusack (I'm a big Cusack fan) and Amanda Peet (she's hot) the movie was rubbish...I want my 2 plus hours back...

Shot Ringo Starr yesterday, for the love of god, that dude bores me to tears.

Covered the Vans Warped Tour last week. The Dillinger Escape Plan and The Exposed were standouts. I also dug this new band Kelsey and the Chaos, photos of them below, check out the bumper sticker on the bus, top left corner on the glass, it's priceless. They were such a blast to shoot, smiles and smoochs the whole time. They write hella catchy pop punk (note: the good shit) check em' out if you're not hip to them. Bummed I missed Face to Face, I'm glad they re-formed, hopefully we'll get a new album and tour out of em'. Ran into Angelo Moore (Fishbone) on my way out, chatted a bit. It was good to see him, missed his set that day also, (wtf!)

On deck, The Flaming Lips, The Black Keys, Anthony Hamilton, Flyleaf, Social Distortion, Public Enemy (so stoked for this!) Willie Nelson, Kiss, and Devildriver...I know I'm missing some...August is crazy...

2010-06-26T00:40:00.016-04:00

I'm doing a new column for Skope magazine called "Sound and Fury", having a blast with that...lots of great stuff coming up...

I might re-design the site, not sure yet...

Caught up with Christian Scott last weekend (one of the illest trumpeters on the globe) I haven't seen him in a few years.

He looked great, very fit. Scott's always rocking the fresh gear, like my man just walked off a runway in Paris, cool as a fan.

He killed it with Marcus Miller, they were out doing a string of dates, revisiting TUTU (Miles Davis)...

Below are some photos from our shoot...

2010-06-01T23:00:00.027-04:00

Here's a link to the Blue October feature for Skope Magazine, photos by yours truly...

I did a quick shoot with Silverstein a couple weeks ago, great band. Nice guys...

As promised here are some live shots from the past few months...Sick of it All, Snapcase, Earl Greyhound, House of Pain and Chrisette Michele. I still have a boat load of live and portrait photos to sort through.

Later this month I'm shooting Afro Punk in NYC, the lineup for the three day festival is stellar, J Davey, N.E.R.D & The Bad Brains to name a few, should be a blast...

Also look forward to catching Jeremy Pelt, Herbie Hancock and Russell Malone @ the Jazz Fest.

Christian Scott is revisiting the classic Miles Davis album "TUTU" with Marcus Miller, shooting them on the 19th in Niagara Falls, NY.

2010-05-06T11:47:00.031-04:00

I was chopping it up with Benji from Skindred, he said the band recently did a cover of the AC/DC classic "Back in Black". I'm stoked to hear it.

He wants to use one of my black & whites of the band, where he's rocking his Brian Johnson hat.

Playing with a few designs for the site.

I shot your new favorite band the other night, "The Movement".

Think early Sublime....

Lots of great melodies, hooks, the kinda' stuff that gets your ass shaking. It's feel good music, for the beach or in the car on a long drive with your squeeze.

They've got a vibe that could easily appeal to everyone from the hip-hop heads, to the indie kids, to the metal kids etc...

The live experience is where it's @ with "The Movement"

Super nice guys, I'll post a link to the feature when it's been published, the zine is also running a contest where you can win some cool signed swag from the band.

I've been listening to the new Sevendust and Deftones albums, they're in constant rotation in the iPod.

Also dig'n the newest Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings "I Learned the Hard Way".

Christian Scott's new album "Yesterday You Said Tomorrow" is amazing, he does a cover of Thom Yorke's "The Eraser" that's soooo on point, and Christian can kill a ballad, "Isadora" is absolutely stunning.

Shot Sick of it All, Snapcase and Walter Schreifels on Saturday...I posted a few Walter pics below. Quicksand was such an amazing band, I thought for sure he was going to play something from "Slip" or "Manic Compression", two of my favorite albums, ever. It would have been cool to hear some of those songs done acoustically.

Next update I'll post some live images from the past few months.

Dig my new "Tee-Shirt" design, all the Kool Kids are going to be wearing these. I'm going to have a template that enables me to change the paint color, and add any image you want from my stock portfolio, so in essence you can customize your own shirt, give it your flava'.

I did a shoot with my homie Shawn Berry last year, had a blast. He's got a new single out "You & Me", go cop it. I gotta say the photos look stellar (of course, I took them).

2010-04-28T12:49:00.021-04:00

I had a shoot with my homegirl Jaye Watts last weekend.

Jaye is the full package, the voice, the look, killing tunes, with hooks that get locked in your head for days.

Hella Sexy, and an absolute sweetheart!!

She's going to be HUGE!

