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<![CDATA[Jackson Potts iI - latest]]>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:56:30 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Me Without You]]>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:26:01 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2012/08/me-without-you.htmlSaturday I photographed and interviewed Me Without You. I did the photo shoot at the orange show in Houston, if you have never been you should go. They arrived early so I was not quite ready, While I set up, they enjoyed looking around.  It was fun working with them, their personalities were very welcoming and watching them interact I could see how they were like family to each other.

Afterwards i went to Warehouse Live to interview them. I took a few photos of them during sound check then we went to the green room, where we planned aboutt 20 minutes to do the interview. 25 minutes later when their manager Michael checked in, the guys wanted to keep going.  It was very interesting to hear their advice for new bands, their other interests and what they liked as 12 year olds. The interview ended up being more than 45 minutes long, which was the longest interview I had ever done, and also one of my favorites.

I got to see the concert that night and it was awesome-the crowd loved them and then the opening bands (Kevin Devine & Burled Beds) sounded great as well. One thing that I noticed is that their fans did not just watch the show, they sang along-and not just singing, but like they themselves were on stage: screaming and passionately singing as if their life depended on it.

Overall, if you do not know who they are, it is time you check them out. They have been a band almost as long as i have been alive, (I am 12 years old) they have a new record out (10 Stories), and if you are already a fan, I now know why. it was a really easy photo shoot, fun interview and great concert.

Official Website
Me Without You http://mewithoutyou.com

On Tour With
Kevin Devine http://www.kevindevine.net
Buried Beds http://buriedbeds.com

Locations
the Orange Show   http://www.orangeshow.org/orange-show-monument/
Warehouse Live http://www.warehouselive.com

Other Artist Mentioned
Amy Wilson http://www.amy-wilson.com
Danielson Family http://soundsfamilyre.com
Sacred Harp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHUfHNEZDPc
Bud Slevin http://www.facebook.com/BudSlevin

Videos

Friend Jose catches footage of the photo shoot

Interview Short (7 min)

Interview Full (38 min)

Aaron thanks Jackson from stage

Aaron points out Jackson on stage

Photos

Live

]]><![CDATA[Large Format Project]]>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:37:30 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2012/05/large-format-project.html

Jackson is shooting large format black & white images, doing the processing and printing all himself. the shoot was in Galveston TX 2012 May 13th. his prints will be on exhibit for the first time (Black & White Film) on the 19th and 20th only
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Jackson Potts ii Large format film

]]><![CDATA[Octopus Project]]>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:24:01 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2012/04/octopus-project.htmlWe were very excited that Octopus Project had agreed to be a part of Rock & Roll Portraits, Jackson did the interview a week before, the shoot on 2012 Feb 29th. his concepts were simple but with some complexity in coloring. He shot with both film (medium format, Bronica ETRS, and Large format, Graphix) and Digital (5dmk3). The shoot took place at the Swan Dive in Austin (Thanks Josie). We were also lucky enough to have Daniel from Vivogig show up, always good to see him.

]]><![CDATA[Geek Gathering, Low tech 10 year anniversary]]>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:04:34 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2012/03/geek-gathering-low-tech-10-year-anniversary.htmllast month was the 10 year anniversary for Tech Bytes monthly meet up, since it was the low tech theem Jackson brought his Graphix Large format camera it uses 4x5 sheet film

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]]><![CDATA[Hot Chelle Rae, for 104.1 KRBE]]>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:32:37 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2011/10/hot-chelle-rae-for-1041-krbe.html104.1 KRBE asked me to be the official photographer for Hot Chelle Rae when they came to "Studio 104" the idea was to show people what it looks like behind the scene and all that the band dose on their short time at the radio station.

it was fun following Hot Chelle Rae around at KRBE, and it was deffenatly busy. from the time they showed up we went strait to the studio and they set up and did a sound check, they covered a Johny Cash song. then they went down the hall and did liners in one of the sound booths (liners are when they record "hello we are Hot Chelle Rae and you are listing to 104 KRBE) then i had 3 minutes to take my photo of them on the couch. I'm glad i did all of my lighting tests before they got there so i knew exactly what i wanted and how to set them, so i did not wast there time. then they preformed a few songs for their fans, and was interviewed by Roula, afterwords everyone got photos taken with the band. then they packed up and headed to their show at House of Blues with the Script. i do not think most people know how hard musicians work, following them for even a short time is hard enough.

ps
yes, they did buy a fish before they showed up at the studio. they did not have a name for him when they arrived, but i believe he now goes by Provo now.

Mini Photo documentary

]]><![CDATA[Ruth McCartney tells her friends about Rock & Roll Portraits]]>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:50:23 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2011/09/ruth-mccartney-tells-her-friends-about-rock-roll-portraits.htmljust got an Email from Ruth McCartney, we have been in touch ever since we had a photo shoot with her back in 2008, (Jackson's first big assisting job). we have stayed in touch over the years, but never expected her to mention Jackson to her global fan base (SEE NEWS LETTER). we feel honored that she thought it important enough to share. we have said it before, but Ruth will always be special to us.

thanks Ruth

photograph behind the scenes, during Ruths photo shoot for a magazine. 2008,11/09

]]><![CDATA[Blue October and the Soldier Thread]]>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:58:52 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2011/08/blue-october-and-the-soldier-thread.htmlif you do not know The Soldier Thread is one of the bands that was photographed for the Rock & Roll Portraits collection. they called jackson up sunday to let him know they were opening for Blue October at the House of Blues for 2 nights, monday at 5 they called and said they would like to have jackson take photos.. we got to House of Blues and it was a good time, we were only allowed to take photos of the Soldier thread and they only allowed dad in the photo pit (small area in front of the stage for photographers) because Jackson and Dietrich were too young... strange... so dad took a few for the first time in a long time.

]]><![CDATA[Interactive Theater Fall 2011]]>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:17:36 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2011/08/interactive-theater-fall-2011.htmlJackson shoots images for Interactive Theater, and finds his dads doppelgänger. These images will be used for the fall schedule and promotional pieces.

]]><![CDATA[Brookstone Catalog shoot for iRepel]]>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:38:12 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2011/07/brookstone-catalog-shoot-for-irepel.htmlJackson was shooting his first catalog. The images will be in Brookstone for iRepel. he did all the color switching for the mens coats and this time dad held the color card. Jackson just finished the editing yesterday.

]]><![CDATA[vivogig photo blogger!!!!]]>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:56:06 GMThttp://www.jacksonpottsii.com/1/post/2011/07/vivogig-photo-blogger.htmldurring the shooting for the photo documentary "day in the life of the 71's" we ran into Daniel, the guy who runs vivogig, we got a chance talk about what he is doing and how Jackson and Dietrich are both learning photography, Daniel not only thought it was cool, sooo, now Jackson is photo blogger for vivogig first post link ]]>