Brian Cade Photography: Collective Works

I've often been advised not to put all my eggs in one basket, which led me to explore another fine art paper option from Moab Paper. I reached this decision after searching for papers similar to my usual choice,

The two contenders for the paper I planned to use were both from a Hahnemühle sample pack I purchased from B&H Photo a few months earlier. While I won’t claim to know everything about fine art papers, I want to express how excited I was with the final results I achieved

It’s been approximately three months since we purchased the Canon Pro-1100 printer, and during that time, we have experienced several power outages—three within the last two weeks of June alone. Two things that the printer does not handle well are being powered off and power outages

From our cabin in Walden creek to Cherokee, North Carolina, we drove the 33 miles of scenic road to places such as the Sugarland’s, Chimney Top and the highest peak in the Smokey mountains, Kuwohi formally known as Clingmans dome,

Since this was a used piece of gear, and according to the listing on the guitar Center website, it was listed as “Excellent.

I’ve been wanting an acoustic guitar for quite some time, and the brand that stuck out for me waas Breedlove, a guitar company out of Bend Oregan. Sure, I have looked at other makers, Guild, Martin and Taylor guitars to be exact. Breedlove just checked all the boxes for me in playability and affordability for me.

Well, I decided to do a remod on my 2013 Gibson Les Paul New Traditional, not so much that “I” am going to do the actual work on it (I don’t trust me);

I really don’t expect this month’s blog to be long, in fact, it was actually going to be a rant about a purchase I made from Guitar Center in Fairfax, Va. The rant as this blog was meant to become a fast and quick resolve…………

This time I decided to try a new case for my new phone; enter the Pelican Shield. To put it bluntly, the case failed me in less than 14 days after purchase. it literally (my phone) slid down my leg with pieces of the belt clip fell nearby

‘96 was the second year Alligator Records Photographer Eugene Kimmons would toss me a bone, The year before (because of him) I covered the 1995 Chicago Blues Festival featuring Blues greats such as Luther Allison and Eddie Campbell.

I’m just a few weeks late with the January blog, but for good reason. Last month I had gotten the Sony super sharp 135mm f/1.8 lens, I was at the time looking at what mirrorless camera body to complete my purchase; Sony’s A7 III and A7R III were in the running. But wait, the title of this blog post mentions the A7R II, So why the sudden detour from my previous choices.

This is me putting the cart before the horse, well the lens before the camera is more like it. I finally pulled the trigger and bought the Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 G Master lens. Wait, don’t I shoot Nikon, and isn’t this lens for Sony’s mirrorless camera system? Yes, it is. So have I switched over to Sony? Not exactly, I intend to stay with Nikon, I just decided to go mirrorless, and Sony got my attention.

Carnival of Madness was actually my 2nd attempt at photographing Black Stone Cherry. My first attempt was back in 2009 in Corbin Kentucky at the newly built Corbin Arena

Rockstar Mayhem Festival, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 3, 2010. Though I could just pick many stories from this event, there is one in particular that stands out, and it goes something like this.