A few weeks back I spent half a day with mountains-based death metal band Resonator. For all these shots I put a 24″ softbox on the key light and used a second flash for fill/rim. Read More
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Photos: Art vs. Science @ The Enmore Theatre, 08.07.2011
Thought this gig deserved posting up, given what a sweet light show it was. Never seen such energy at the Enmore 
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Gig Photos // May 2011
May was a quiet month for live stuff, the only show of merit being Suicidal Tendencies at the Metro Theatre. I also went along to the Segression’s ‘Never Dead’ gig at the Annandale, but I ended up being a lighting tech for some of the night and then got talking to (and drinking with) people and missed most of the set. I also met comedian Steve Hughes!
Bands in May were:
- Segression
- Contrive
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Toe To Toe
Here are some of the shots …
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The “Add Linked Images To Gallery” WordPress Plugin
I feel compelled to write something about this plugin, given how much time it saved me in my recent blog upgrade. It’s function is quite specialised, but it’s nevertheless worth a mention.
My situation was this: For a year I’d been using Zenfolio for my image hosting, and this meant that I’d been hotlinking my photos into blog posts. But because I wasn’t using many of the premium features that Zenfolio offer, I recently decided to cancel my subscription.
And so I had a problem. In deciding to move away from Zenfolio, all the images that I’d linked to in my blog posts over the past year were going to disappear!
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Photos: Kool and the Gang @ The Enmore Theatre, Sydney 18/02/2011
Funktacular
This was my first gig of 2011 and it was a blast! Stayed right ’til the end for this one, because sometimes you just can’t beat disco*.
*It’s true
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Tear Sheets! (Happy New Year)
Well 2010 is nearly over, so I thought this was a good time to look back on the last few months and scan in some magazines that have used my photos. It’s been a whirlwind ride really: In less than six months I have shot 65 different bands in Sydney, from my first small gig in June for a website, to assignments like Metallica’s world tour for BLUNT magazine in September. I’m certainly in no position to complain that things haven’t moved fast enough!
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Photos: Paramore @ Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney 15/10/2010
“What’s up Sydney??!!”
‘Pop rock’ or not, I actually really like Paramore, so I was stoked when I got asked to cover their visit to Sydney in October. The band drew a, um.. ‘youthful’ clientele to the Sydney Entertainment Centre, with, as expected, the demographic mostly comprising 14 year old demi-clones of frontlady Hayley Williams. Also as expected, this was a huge production, so the lighting was great. In fact the main challenge was catching Hayley bombing around the stage. Another tricky factor was getting the shots in what was effectively a two song allowance, due to a massive curtain falling into the photo pit during the first number which had to be removed by the techies (at a rather leisurely pace I might add). That, and we also got pulled half way through the third song because the teeny-boppers got a bit too crazy. Too many fizzy drinks I expect.
Photos: The Snowdroppers @ The Manning Bar, Sydney 12/11/2010
“IIIIIIII’ve bin workin’ hard!”
This was my second time shooting The Snowdroppers, although on the previous occasion they were supporting Hell City Glamours at the Oxford Art Factory. This time it was a headline show, and they certainly drew an eclectic mix of punters! There was a great atmosphere at the Manning on this night, and I was flabbergasted by the number of photographers in the pit – more than most internationally acclaimed bands that I shoot! Undoubtedly there was plenty of anticipation surrounding this show.
The shooting conditions were okay (plenty of bright yellow light, which was fine), but due to the number of other shooters it was a case of choosing your spot and staying there. As a result I didn’t manage to get around the whole band as much as I would have liked. Three songs were up in no time, and that was that.
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Photos: Alexisonfire @ UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney 08/10/2010
This could be anywhere in the world (but it’s not, it’s in Sydney)
I’ll never be able to choose a favourite band, but Torontonian post-hardcore-ers Alexisonfire are, to my surprise as much as anyone else’s, strong contenders. The band managed to sell out the UNSW Roundhouse, and that’s despite the somewhat non-transferrable Canadian subject matter of freezing winds and apocalyptic snowfall. The crowd was fairly young too, fully embracing AOF’s tendency to sing about ‘getting on a bit’ (“my youth is slipping away”, they say… “we are not the kids we used to be”, they moan). Honestly perhaps their last album should have been called Midlife Crisis.
Anyway what is this, a frickin’ album review? The facts are these: one of my favourite bands were lit by red and blue LEDs from the side of the stage for the first three songs. Difficult metering, dodgy white balance settings and saturated colour channels all round. Such a bummer! But hey, that’s the way it goes sometimes.
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