Category Archives: Events

The Melismatics @SXSW 2010 {Austin Music Photographer}

Rita Quinn Photography - Austin, TX

Okay, so after Ruby Isle, The Melismatics, from Minneapolis came on stage. They started strong and literally never stopped! Like pretty much every band I saw at SXSW, I hadn’t heard of The Melismatics before but, also like most of the bands I discovered something pretty cool. In fact, I liked them so much, I...

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Ruby Isle @SXSW 2010 {Austin Music Photographer}

Rita Quinn Photography - SXSW 2010

Okay, so this post kicks off the first of many posts I’ll be making about my experience this year at SXSW. I’m happy to say that my feet have finally stopped hating me but my spirit still longs for the amazing energy that comes from fully immersing yourself into the whole SXSW experience. So, I...

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Author Jim Marrs at CCHR Austin {Event Photographer}

Jim Marrs Austin CCHR Event

I’ll admit it, my political ideas could be considered by some to be radical. Certainly not mainstream, anyway. I grew up a hippy kid in Berkeley, CA in the 70s and was surrounded by people who didn’t trust the government. Oddly, as I write this I remember being raised “liberal” which is pretty much the...

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Texas Nullification Rally {Austin Photojournalist}

Austin Photojournalist Rita Quinn Photography

Photojournalism is probably my first love in photography. Years before taking pictures of bouncing babies and people laughing, I was attending anti-war rallies in my home town, San Diego, and getting in the thick of things to capture all the emotion and candid moments I could find. I LOVE storytelling images and get physically energized...

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Texans for Accountable Government Party {Austin Event Photographer}

Rita Quinn Photography | Austin, Tx

The battle cry was heard throughout Bagpipes pub here in Austin: “To Freedom!” This Monday I was asked to be the event photographer at the holiday party for Austin political activists group Texans for Accountable Government (TAG). With a crowd of raised drinks toasting their accomplishments from 2009 and goals for 2010, I was struck...

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