LA Weekly's 2011 Year in Photos

19 of my photos were featured in LA Weekly's 2011 Photos of the Year gallery. Here are a few and you can check out the full gallery HERE.  (Above: Bright Eyes perform at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, The Aqualillies perform at a Thrillist Hotel LA party, Robbie Keane's Galaxy debut, The Lingerie Football League, Occupy LA, A fan during a Flaming Lips show at Hollywood Forever, and young protestors make their voices heard.

12/23 Sara Bareilles @ The Palladium

Good friend and new host of "The Sing Off" Sara Bareilles came to town for a sold out headlining show at The Palladium and tore the place down despite fighting laryngitis. Above are some behind the scenes and live photos from the evening.

12/17 SantaCon for LA Weekly

Hundreds of Santas, elves, and the usual protesting clowns met up all over Los Angeles Saturday night for 2011's SantaCon event. Check out all the action here in our LA Weekly photo gallery.

12/16 Florence + The Machine

 I photographed Florence + The Machine performing her new single @ The X Factor and a few of the images are above. You can see the rest here:

12/15 X Factor Top 4 Elimination Photos

 

12/13 The X Factor Final Four Portraits

 we hit the beach to photograph The X Factor final 4 contestants (Chris Rene, Melanie Amoro, Josh Krajcik and Marcus Canty) and even got a little holiday spirit. full gallery here on thexfactorusa.com

12/13 The X Factor Dancers

 After shooting the contestants at the beach we headed to the studio to take some photos of the X Factor dancers. More photos here and all their bio's and headshots are in this news article.

11/30 Behind the Scenes @ X Factor Final 7

Wednesday's final 7 performances on the x factor brought out a few of my favorite tv stars from Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Breaking Bad (2nd from bottom) as well as Chris Rene's son and some Michael Jackson poses and songs by the contestants. Full gallery here.

11/29 X Factor Final 7 Rehearsals

 Check the full photo gallery @ TheXFactorUSA.com