Opening for Peter Murphy at Club Nokia was She Wants Revenge.  They were a fitting opening act, as frontman Justin Warfield himself claimed that Peter Murphy is a huge influence on his own singing style, and it shows.  Despite their moodier, darkwave sound, She Wants Revenge had the entire audience cheerily singing along.

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Here’s a quick peak of The Godfather of Goth, Peter Murphy showing off his stage presence at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

Full set coming shortly.

Two and a half years after shooting Boys Noize at Lollapalooza, I had the pleasure to get right up on stage and shoot him again as he worked up the crowd at Hollywood’s Music Box.  As a surprise, rapper Kid Cudi guested on the mic for several minutes.

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Remember my blog article Getting Great Headshots: Commercial vs Theatrical?  Meet Cris, an actor just starting out here in Los Angeles.  Cris approached me in desperate need of having professional headshots, as he was doing scenes with the legendary Betty White for a new series called Off Their Rockers!

Cris opted for getting 3 different looks, to ensure he had a variety to pitch to prospective agencies and casting directors.  Even though he had a nice, albeit straightforward All-American look, we were able to showcase range with a few different looks for his headshots.  Each look was addressed both commercially and theatrically.  Check out how differences in outfits and expression and lighting give visual cues to different roles he might be suited for:

College drama heartthrob, or funny best friend?

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Hip downtown office worker, or shifty racketeer?

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Boy-next-door, or heroic lead?

 As you can see, with variations to clothing choices, facial expressions, and lighting scenarios, one person’s headshot session can incorporate a wide, dynamic range and open up possibilities for getting called for a variety of roles and gigs!

Liverpool post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen have been cranking out songs and tours years before I was even born. It was nice to catch them at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, for a rather intimate set full of songs from several different albums, and an extended encore. Vocalist Ian McCulloch is going on strong, despite the fact that he seemed to be chain smoking nearly the entire set.

There was no end of the world as some religious fanatics predicted for May 21st 2011, but there was certainly a Killing Moon.

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So JGP.com has been on a hiatus of sorts, as I’ve been busy relocating my photography services to Los Angeles!!

I’m currently getting settled in to my new surroundings, but I try to take my camera with me when I can, to help me location scout and document the overall scenery. I’ll maybe post updates in the near future, but here’s a collection of photos loosely narrating my flight from O’Hare, layover in Phoenix, landing in Long Beach, and making my way through Los Angeles and Santa Monica!!

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Having shot 30 Seconds To Mars at Aragon Ballroom a year ago nearly to the day, I knew shooting their return performance would have been tough. Having secured press credentials only a mere two hours before doors opened, my ill-preparedness made this one of the most challenging concerts I’ve shot in a long, long while.

Still, I persevered and Jared Leto and gang put on a performance — complete with confetti, balloons, and blood — worthy of capturing as best I could:

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I’ve surprisingly been getting a few emails asking for specific prints from people wanting to hang some of my work up on their walls! So, I thought maybe it would be best to compile several of them together in a gallery with a checkout method for ordering your own.

So now you can support JustinGillPhoto.com by ordering your own fine art nude and tattoo glamour prints that I’ve shot within the past two years or so!! I’ll be running limited edition (10 each) prints of popular tattoo and glamour models like Alysha Nett, Miss Crash, Lynn Pops, Sophie King, and more. Sizes range from 8×10 to 20×30, and I’ll even sign and number them on the back!

If you’d like to see the offerings, you can take a look at the FULL GLAMOUR/NUDE PRINT GALLERY

Lastly, I’m giving away a free 11×14 print to one of my first 100 fans of my Facebook Fan Page!!!

Meet Martina, a young burgeoning Public Relations woman starting her own company. She approached me for photos to help put a face to her services, to help market herself and build a clientele.

Though she had never gotten headshots in the past, she was a natural and brought lots of warm personality. She asked to have some fuller-bodied and 3/4 shots, and I was happy to accommodate that as well. I want to point out, too, that she had her hair and makeup professionally done. This made a huge impact on how her images came out, and she looks much more professional and put-together.

Here’s a quick teaser photo of a fist-pumping Jared Leto from the 30 Seconds To Mars concert at Aragon Ballroom. That concert was quite the challenge for me photographically, and I’ll explain why when I post the rest from the show.

In the meantime, feel free to scope out photos I’ve shot from the concert almost exactly one year ago: 30 Seconds To Mars @ Aragon Ballroom 2010