WHAT?! The JONAS Brothers!?

Yes, I bought a Jonas Brothers' "The Burning Up Tour 2008" t-shirt. Get over it. I couldn't resist. Maybe I can sell it on eBay when I want to buy a house, haha!
That's right, the Jonas Brothers. So what? You're just jealous I got to go and you didn't, haha! I had the opportunity to shoot their July 13th show of their Burning Up Tour at the Honda Center for OC Weekly. They are such a HUGE band right now, thanks to the genius marketing machines at Disney, that I couldn't resist seeing what it was all about. There was probably close to 17,000 people in attendance. Three fourths of which probably couldn't have driven themselves to the show. Just hearing the constant crazed screaming was an unique experience. The show, of course, was a super over-the-top production, which Disney is famous for, but it only made the show that much more interesting. The shows I typically attend are usually just the band on a stage playing music, so it was fun to see such a big production like that. I will also say the music was better than I was expecting. It wasn't unbearable.

It's crazy because I almost missed the show! The email I got from the Jonas Brothers publicist said the show started at 7:15pm with Demi Lovato opening and then the Jonas Brothers would go on at 8:30pm. I got to the Honda Center at 6:45pm thinking I made it in plenty of time. I walked up to the press entrance where the security guard told me I just missed the show! Apparently, the email I got was for Monday night's show. The Sunday show started at 6:15pm and was only the Jonas Brothers. So I stood there bummed for like 10 minutes when we found out the show was over an hour late getting started. The photo escort ran back up to get me and I was able to make it down to the floor 5 minutes before the Jonas Brothers came on stage! It worked out so amazingly! We got stuck shooting from pretty far back because they were filming a 3D movie of the concert, so I had to shoot over the heads of a 1000+ screaming fans with big "I love the Jo Bros!" signs and 2 huge camera cranes. I left thinking I got nothing but crappy photos. Thankfully, I was wrong! Check them out!

I was done by 7:30pm which was awesome because I was able to go to my friends, Scott and Becky Bates', farewell party. They are moving to Denver. After the party, I edited my photos until close to 2am. Good times! Hope you enjoy the photos!

My awesome Bible study Brothers!