jeredscott.com http://jeredscott.com/a jered scott is a photographer Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:58:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 twothousand&nine http://jeredscott.com/a/twothousandnine/ http://jeredscott.com/a/twothousandnine/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:52:35 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/?p=388 well 2008 has come to a close, and i stand at the gates of 2009 both excited and scared. this last year was such an unpredictable whirlwind, that its a bit frightening to think about what more the new year can bring. new years always brings about reminiscing and reflecting on this past 365 days, which i always enjoy. there have been a lot of changes in my life, and the lives around me. i’ve seen friends and family; graduate, get married, have kids, lose kids, lose jobs, move away, return home, succeed and fail. but i will go on record as saying 2008 has got to be my favorite year yet by far. so let me walk you through with some lists and such to look back on good times.

personal favorite movies in 2008
1. The Dark Knight (c’mon. no contest, right) 
2. Wall-E (one of my all time favorites)
3. Bella (touched my heart)
4. Daywatch / Nightwatch (killer russian movie trilogy)
5. 45 days: Demon Hunter documentary (raised the bar for how i’ll view music documentaries)

favorite shows in 2008
1. 30 Rock (best script, characters, quotes…)
2. Flight of the Concords (i may have gotten in late, but murray is incredible!)
3. Heroes (totally redeeming season) / LOST (i got hooked and watched all 4 seasons in 2 weeks. thanks JOSH!)
4. The Office (jim and pam! woo hoo!!!)
5. South Park (my dad and i have fallen in love with it)
6. Whale Wars (glad some people are out doing some good)

favorite albums in 2008 (what i found myself listening to a lot)
1. Emotionalism - The Avett Brothers
1. Lost Broken Bones - Useless I.D.
2. The Feel Good Record of the Year - No Use for a Name
3. Appeal to Reason - Rise Against
4. Alchemy Index - Air&Earth - Thrice
5. The End is Not the End - House of Heroes
6. Agony & Irony - Alkaline Trio
7. Re-arrange Us - Mates of State
8. The Bird and the B-Sides - Relient K
9. Self titled - Children 18:3
10. New Surrender - Anberlin
(that’s right…2 number ones. deal with it)

personal accomplishments that took place in 2008
1. Graduated college!!!! (after 8 years right!?!?!)
1. 6 page spread in AP magazine
2. first photos published in AP issue prior to spread
3. shooting my first full record layout (coming in march 09!!!!)
4. meeting people at shows who have been inspired by what i am blessed to do
5. going on tour with some of my all time favorite bands (and my absolute all time favorite, MxPx)
6. starting a non-profit group with close friends

top stories/events that happened (no order)
- first tour this fall with mxpx
- meeting Tom Wilson (back to the future/freaks and geeks) and doing the whole Leno show
- shooting photos in Madison Square Garden (not once but TWICE!)
- going to new york for my first time ever
- non-profit trip to South Africa with These Numbers Have Faces
- having my first Nephew (thanks jor!!!)
- graduating college suckas!
- the marriage of great friends Josh and Kate Zegan
- got a business permit making “Jered Scott Photography” actually legit
- playing soccer with the special needs kids in Gug’s on the South Africa trip (i’ll NEVER forget that day)
- ate sushi for the first time with Gabe and Goodie Two Sleeves crew in Las Vegas

in the past year i have done things i never dreamed i’d do or experience. i was around my passion for art and music more than i have been in my lifetime. i was honored to meet and share life with incredible people from around the world. people who tour, make tours happen, teach, study, play soccer, give of themselves, create, sacrifice, make people laugh, make us remember our pasts, people who have taught me to truly appreciate what i have.

