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Rod Orchard photography

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy

About Me

I've spent the last 25 or so years being involved in one way or another with the music industry. I've done security, stagehand, freelance writer, photographer, publisher/ magazine guy, plus many jobs in between. I've also did 10 years in the film industry as a props, grip, special effects/ pyro tech until I quit the union last spring. The best job I ever had was publishing my magazine and having the chance to photograph tons of great bands and meet a shitload of great people during the 7 years FCM existed as a hardcopy mag. I've been away from the music scene for about 4 years now and have been getting the itch to do lots of shooting both in and outside of the music industry so I have FCM back as an online mag at www.myspace.com/fullcontactmag.That time off has made me appreciate the chance to take photos of anything and everything. Now that I have a full time job in sales, I am able to balance my need to support my family with the need to shoot as much as possible. I am available to shoot pretty much everything. Bands,portraits, weddings,film, landscape, documentary... you name it, I'm down. I still shoot mostly film because I think it still gives the best results. I am slowly getting into digital photography as well, simply because it is so immediate. So, if you need a photographer for your band, wedding, bar fight, riot, birthday party.... give me a buzz and we'll hook it up! ..

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My Interests

Getting back to photographing and shooting as much as possible before I expire. font size=+2 color=white

I'd like to meet:

Unique people/ models/ bands / mags/ labels / bikers, fabricators, companies worldwide who need photos, and people who like to be photographed. Billy Lane, Nobuyoshi, Jesse James, Chara, Horiyoshi 3-again...

Music:

All Out War, Acid Bath, BLS, Band of Gypsys, The Accused, Motorhead, Joe Coffee, Slumlords, NRSV, Buzzoven, Sabbath, Maiden, early Metallica (up to Paster of Muppets) Deadboy and the Elephantmen, Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention, GG Allin, Social D / Mike Ness, Cold As Life, old NYHC, Meatmen, Merauder, VOD, Chara, Puffy Ami Yumi, 100 Demons, Section 8, Dying Breed , Rebirth (Japan), Nip Drivers, DI, Carcass, Carnivore, Old Type O Negative, Bulldoze, old Madball, Stigmata, Cro-Mags, Laughing Hyenas, Killdozer, Ringworm, old Integrity, ETID, Built Upon Frustration, Out To Win, Subzero, Venom, Withstand, Neglect, Johnny Cash, Sheer Terror, Killswitch Engage, Overcast, Shadows Fall, Godbelow, Thug Murder (Japan), Yellow Machinegun (Japan), Resentment (Japan), Sleep, Minor Threat, YOB, St. Vitus, Circle Jerks, Black Flag -without Rollins!, Descendents, Rudimentary Peni, Crass, GBH, Discharge, Bad Brains, Neil Young, Alice In Chains, Jerry Cantrell, Delta Blues, Lighnin' Hopkins, Pee Wee Crayton, BB King, With Honor, Mentors, Sudden Impact, YYY, Cursed, Thin Lizzy, 76% Uncertain, Poison Idea, Minor Threat, Fear, Dead Kennedys, Bad Manners, Desmond Dekker, Subhumans (UK), Disorder, Chaotic Dischord, Bosstones, old SNFU, some Fugazi, Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Peter and The Test Tube Babies, Albert King, Sleep, the Sword, Mastodon, Faith No More, COC, Down, Quicksand, Agnostic Front ( before Epitaph), A -18, NOFX, Lamb of God / Burn the Priest, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Robert Pete Williams, Blind Willie Johnson, Son House, Leadbelly, Bukka White...

Movies:

Man Bites Dog, Spinal Tap, 200 Motels, Wife to Be Sacrificed, Hanabi,Unlucky Monkey, The After Life, I.K.U., Fight Club, Snatch, Lock, Stock..., old westerns, biographies, any well made documentaries, Godfathers 1 and 2, Goodfellas, Carlito's Way, Heat, Jackie Chan films, Old Gong Li films, any /all Yakuza films, Battle Royale + all great Beat films.

Television:

Robot Chicken, Sons of Butcher, The Family Guy, Monster Garage, Biker Build off and anything that has welding, fabrication, violence,nudity & destruction (all at the same time if /whenever possible) South Park, Drawn Together, Harvey Birdman, The Brak show, Samauri Jack, The Simpsons, Chapelle Show, Oz, NHL Hockey, NFL football, The Daily Show, Real Cat Fights, food, technology, art, the First 48, Rescue Me, Cold Case Files, Sapranos, A&E stuff like The Iceman Tapes, shows like "Behind the Music"

Books:

True Crime, Tats, photos, art, design, music, biographies

Heroes:

Those who are doing what they love and appreciate it!..

My Blog

photo shoots for 2008

It's been sooooo long since I've done any serious shooting and I'm really getting the itch to do something with my cameras. This summer I'm planning to do as much shooting as I possibly can. That mean...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:29:00 PST

prints for sale

I've been asked a zillion times about selling some of my pics and I've finally decided to do prints in a limited run. Mainly because I just don't have alot of time right now to put into doing prints.I...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:23:00 PST

Being a pappy part 2

After 4 years of being big daddy to a great little girl, Momo is going to be a big sister come summer 2008.Since I have no social life and enjoy working to pay bills,this is going according to plan.ne...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:07:00 PST

old review links

To show how bored I am these days i found a link or 2 to some old reviews and interview I did and even some about FCM by online mags etc.Thought I'd post them for the hell of it.Just one right now.......
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:14:00 PST

garage sale

I'm parting ways with some stuff related to hardcore/punk/art/photo etc.The plan is to sell off stuff for my trip to Japan next year. If you are interested in something, hit me up. Buyer pays all rela...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:08:00 PST

Pet peeves cont'd

I forgot how much I fuckin' hate cab drivers. Put these asshol;es well above the tools who don't signal.Chances are it was a cabbie that invested the idea of not signalling, cutting people off,driving...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:22:00 PST

noisey eaters must die!

OK. In life I have a few pet peeves that honestly drive me fucking insane. 1) Assholes that don't signal 2) people who eat like fucking pigs   There's more but these are the 2 killers.   Tod...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:49:00 PST

good bye IATSE!

Well after bustin' my ass to get backing to join the IATSE local 873 film "union" here in Toronto,only to get membership so I can pay dues and get zero work, benefits or anything they promised me,I'm ...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:58:00 PST

SOB from Merauder

I just heard the new about the passing of SOB from Merauder. For those of you who have met him you know what kind of guy he was. I remember the first time I saw Merauder live at the Superbowl of Hardc...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Mon, 01 May 2006 11:48:00 PST

photos online

Check out some of my photos on the LMT Connection website. LMT is a jazz/funk band based in Toronto. I did the photography on their last 2 cds (the second all live shots). Go to http://www.lmtconnec...
Posted by Rod Orchard photography on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:13:00 PST