2010-04-21T12:27:00.010-04:00

I just heard yesterday, after a year long battle with cancer, Keith Elam aka Guru 1/2 of the iconic hip-hop duo Gang Starr passed away. He was still such a young cat. I never had the opportunity to shoot Primo & Guru...."Hard to Earn" & "Moment of Truth" are classics, the Jazzamatazz series is killing as well...sad...

Enough with the Obits...

Did a quick shoot with Blue October earlier in the week, nice guys.

I really need to hire a part time assistant who's not a headcase, someone I can trust to do my photo editing, re-touch work, and do it well...they also need to fetch my Sky Vodka, Red Bulls on the hop.

Shooting Mastodon in a few, haven't seen them in a minute...

2010-03-25T00:17:00.035-04:00

R.I.P. Jim Marshall, one of the most gifted and brilliant photographers...ever...

My introduction to Marshalls work started with a few images of my heroes.

The first being John Coltrane, this particular photo was taken @ Trane's home, he appeared to be very deep in thought.

The access and comfort level Jim had with his subjects was so key in him obtaining a lot of his pictures. I think first and foremost he established a friendship with a lot of the musicians and artists he shot over the years, and he shot everybody.

The second set of images consisted of a series on Miles Davis. He did a lot work with him throughout his career, but the ones that really blew me away were taken in the gym, Miles working out, boxing...there's one of him on the ropes, and Miles has this intense look on his face...classic

The "money" shot for me was one he took of Jimi Hendrix during rehearsal, one hand on the fret board and the other raised in the air, jaw dropping!

If your not hip to him, do a google search, or hit your local book store and ask to see some of his work. Chances are you've already seen a good deal of his images and didn't even know it was Jim Marshall's photography you were looking at.

Shot one of my favorite rock bands on the planet yesterday...

Earl Greyhound

You so need to cop the bands newest album "Suspicious Package" also check out "Soft Targets"

The band: Kamara Thomas (She's Phil Lynott "Thin Lizzy" reincarnated as a hot ass chick), Matt Whyte and Ricc Sheridan (his bass drum is the size of my car) are absolute sweethearts.

I had a blast, I do wish the live set was longer and they didn't open up for the horrid Coheed & Cambria.

Here are some pics from the shoot...

2010-03-19T00:35:00.012-04:00

Here are a few photos from my 15 minutes with House of Pain. We did this in there dressing room (minus DJ Lethal) he's working on a new Limp Bizkit album...I thought they went away? They look and sound better gone...The light in the dressing was minimal @ best, I didn't bring in my strobes and backdrop from the car, Everlast was having a tantrum.

The Thousand Foot Krutch pics have a really creepy vibe to them (in a good way)

I've got a myriad of live photos to edit, I need to hire an assistant...I'll publish some of those in the next few days.

Saw an ad for STEMM's "House of Cards" using one of my photos from our last shoot...

2010-02-24T20:58:00.006-05:00

It was great to see my homie Jeremy Pelt last weekend. He's such a great cat. I haven't seen him in a few years.

The band was kill'n, his new album with the acoustic quintet "Men of Honor" is brilliant.

JP is a proud papa' of a 7 month old boy, his face lights up when he talks about him (Milo Hayward).

Below are some photos from our shoot, I'll put up a link when the feature has been published.

2010-02-21T22:36:00.005-05:00

Here are a of my few pics with the lovely Chrisette Michele. She's such a sweetheart...her mom is the best, she manages Chrisette and helped with the smiles towards the end of my shoot.

Chrisette was exhausted after playing her set and I'm sure the last thing she wanted to do was a photo shoot, she was a trooper, very professional and did everything I asked...

I'll post some live pics from her show later in the week...

2010-02-02T23:37:00.016-05:00

Been super busy, got a lot of great shoots coming up in the next few months.

I dug out some older Joe Locke pics, posted em' below. I've been listening to a lot of Locke and Roy Ayers.

Yesterday I hung out with and shot "The Brooks Brothers" Like A Storm, super nice guys. I didn't plan on it, but also ended up taking some pics with Thomas the bands drummer, endorsement type shit for Sabian, Regal Tip & Pearl.

Go cop the bands album "The End of the Begining" it's absolutely amazing...and by cop I mean "buy it" don't be a punk and download it off the net...They've got a great look and sound, I can see them being huge...

My homie Sean Jefferson has launched his new site, the pictures he's using on the site look great, of course, they were taken by me. Not sure if I'm dig'n the sites design so much though...

Fishbone has a new live album out, they'll be on the road all of Feb and into March with the English Beat. I'm going to shoot them in NYC later in the month, they have a Documentary that will be out later this year as well, in it some of my photos are being used, I've seen some footage from the movie, it's brilliant.

The Insider, a local weekly periodical did a 20 Question feature on me.