what i have are incredible friends. people who encourage and inspire me daily. reasons for me to get up and take on new days. reasons for me to work harder, do more and do it better. i have an amazing family. a sister who shows me what patience and love look like. grandparents who constantly give any and all they have. a mother who serves and serves and serves and….and a father who inspires me to new heights. who pushes me as a son, a friend, a follower. i have the support of these people, as well as those i only know through technology. “fans”, friends, enthusiasts, whatever you call them…i call them friends, and their comments and love for what i have been able to do this last year is incredible and i am undeserving. lastly but not least, i have an incredible Lord and Savior who has placed a call on my life. a call to serve, a call to minister, a call to love. daily i am given opportunities to interact with His children, and i count each as a blessing. 

thanks for a special year. cheers to you. and here’s to making 2009 that much more!
God Bless each of you. i hope 2009 brings more of you into my days, and allows me to spend more time with those of you i already know. you’re a blessing to my life. thanks for walking through it with me.
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special thanks to my friends in/at:
MxPx (and crew), The Rocket Summer (and crew), Relient K (and crew), goodie two sleeves, these numbers have faces, inklings.tv, ephraim clothing, mediakamp, p is for panda, red dot studios, dizmas, house of heroes, tat, AP magazine, tooth and nail records, inthenow weddings, rock harbor, and failblog!
]]> http://jeredscott.com/a/twothousandnine/feed/ Tom Wilson + Me + Relient K + Leno = um? http://jeredscott.com/a/tom-wilson-me-relient-k-leno-um/ http://jeredscott.com/a/tom-wilson-me-relient-k-leno-um/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:39:04 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/?p=382 i got nothin funny. today was sheer amazingness. my buddies, Relient K flew in to perform their cover of “Sleigh Ride” for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. they asked a new friend of theirs to join them for their performance, so he made room in his schedule, and joined us for the day.

Tom Wilson, best known for his roles in Back to the Future and the television show Freaks and Geeks, is hands down, one of the all around raddest dudes i’ve ever met. being a stand up comedian doesn’t hurt, so the laughs just kept us going all day long.

i’ll post some photos of our day tomorrow. just wanted to drop a little now.

p.s. if you follow me on twitter, you probably got all my random updates but for those of you who don’t, i passed jim carey in the hall after the show and told him “great show man.” to which his reply was “thanks guy, see you later.” haha. awesome.

me outside the tonight show studio

(photo: andy barron)

and my first ever “geeking out” photo is with tom! so bitchen!!!!

(photo: ethan luck) 

i had a great day. i’m just overjoyed.
i’m gonna go watch Leno in a bit….relive the day a bit 

-j.scott

]]> http://jeredscott.com/a/tom-wilson-me-relient-k-leno-um/feed/ The 2008 Martin Family Thanksgiving Croquet Tourney http://jeredscott.com/a/the-2008-martin-family-thanksgiving-croquet-tourney/ http://jeredscott.com/a/the-2008-martin-family-thanksgiving-croquet-tourney/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:34:49 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/?p=375 this year we were coming to you live via Santa Maria, California. we had record numbers turn out for the event, this year dawning their “Father Knows Best” apparel. fun was certainly had on this 2nd annual tourney. well, by most. i didn’t do so hot. i was actually in the running for the last place trophy, which i did not want. and as i assaulted my comeback, my close friend joe had other plans. he camped out by the end of the course, waited for me to come near, then attacked me! luckily for me, i was able to escape, and he came in last (for the 2nd year in a row!!! sucker.)

enjoy the shots.

1st place : new comer brad

last place : joe (no surprise there)

Best dressed : tie between Gabe and Laura Connor

 

see you all next year (theme, Del Boca Vista!!!!)
-j.scott

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so for now, click HERE and go right into the store. add to cart and BA BOOM….by this x-mas you and all your friends can have this epic Rocket Summer poster hanging above your beds.

as for photo details. bryce was kind enough to bring me out on the road for a couple weeks this past fall. the last night i was with them, was their final show on this headlining tour, which was played to a sold out crowd in dallas!

me and bryce love this photo so much, so i have to say i’m nothing less than elated for this to be a new poster. i’m definitely planning to hang one in my room.

