Kanrocksas • Day Two Aug. 6 • Kansas City, KS

Day two's set list: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Cage the Elephant, Flogging Molly, A Perfect Circle, Girl Talk, The Black Keys, and Muse.

Grace Potter

Cage the Elephant

He performed like an old-school rock star, it was great to shoot.

Lots of random dancing performers on platforms for each of the concerts.

A Perfect Circle

Black Keys— who were surprisingly hard to shoot.

Rainbow strobes on The Black Keys.

Muse opening.

"Uprising"

Kanrocksas • Day One Aug. 5 • Kansas City, KS

I received a press pass to shoot the Kanrocksas music festival that happened in Kansas City Aug. 5-6. I got to see so many great bands, my favorites were Primus, Muse, Bassnectar and Flogging Molly.

Graffiti art wall

More art wall

Arctic Monkeys

Primus

Bassnectar

Flaming Lips were awesome. They had confetti, giant balloons, streams, smoke and strobes. Epic show.

Balloons and megaphones

Wayne Coyne is awesome.

Wrap Up of JEA Trip

Sports columnist Joe Posnanski.

Table deco at the adviser's reception.

Queen Linda.

Wheat vase at Boulevard Brewing Company.

Wheelchair Clown

Trapeze Woman

I got some beautiful, light-fragmented shots of the trapeze woman. She was also in the circus but I felt she deserved her own section.

Shriner Circus— Kansas City, MO

I went to the JEA National Convention this past week in Kansas City. It was exhausting work but I got to spend time with one of my favorite people and travel for free! The circus was the first event I shot and I got a lot of really great images mostly thanks to the great lighting.

I like this. Very American.

Highlighted Ring Master.

Ring Master and his ladies.

Blindfolded and walking around a rotating pendulum of death.

Poodle dancing family.

The poodles were very mangy but seemed happy nonetheless.

White rope.

The pig sang to "Old McDonald had a farm."

This piglet had been rained in powder. Then after it shook off the powder, the cowguy went to feed at, and it had gas.