Manfred and the gang host a very enjoyable costume party complete with tons of entertainment, singing, wine and lots of laughs! The BEST time!

Great band from Knoxville, TN opening for Kittie

Arkaea rocked McGuffies in Dayton when opening for Kittie

Kittie rocked the crowd at McGuffies in Dayton.

My friends Ted and Marla Allen renewed their wedding vows in an informal ceremony at Taffys in Eaton.

The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fund Raising Event at Taffys. Tonight's shin-dig helped raise funds for cancer victims and awareness. Lots of fun, great cause and I met lots of cool people! Hey Mary, don't forget you get a free photo!!!

Hey Mary, don't forget you get a free photo!!!

The Preble County YMCA and Taffys teamed up for some fun and fund raising

The Semi-Annual Dawn Patrol Fly-in at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. A great event with dozens of WWI replica Flying aircraft, displays, reenactors etc. A great historical lesson for anyone! To order prints larger than 5 x 7 please e-mail me at chris@chrisa.us so I can upload a larger resolution image.

To order prints larger than 5 x 7 please e-mail me at chris@chrisa.us so I can upload a larger resolution image.

A great game between the TVS Panthers and the Bethel Bees. The Bees pulled in out in the end 27-21

A dynamite performance by the best Ted Nugent Tribute band in the land!

The world's most famous heavy metal band rocked "the Queen City".

Another wonderful evening of baseball at Dayton's Fifth Third Field!

A great rock 'n' roll band from Indianapolis, Indiana. Talented, upbeat radio friendly rock that everybody digs!

One of the best shows held in Southwestern Ohio, the Annual Eaton Car Show brings in some of the best classic, vintage and tricked out show cars.

The Dayton Dragons Professional Baseball team playing Friday night. Rain delayed the game. Die-hard Dragons crowd as usual!

Mrs. Ohio International Lindsey Gregg threw out the first pitch for tonight Dayton Dragons game against the West Michigan Whitecaps.

Assorted images from around Preble County as the harvest approaches.

A few photos of the Port Huron Lighthouse and the Blue Water Bridge

A great wine tasting at Taffys that featured wines from South Africa.

Edsel Dope and his band of merry men performed at the Alrosa Villa and rocked the masses. Great show by a great metal band.

For those who want to rock, you'll dig Bon Voyage, a truly impressive AC/DC tribute band.

Loud, proud, bombastic and in your face, the Ted Nugent tribute band Stranglehold rocked Tony's in Columbus, Ohio

A few detail photos of my black denim Harley Davidson Street Bob.

Multi-talented Ben Crawford loaned his voice and music to the Sierra Leon Project. Always an impressive performer Ben Crawford's been a Taffys favorite for a decade.

A fund raising wine tasting hosted by Taffys for the Sierra Leonne Project.

One of the most beautiful places in the world. Iargo Springs outside of Oscoda, Michigan.

The Welsh heavy metal band BFMV rocked the crowd at the Mayhem Fest in Indianapolis Indiana.

One of the best metal bands out there. Great tunes, enthusiasm and great metal.

The most evil of all metal bands performing at the Verizon Wireless Center, Indianapolis

Crunch, crunch, crunch, these guys are heavy.

Impressive set by this up and coming band!

One of my favorite bands. These guys never mail it in. Trivium

Behemoth live on the Hot Topic Extreme Metal Stage.

Manson must hate photographers. We had one song to take photos and of course he made sure it was dark as all hell punctuated by flashing strobes. White face makeup didn't help much either!

Home Is The Foundation fund raiser hosted at Taffys. Great people and a very cool cause. Learn more about Home is the Foundation at:
www.hitfoundation.org.

Some photos of my walk down Queen Street and a few other locations around the wonderful city of Toronto, Canada.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SHOW

My friend, crowd favorite, bluesman Bob Dellaposta live at Taffys opening for Johnny A.

Jane Sachs and her band performed to a packed audience.

A great bunch of folks came out to test out a few wines from Germany. These wine tastings are a blast and the people who attend are very cool. A groovy experience!

The great Robin Trower performing live at Bogarts in Cincinnati.

The greatest rock star of them all. Alice and his band NEVER mail it in! It's always a dynamite show! As for the band, great musicians and good guys!

Mobile Deathcampl performing a brutal set live in Columbus, Ohio. Impressive speed metal band hailing from Toledo, Ohio

Opening for Threat Level and Mobile Deathcamp. This up and coming Ohio metal band has potential.

Indy-based Threat Level rocking live in the capital city of Ohio! Great metal band!

Like "Metallica meets Iron Maiden" this British metal band rocks.

Finally, some decent photos taken at the zoo!

Joe and Lani tear it up live at Taffys in Eaton Ohio.

Ted Nugent delivers his gospel of Rock 'n' Roll, patriotism, and the right to keep and bear arms. At 60 Nugent continues to kick major ass. A great show and always fun.

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Rock On The Range concert, in Columbus, Ohio

Live at Rock On The Range, Columbus, Ohio 2009

Live at Rock On The Range concert in Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Rock On The Range 2009 Concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert in Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at Rock On The Range, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Columbus, Ohio Rock On The Range concert

Live at the 2009 Columbus Rock On The Range Concert

Live on the 2nd stage at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Another great wine tasting bash hosted by Jane and Manfred at Taffys.