(more updates coming soon. promise!)

tell your friends. buy this poster.
-j. scott

]]> http://jeredscott.com/a/christmas-gift/feed/ merry black friday to you!!! http://jeredscott.com/a/merry-black-friday-to-you/ http://jeredscott.com/a/merry-black-friday-to-you/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:38:13 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/?p=365 once again….i come bearing gifts. for those of you who forgot to take advantage of the sale over at Goodie Two Sleeves….you have a few days with an even BETTER sale! (Nov 28 - Dec. 5) everything is 50% off!!!! can you believe it? i say stock up!!! get a few for yourself, your bff and maybe even one or two for grandpa. cause let’s be real, x-mas is right around the corner and most people get the same junk every year…..socks, ipods, cars, free wifi…..so why not deck their halls with amazingly funny shirts? COME ON!!!!

just click the photo and get yourself LAUNCHED into sales!!!! sale starts FRIDAY!!!!!!!!

]]> http://jeredscott.com/a/merry-black-friday-to-you/feed/ underoath http://jeredscott.com/a/underoath/ http://jeredscott.com/a/underoath/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:26:26 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/?p=359 over the weekend i got to try out a few of my new toys…and what better way then shooting an Underoath show in irvine, CA?

my buddy Brent is the tour manager, and was kind enough to hook me up with the only photo laminate for the night (watching the other 45 photographers leave the photo pit after 3 songs….felt kinda nice).

it was quite the evening and i must say i was not let down. the guys played a really amazing show which blew me away from start to finish.

i gotta keep some of the crazy-awesome ones under wraps….
that’s the bummer of working with bands, labels, management, etc….you gotta keep things secret until they’re ready to reveal.

bear with me. i’m sure they’ll make their way to the site someday.

-j. scott

]]> http://jeredscott.com/a/underoath/feed/ ok, alright, here goes, ease up, and leave me be http://jeredscott.com/a/ok-alright-here-goes-ease-up-and-leave-me-be/ http://jeredscott.com/a/ok-alright-here-goes-ease-up-and-leave-me-be/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:19:39 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/?p=346 but seriously, i’m sorry. i did a poor job upkeeping the blog. (p.s. get subscribing to the blog people! maybe i’ll post more frequently)

here comes some photos for you. i’ll write up about them after….

and here comes the info:

1) TAT - this band was on the MxPx tour, and were living on our bus for a few days. they are from england, and they ruled me day after day. just amazing people first off, but a kick @ band on top of it. in chicago they let me shoot some photos.

2) The Secret Handshake - Luis and i have shot photos a few times, whether that be live or shoot, so we thought it’d be cool to do again during the Rocket Summer tour in florida. real quick, and real good. 

3 & 4) House of Heroes - to be honest, i’d never heard of these dudes before meeting up on the Relient K tour. and nightly i was blown…..away! seriously, do yourself a favor and check them out (just click HERE) and get your ears rocked better than they have in years. i shot their set a few nights. really bitchen dudes!

5 - 9) Relient K - this first photo was on stage during their performance inside madison square garden. that was a quick but awesome experience for us all. roaming the floors and halls of the epic garden!
the second photo is the radical Thiessen singing some tunes. every night he brought it again and again.
the third is good ole ethan luck rockin that drum set all over that riser. again, nightly this dude was all about it. and always with a smile or smirk. maybe he was up to something?
photo four is the multi-talented jonathan schneck (yes of www.jonathanschneck.com) playing the…um….keys…no wait….xylophone….no that’s not it…um…marimba…..viber-harp….(ok, you can’t say i didn’t try to get it right. well that’s him warming up during soundcheck in virginia.
and lastly…is my buddy john warne in the background of the spooky photo (no they weren’t playing in a cemetery, it’s set dressing!) yeah, everynight the guys came onstage dressed in some “spooky” gear…with halloween decorations all over the stage (hence the RIP tombstone in the foreground)

so there you have it. you’re a little caught up.

i did a few shoots with Bryce of The Rocket Summer, and a couple with Relient K that should be making their way to print sometime soon. once that happens, i’ll share some more with you.

for now….i leave you with this.
i’ve missed you all. so write me a note and tell me you missed me too. it’ll make me smile!

ok, i’m outty
-j. scott

 

p.s. i still have that 17-40L series Canon lens for sale!!!!

