Rock photographer Rich Galbraith is featured in a new OmegasApple.com interview. An excerpt is available below.

Q: Richard Galbraith Photography Presents KISS was self-published through Lulu.com in October 2009. How did the project come to fruition, and what motivated you to go ahead with the project itself?

Galbraith: "I always thought it would be cool to have a book with some of my photos but never really could see it happening. Besides, after seeing all the pros’ books I felt I could not really compete with all the other books out there. But after lending out a few photos for a few of Greg Prato’s books, Greg mentioned trying to do a KISS book of my photos, which I kind of put off at first until I sent enough samples his way to see if I had enough decent shots to pull it off. There were several tours I really didn’t have much on so I was not sure if it would be worthwhile."

Q: Other journalists who’ve used your photographs in their books are Martin Popoff and Garry Sharpe-Young, your photographs particularly appearing in Popoff’s Ye Olde Metal series. How did those contributions come to fruition, and what are your thoughts on the final products?

Galbraith: "I met Rob Dwyer who is a huge BLACK SABBATH collector and fan, and at some point he mentioned Martin Popoff. I had emailed back asking who he was, and I think six months later I heard back, so I went to Martin’s site and ended up emailing saying too bad that I had not met him sooner. Well this led to a possible JUDAS PRIEST book project he had in the works (2007’s Judas Priest: Heavy Metal Painkillers - An Illustrated History), and Martin also mentioned his Ye Olde Metal idea, so I started scanning images in for those and ended up making the cover shots along with a lot of the inside photos. Those are self-published books which are meant more for reading, so the photos are more of an added bonus I guess. Besides Martin’s Ye Olde Metal series I had pictures in the Judas Priest, DEEP PURPLE (2008’s Gettin’ Tighter: Deep Purple ?68-76), and revised BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: Secrets Revealed! books."

Go here for the complete interview.