Photographs of the Gem City, Dayton Ohio

Another wonderful charity wine tasting hosted by Taffys in Eaton, Ohio. This time the local YMCA is the beneficiary of the event. Always a great time, cool people, wonderful wines and of course, well, Manfred's there too.

well, Manfred's there too.

Congratulations to Infinite Staircase for a nice job opening the show for Dope, Sevendust and Black Label Society.

Dope rocking the Madison Theater.

Sevendust live in Covington, KY

Bob Dellaposta and his great blues/rock band live at the Dark Horse Tavern, Miamisburg, Ohio.

A great group of people gathered at Taffys for a wine tasting to benefit Preble Promise!

Another great evening of wine tasting, great music by Flat 5, Mr. Jerry Gillespie and an art exhibit by yours truly. What could be better?

Debra is an organization seeking a cure to a disease called Epidermolysis Bullosa or EB. EB affects 1 our of every 50,000 live births. It is characterized by chronic, painful blistering. The fund raiser featured art by a young man named Maxx who has EB. Maxx is five and loves Dinosaurs. His drawings were auctioned to raise funds for EB research efforts and his artwork raised over $500.00
You can learn more at
http://www.ebinfoworld.com/ and at http://www.debra.org/

raiser featured art by a young man named Maxx who has EB. Maxx is five and loves Dinosaurs. His drawings were auctioned to raise funds for EB research efforts and his artwork raised over $500.00
You can learn more at
http://www.ebinfoworld.com/ and at http://www.debra.org/

From Columbus, Ohio, the 2008 CBA/IBC Challenge Winners from Columbus. A great band with solid licks. Performing at The Dayton Blues Society Blues Showcase at Gillys

From Dayton to Chicago and now back to jam in Dayton, Snapper Mitchum and the Blues Invaders played some low-down snappy blues for the 1st Annual Dayton Blues Society Blues Showcase at Gillys

Soony Moorman opened the Dayton Blues Society Blues Showcase at Gillys. Moorman blew the crowd away.

One of the coolest bands I've seen in a long time. These guys are from South Wales and they play "Ragga-Metal". Interesting, cool and lots of fun to listen to.

As they put it, "Kick ass redneck rock." Great back ala Jackyl, Nugent, ZZ Top...smokin players.

Impressive rock quartet opening for The Godz in Columbus

Photos of bass phenom Trentin Manning, Cincinnati, Ohio. Incredible virtuoso solo bass.

Ringo Starr and his all star band at the Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, Ohio.

Jessie James DuPree and Jackyl performing live at the Alrosa Villa, Columbus, Ohio.

The great heavy metal band Kittie from London Ontario Canada rock the ARV

Very talented band who opened the show for Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry and Shinedown.

Shinedown rocking the crowd at Value Center Arena, Columbus, Ohio

One of America's great party bands!

A7X with a great lineup of bands performing a the Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio

New Orleans based Down appearing at Bogarts in Cincy. An absolutely incredible live band.

Threat Level opened the show at the 2008 Indy Metal Festival. Great band, very dynamic.

Maryland-based Cinder Road performing in support of Alice Cooper in Columbus, Ohio.

Opening for Tesla. Outstanding performance and well received by the audience.

Another outstanding performance by Tesla

One of the hardest rocking chicks out there. Had the chance to be the lead vocalist of Van Halen when Roth was originally bounced! Great voice and a cool personality too!

John Waite former vocalist of The Babys

Night Ranger at the Fraze Pavilion, Kettering Ohio

Performing in Dayton at Summerfest.

One of the great modern day blues guitars

Exceptional blues band based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Photographed at the Rock on the Range show in Columbus, Ohio

Shinedown performs on the main stage at the 2008 Rock on The Range show, Columbus Ohio.

The first show in seven years of the reunited Stone Temple Pilots. Columbus, Ohio.

Robin Trower absolutely blew away the crowd at the sold out Music Mill in Indianapolis, Indiana. A very nice guy, pleasant to talk to and an incredible guitar player.

A great band out of Arizona currently on tour with Otep. A talented bunch.

This is a great band currently on the road with Otep. Absolutely worth checking out.

Otep, vocalist, poet, metal chick.

Perhaps the best metal band in Columbus, Ohio

BB King playing the Fraze Pavilion in Dayton, Ohio, 2006

President George W. Bush delivers a speech on the status of Iraq and the overall war on terror in the Modern Aviation Gallery of the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

Hellyeah live in Indianapolis on the "Family Values Tour".

Cinder Road live at Bogarts. This one was of the best concerts I've seen in years. A perfect compliment for Tesla, Cinder Road brings back the "good ole days" of arena rock! Bombastic, larger than life and great tunes. Check them out, you will not be disappointed

life and great tunes. Check them out, you will not be disappointed

Hillary Clinton on the campaign stump in Ohio. This is an appearance at Huber Heights, Ohio.

From 1992 to 1994, I worked as a free-lance writer and photographer for the Packer Report. With less than great equipment for the job and few real photography skills few of these photos have ever seen the light of day. But with the Pack in the Playoffs I thought...why not! Hope you like a few.

the light of day. But with the Pack in the Playoffs I thought...why not! Hope you like a few.

Reunion Show held at the famous Alrosa Villa in Columbus Ohio