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Rob Valine

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About Me

I'm a professional photographer and musician from Pottstown, Pennsylvania which is in in Southeastern Pennsylvania. I started playing drums at 12 years old and played with several Pottstown area rock bands. Most notably "The Toys" and "Witch's Brew". I was a drummer/vocalist in "Witch's Brew" and covered most of the lead vocals while playing drums. I'm not currently playing in any bands. But, I'm open to suggestions and very interested in writing and recording original material. I'm also a 2001 graduate of the New York Institute of Photography and am a certified professional photographer. I was published in "Eastern Fly Fishing Magazine" in the summer of 2006 for an article I wrote about a trout fly that I created. One of my favorite hobbies is fly fishing. Being both a musician and a photographer, It only makes sense that one of my main interests is photographing Rock Bands. If you're a band in the southeastern Pennsylvania area in need of a photographer, give me a call or send me an email. My contact info. is on my web site. Photo CD's are available to bands at reasonable rates. I was a wedding photographer for about 7 years. I've taken a break from that recently to pursue other interests. There's quite a variety of photographic subjects on my web site. Some of those subjects include Rock Bands, Biker Events, Car shows, Graffiti, Sunsets, Landscapes, Fireworks, Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Nature, Black and White Fine Art, Area News Events, Fires, Accidents, Reptiles, Snakes, Flowers, etc. I'll photograph just about anything that captures my interest. You can stop by and check out my photography work at www.RobValineimages.com Me with my "Ludwig Classics" - 1989 Me and my former supervisor from work "Halloween 2005" Billy Childs Tommy Krash Britny Fox - Crocodile Rock Cafe 6/07 To see more photos of Britny Fox, Go to my web site at www.RobValineimages.com Luis of "Roughhouse" Landsdale Bike Night '06 "Roughhouse" Landsdale Bike Night '06 Rob Levy of "American Sugar Bitch" at Landsdale Bike Night '07 Marc Parker of "Cross Cut Saw" Marc and Gary "Cross Cut Saw" Gary and Chris of "Cross Cut Saw" at the Northeast Motorcycle Expo, Valley Forge Convention Center 1/07 "Mickey Finn" trout fly tied by Rob Valine. To see more of my fly tying and fishing photos, Go to my web site at www.RobValineimages.com Rob's Crayfish - This is a fly that I created and tied. It was featured in the summer 2006 issue of Eastern fly fishing magazine. Graffiti on Freight Train. To see more of my Graffiti photos, Go to www.RobValineimages.com

My Interests

Photography, Fly Fishing, Motorcycles, Music, Drums, Rock Bands, Martial Arts, Shaolin 5 Animals Form Kung Fu, Snake Fist Kung Fu, Wing Chun Kung Fu

I'd like to meet:

Interesting, Sensible people.

Music:

Britny Fox, W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Winter, Joe Satriani, Cinderella, Poison, Hanoi Rocks, Aerosmith, Joe Perry, Kix, Steve Stevens, Atomic Playboys, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Heavens Edge, Foghat, Deep Purple, Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grand Funk Railroad, Velvet Revolver, etc. Favorite Drummers: Don Brewer, Ian Paice, John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Steve Riley, Dave Rath

Movies:

Shaolin - Wheel of Life, Jet Li - The One, War Of The Worlds, Predator, Alien, Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon, Martial Arts Instructional videos, Wing Chun Kung Fu instructional videos with master Chung K. Chow, Shaolin 5 Animals form Kung Fu video with Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong, Shaolin Temple Snake Form Kung Fu video with Steve Demasco, Snake Fist Kung Fu instructional videos with Sifu Rondie Chen

Television:

News, Weather, Discovery channel, National Geographic explorer

Books:

Photography books and magazines, Shutterbug magazine, Photo District News, Rangefinder magazine, Popular photography, Black and White magazine, Fly Fishing magazines, Eastern Fly Fishing magazine, Fly Tyer magazine, Martial Arts books, Dragon's Touch by Master Hei Long, Guge Gongji by Master Hei Long, Photographer's Market by Donna Poehner, SellPhotos.com by Rohn Engh, The Photographer's guide to Marketing and Self Promotion by Maria Piscopo

Heroes:

Jesus, Our Armed Forces and anyone else who puts themselves in harms way for the benefit of others. Police, Firemen, EMT's, etc.

My Blog

My Cameras, lenses, Flash and films

The cameras I'm currently using are Contax, Yashica and Nikon 35mm film cameras. I'm not shooting digital yet. But, have been looking at the Nikon D300 cameras. These are the current camera bodie...
Posted by Rob Valine on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:08:00 PST

Landsdale Bike Night 9/8/07

Landsdale Bike Night was a blast this year with lots of new bikes, bands and vendors. There were 3 stages set up in various locations. I never made it to the 3rd stage. However, I did m...
Posted by Rob Valine on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:46:00 PST

Britny Fox photos from Allentown, Pa. 6/7/07

Britny Fox put on a great show in Allentown, Pennsylvania 6/7/07 and the crowd really enjoyed it. Billy put on an energetic show and I could tell he was happy to be out on tour again. Tommy Paris' voc...
Posted by Rob Valine on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:42:00 PST

Q & A with Tommy Krash

Q & A with Tommy Krash For those of you who haven't heard the news, Tommy is the new guitarist that will be going on tour with Britny Fox in 2007. Tommy will be answering a few questions for me a...
Posted by Rob Valine on Fri, 18 May 2007 06:11:00 PST