]]> http://jeredscott.com/a/ok-alright-here-goes-ease-up-and-leave-me-be/feed/ my absence = your gain http://jeredscott.com/a/my-absence-your-gain/ http://jeredscott.com/a/my-absence-your-gain/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:04:37 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/?p=339 hey there friendly friends….sorry i’ve be M.I.A. as of late. crazy busy times.

to catch you up, after i departed the rocket summer tour, i flew the very next morning from dallas to new york to meet up with relient k for a week of tour with them.

my first night with them was in the EPIC madison square garden! (i love that place). after that we spent a week on the east coast shooting shows, and doing a few radical photo shoots (i may give you a sneak peak of).

this is Jon wearing his RAD shirt from Goodie Two Sleeves in madison square garden, in front of like 20,000 kids! (he knows what’s up!)

THIS is where my absence is now your gain. Gabe and my friends over at GOODIE TWO SLEEVES want to make up to you all for my lack of posting. Soooooooooooooooooooo if you click on THIS LINK RIGHT HERE you’ll end up in their online store. and when you choose to purchase some of their extremely comfortable and bitchen shirts just put in this code “JERED SCOTT” and you’ll get 18% off your order!!! now how’s that for awesome? COME ON! while you’re over on their site….be sure to subscribe to their blog….cause lets face it….they know how to type words, in sentences, that combined right, will make you laugh.

so again…..go to their STORE HERE, and type in the code “JERED SCOTT” to get 18% off!!!

 

thats it for me today. hope to get back on the blogging ASAP.

i guess i should say it, Go Vote today!
-j. scott

]]> http://jeredscott.com/a/my-absence-your-gain/feed/ consider me rocked (summered) http://jeredscott.com/a/consider-me-rocked-summered/ http://jeredscott.com/a/consider-me-rocked-summered/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:05:19 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/?p=321 i try to be punny……

since october 7th i’ve been out on the road with The Rocket Summer. i flew in for the atlanta show, but we’ve spent most of our time in florida and texas. what a trip! i’ve had the best time getting to know the band, crew and other bands on the tour!!! we’ve had such good hangs, i can’t believe we only have 2 shows left.

here’s a smorgasbord of photos from the tour…

its been a great two weeks! last show is on saturday, at the dallas house of blues. then i fly out sunday to meet up with relient k for a week.

make sure you come out and say hello….

 

its BBQ time here at seth’s place….lucky me!

-j. scott

]]> http://jeredscott.com/a/consider-me-rocked-summered/feed/ Here i sit http://jeredscott.com/a/here-i-sit/ http://jeredscott.com/a/here-i-sit/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:16:08 +0000 jered http://jeredscott.com/a/here-i-sit/ Today I’m in Houston, TX. Thought it’d drop a quick note to the 30 people who may read this this month.

Being out on the road now for over a month; city after city, club after club…I catch myself taking stock of my current life situation.

I can not recall a time in my life where I have felt more blessed. My relationships with those close to me back at home have grown leaps and bounds by the deep conversations we’ve shared.

New relationships bloom everyday with the bands, crew, and fans I meet and spend my life with. Doors are opening everywhere, and the only struggle I seem faced with is which ones should I walk through. (sweet dilema to have!)

I have 2 weeks left on the road before a break for the holidays. The first of which will be Thanksgiving. More so than ever before can my thanks not even begin to be put into words.

Thanks to the people who support me, the bands and crew for housing me and giving me a chance.

Special thanks to MxPx, Bryce and the Summer….

More to come….
-j. Scott

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