Kate Melton did the photos @ my favorite Record Store (The Record Archive)

Getting my picture taken is usually such a drag, Kate made it fun, she was a blast and did a fantastic job...

2010-01-07T22:08:00.013-05:00

My future wifey has been nominated for a Grammy, I wish her luck.

Here are some black & whites from our shoot a few months ago, taken the only way b&w photos should be, with film.

Also putting up a few live photos.

I spoke with Christian Scott earlier this week about a shoot I have coming up. He's in LA working with Mickey Rourke, teaching him how to play trumpet. Well, teaching him how to fake it with style, he's playing a trumpeter in his next film.

Did some record shopping, picked up the newest Me'Shell Ndegeo'cello album "Devils Halo" Them Crooked Vultures, which consists of John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme, great record.

Also copped The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Pin Points and Gin Joints, Bjork, Voltaic and Lily Allen, Allright, Still (it's odd, she either looks absolutely scrumptious, or like a train wreck, on a good day she would catch a smash, and love it)

2009-12-16T20:53:00.012-05:00

Soulive is playing on 12/30 & 12/31 @ the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY. They're calling it the "The Royal Family" New Years Ball. It's gonna be off the hook. If you're in the area check it out...The poster is killing, photo by yours truly...

Shot my homie Mel Henderson and Paradigm Shift a few weeks ago @ his loft. Mel's a great dude and phenomenal player, check em' out.

It was good to see the Dub Trio again, they're such great cats. Peep them out if you're not hip to there music. I shot Joey, Dave and Stu in the basement @ the Armory before dinner...after we wrapped that up, me and Joey T went to the Village Gate for Sushi @ California Roll'n, also stopped in the Bop Shop to cop some vinyl, I found an old Iggy Pop 7 inch.

I can't post any Dane Cook photos yet (not my idea) I've gotten some e-mails from you asking to see them, you'll have to wait until the article is released.

I've been listening to:

Soulive - Up Here "It comes with a killing live bonus DVD, filmed @ the Blue Note in Tokyo, totally bananas, the Shady Horns are in rare form." Ryan Zoidis on tenor & bari, Sammy Kininger on alto & Christian Scott on trumpet.

Wale - Attention Deficit

Tricky - Maxinquaye *bonus edition*

Living Colour - The Chair in the Doorway

The Aggrolites - IV

Faith No More - Introduce Yourself

Melanie Fiona - The Bridge

Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts

Lou Reed - Transformer

H.R. - HeyWella

2009-12-03T22:22:00.005-05:00

Here are some live snaps of Gallows, Brand New and AFI.

Shooting Dane Cook Saturday...Just got thru watching "My Best Friends Girlfriend"...Wow, a few of the one liners in that flick are classic.

Doing a shoot with Dub Trio on the 8th.

2009-11-19T21:35:00.013-05:00

Okayplayer interview with the lovely Melanie Fiona, photos by yours truly.

Here are some live pics of Down and Soulive....

2009-11-10T22:11:00.004-05:00

More Soulive...

2009-10-30T00:21:00.009-04:00

Here's some Soulive from a few nights ago. I'll post some more next week, I took a couple hundred frames of them...

Also have some pics from DOWN I'll put up, the lighting was non-existent the night I shot them...band sounded great, Phil is sober now and that shows in his performance, he killed it...

Shooting Jeffrey Gaines on 10/31

2009-10-27T18:17:00.015-04:00

Been busy...I've shot Soulive, AFI, Gallows, Bring Me the Horizon and Lee Nestor over the past few weeks.

Soulive is back as a trio, sounded and looked great, real clean, rocking the suits. I do miss Sam Kininger on alto, he added such a great dynamic to the band.

I'll post up some images from those gigs soon...

Here's a link (leak) to the Melanie Fiona piece me and Jaythreeoh did a few months back...

I picked up a 160g iPod to replace my 60g... I'm stoked, 40,0000 tunes @ my fingertips is a beautiful thing...

The new Alice in Chains album is killing... Melanie Fiona's "The Bridge" is also available on iTunes for $5.99, go cop it...I'm waiting until I can buy it in the store, I love that new music smell.

Jonny Lang

2009-10-14T12:35:00.009-04:00

The brothers Buckley: Every Time I Die

2009-10-06T00:24:00.025-04:00

The newest issue of Metal Hammer has a feature on Guitar Shredders, with a photo of Mikey Demus by me.

Also, the new issue of Rock Sound did a feature on Benji Webbe vocalist for Skindred with photos by yours truly.

The Melvins

KMFDM, live...

Hed (pe) for Planet Loud. They pulled the Halloween makeup out early...

2009-09-28T01:48:00.007-04:00

A few of The Masters: Chick Corea, and Stanley Clarke for JazzTimes