I have been waiting to start the music/performance category on our site for quite some time. As many of you know, I am an avid music fan and have had the opportunity to meet and photograph countless musicians and performers. I have to rank John Mayer as one of my personal favorites. I grew up a big Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, and Eric Clapton fan and was also raised on a heavy dose of Otis Redding, James Brown, Sam and Dave, and all of the great Stax Soul artists (thanks to my father, Bob Garland). Needless to say, I enjoy soulful, blues guitar and I have become a big fan of John Mayer’s guitar work……especially his dedication to the craft and constant ability to write and play at such a high level all while continuing to reinvent himself musically. It was a pleasure for me to document one of his shows and I will start my posts with this series of images from Jones Beach in New York.

Rob Garland is the owner of Rob Garland Photographers, a company which specializes in photojournalism and fine art printing. Rob prides himself on a classic, intuitive, heartfelt documentation with the utmost in visual integrity. Rob has documented many destination weddings throughout the U.S. and abroad as well as Charlottesville weddings at many of our outstanding local venues. Rob loves imagery that fails to go in and out of style and personal touches that make each wedding unique.