We are SO excited to share this episode with you!! We had the ever awesome Alan Hess in our studio last week! If you don't know, Alan specializes in concert photography and is also an author here in San Diego. He's just a plethora of knowledge about everything photography-related! Alan wrote a blog post for Lexar, which ended up with him being contracted to write a book about the Sony A700 DSLR camera. That book led to another book, and now Alan has written & published 15 books! His books range in topics from focus (A Photographer's Guide to Focus & Autofocus) to Pet Photography (Pet Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots). Besides writing books, Alan is also the in-house photographer for the Valley View Casino Center. If you've ever been to this venue, you've seen his work! There are beautiful, ginormous photographs lining the walls of the lobby of various artists who have performed at the center... all of those were taken by Alan!! He started in concert photography as a hobby. He combined his love of music & photography by bringing his camera along to Grateful Dead concerts & snapping photos. Now he's photographed everyone from Madonna to Garth Brooks to Rihanna! Tune in to this episode to hear all about Alan's fantastic career as a concert photographer and author! He chats about his books & writing process, as well as his concert photography style & funny experiences from the pit. We could have asked Alan questions ALL DAY (which you can probably realize due to the length of this episode!!). RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Alan Hess Photography Alan's books on Amazon If you have any questions about copyright or this show, please contact us!  If you haven't already subscribed to our itunes podcast, do so HERE. Download from iTunes Here