Jam hosted their Red, White & Blue Party on Saturday night. I wasn’t equipped with my favorite camera with the lenses to shoot at the dark – I had my camera and lens for fireworks. So these photos aren’t as good as I like but check them out in the SmugMug gallery.
Jam's Red White and Blue Party
Jam's Red White and Blue Party
Jam's Red White and Blue Party
Jam's Red White and Blue Party
Jam's Red White and Blue Party
Jam's Red White and Blue Party
Jam's Red White and Blue Party
Ok, maybe not breakfast – it was lunch. And I was editing photos like a madman and didn’t have the chance to run to the store for some real food. Well, that and I was watching the World Cup. And even though the US lost to Ghana in overtime I think I got all the 3 major food groups: carbonated, alcohol, and fruit.
Diet A&W Root beer, Kahlúa, and canned pears for breakfast?
And this photograph was actually taken with my Nikon D90! I haven’t forgotten about my Nikon gear. Even though I am sending my Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens back to the shop for the FOURTH time. This time the lens is just clicking and can’t even focus, WTF Nikon!?
So this shot was taken with the Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens. And the nice thing with the 18-200mm is how close you can stand to the subject. I was about 2 feet from the cans/bottles. You can’t get that close with a 70-200mm.
Püre on Fridays is just a blast – I look forward to my opportunity to photograph there and always come away with some great photos and enjoying some great music. DJ Craig Robin was spinning an amazing mix of songs.
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Bartender at Püre
Lighting at Püre
Go-go boy at Püre
Attending Püre
Long Island Iced Tea
Jacob & Lance
Go-go Boy at Püre
Lights at Püre
Serving Red Bull and water to the 18 year olds
Just dance at Püre
Tops and bottoms at Püre
Gays and gals at Püre
Shake your booty at Püre
More dancers a go go
More dancers a go go
Jam hosted Superhero Night on Friday and it was a lot of fun. And Jam is a perfect spot to start your club hopping if you end up going to Püre, Fusion, or other spots. Or keep dancing through the night at Jam. One of these days I might leave my camera at home and dance. The bartenders were in full force and DJ Tidy spun a killer mix of songs.
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Jam & Alcohol
Joe & Jam
Music & Jam
Brians & Jam
DJ Tidy & Jam
Steven & Jam
Boys & Jam
Girls & Jam
Security & Jam
Drinks & Jam
Club Jam was hopping Saturday night! It had been a while since I have been there so it was fun to see some of the changes. Some new lights and another station to serve drinks so you don’t have to stand in line so long.
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Elder Josh
Long Island
Hey!
Red Bull & Vodka
Tony & Company
Time for drinking
Mixing Drinks
Hat
I don’t follow football as much as I did in high school or college. These days I will go to BYU football games with the family and watch the Superbowl with friends.
And part of the fun of watching the Superbowl is the junk food and the beverages – including Mike’s Hard Lime and Grape Soda.
Mike's Hard Lime and Grape Soda
And you can only watch the Superbowl in HD – if you are watching anything less than HD – the terrorists win. And I had a lot of fun Twittering during the game. And it was fun to twitter which commercials I thought were the best. My favorite was the Snickers commercial featuring Betty White.
HD is the only way to watch the big game
And I watched the game at a friends home – getting there was a challenge. I had to wait about 10 minutes for this stupid train to very slowly cross. I was pissed! And I did miss the opening prayer ( oh wait that is only at BYU games ) and I missed the National Anthem which I understand was screwed up by someone, again. And I did miss the kick off because I didn’t know how to turn on their damn tv and Direct TV. Too many remotes and not enough time.
Get out of my way! I am about to miss kickoff!
As for any gays who didn’t watch the football game – shame on you. Football is the gayest sport in the world! You should be watching it because they have tight ends, wide receivers, guys in jock straps, tight pants, going deep to catch balls, guys slapping each other on the butt, and a few other “gay-ish” activities.
What a difference a liquor license makes! Club Jam celebrated their busiest night ever! They reached capacity at least twice and they had to make people wait till people cycled through. The dance floor was packed and DJ Tidy spun the music of Lady Gaga and others, however, it was Lady Gaga day.
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Redbull & Vodka
Mixing drinks Utah style - with a measurement tool
The Drinks with cherries
Mixing the music of Lady Gaga
Packed dance floor at Club Jam
Someone ordered beer anyway
Night gets fun
Festive night
Club Jam's guests
Drinks are ready
Jam revelers
Waiting for a drink
Empty liquor bottles from the night
End of the night
The end
Trying to improve as a photographer means photographing constantly. Right now I have photographed and blogged at least once a day for 92 days in a row – that is easily a record for me. And I have photographed regularly at Club Jam – and that provides another learning experience. You would think that photographing the same location week in and week out would lead to me photographing everything and never photographing anything new. However, I am constantly finding new ways to photograph new and different stories or people. I am forcing myself to look at photography different. Maybe sometime I will photograph a different club – but I have a lot of fun at Jam.
To see the full gallery check out my SmugMug gallery of photographs. And any photos purchased (downloads or prints) helps keep me buying the new and latest camera gear. Not that gear makes me a better photographer – but it couldn’t hurt.
Decorations at Club Jam
And, another way to try and improve as a photographer is to force myself to photograph with just one lens. In this case I used my current favorite lens – the Nikkor f/1.4 50mm G lens. It is a gorgeous lens that can almost shoot in the dark without a flash. But for events I can survive on one light. Actually, more than just survive. With one Nikon SB-800 and part of the Gary Fong Lightsphere I can bounce light and make it look like a had a big light – almosty a softbox in the room. I keep the shutter speed at about 1/30th of a second on slow sync speed. It helps mix the ambient light with some strobe. Most all of these photographs were photographed at ISO 800.
Security is ever present - try and find his gun
Red Bull & Vodka
And if things take off with photography I am hoping I can raise some dinero for several new camera bodies and several lenses. I want to get the Nikon D700 and I am really considering adding a Canon camera to my lineup of tools. Why would I want to shoot Canon? There are three lenses I am starting to lust for in my heart. They are the Canon 85mm f/1.2, Canon 50mm f/1.2, Canon 24mm f/1.4. These are 3 lenses that Nikon doesn’t make – and I don’t think Nikon will ever make them. Canon makes great prime lenses and these lenses all shoot with very shallow depth of field and help shoot in very low light. Oh, to dream…
Enjoying the evening
These photographs include a lot of detail shots. Photographing alcohol probably won’t help someone going to Alcohol Anonymous, however, we weren’t at Club Jam for coffee, donuts, and 12 steps. We were there for dancing, drinking, and fun.
This photograph is brought to you by beer
And the more I photograph the more I realized that I am constantly learning. So I need to simplify my life so I focus on 3 areas: work, photography, and fitness. So no time for dating, no time for much else. But at least photography won’t break my heart 
Someone has a secret - and she is spilling the beans
Anyway, I am hoping you folks enjoy my photographs – and it is fun to hear people’s feedback. And check out SmugMug – and buy some photographs!
Alcohol abuse is no laughing matter - who is wasting this beer?!
Who will win the door prize given by Ski Out Utah?
I like candy!
Corona Extra
Chug! Chug! Chug!
Double fist the alcohol
Every dancer learns to dip their partner properly
After a long evening
Lady Gaga said 'Just dance!'
What is your phone number?