Big Day Out Sydney 2012
Another Australia Day, another trip out to Homebush for the Big Day Out. Like my first time photographing Big Day Out back in 2006 i was shooting pictures for SPIN.
Lanie Lane
Here’s some press shots i did with the delightful Lanie Lane back in August. These were all shot at Gardel’s Bar.
Triple j’s Nick Cave tribute
Triple j’s Nick Cave tribute show, dubbed Straight To You, rolled through Sydney’s Enmore theatre last week and i dropped by to take some pictures and catch up with old pals.
Florence and the Machine
It was quite a joy photographing Florence and the Machine this evening in Sydney’s intimate York Theatre at the Seymour Centre.
Splendour Studio 2011
At Splendour in the Grass this year i teamed up again with FasterLouder for the Splendour Studio, where we set up a studio backstage to take pictures of the artists. We had a broad theme this year of a Willy Wonka sugar high vibe. Lots of lollies and silly colourful outfits. It was stupid amounts [...]
The Grates for triple j magazine
I’ve had a few weeks off, getting married in Thailand and whatnot. But it’s time to hop back on the blogging wagon so here’s some clippings from a shoot i did before i left with The Grates for triple j magazine. As soon as Patience did the yelling thing, gnashing her teeth, i knew it was [...]
VIVID Live photos
It’s been almost a week since it wrapped up but i’ve just found a moment to come up for air to blog some Vivid Live photos. I was shooting for the Sydney Opera House and some days felt like i had the best job in the world. Going to work each night at the magnificently [...]
Sparkadia Drum Cover
Last week a picture i took of Alex from Sparkadia graced the cover of Drum Media. It’s great to work with Alex again, we’ve a long history as i’m pretty sure i took their first ever press shots back in 2005 when they were still called The Spark. The picture they ran inside with the [...]
Rolling Stone Awards portraits
I have a few more photos in the current issue of Rolling Stone in a spread they did on coverage of the Rolling Stone Awards party. People were there for the awards and to get sozzled on the free tequila but i pulled people and award winners away for some portraits. I had a little [...]
Dan Kelly and Gareth Liddiard in Rolling Stone
I had a couple of fun photo assignments published in the most recent issue of Rolling Stone, first up was some pictures with Gareth Liddiard and Dan Kelly who are soon to embark on a national tour together. As is often the case it was a last minute shoot with no particular brief or vision [...]
Big Day Out 2011 portraits
Here’s some photos from the backstage studio i had at Sydney’s Big Day Out for Fasterlouder. Like the set up at Splendour in the Grass, we had broad theme and some props to go along with it. We had a table or carnival/circus type props for the artists to choose from as they entered. Some chose [...]
Laneway Festival 2011
Last weekend I wrapped up one of the best photo assignments i’ve ever had as official photographer for the Laneway Festival. I’ve shot Laneway every year in Sydney since its first time there in 2006 and i think it’s the best festival in Australia, and I don’t just say that because they have the good [...]
Big Day Out Studio
Like the backstage Splendour Studio i shot last year, this year i had a photo studio set up backstage at Sydney’s Big Day Out for FasterLouder. You can see all the photos in FasterLouder’s Big Day Out Photo Studio gallery.
Big Day Out Sydney 2011
Here’s some of my snaps of the Sydney Big Day Out last Thursday. I spent the bulk of my time backstage shooting portraits for FasterLouder but ducked out a few times to catch some performances for Time Out. Like five years ago when Iggy Pop’s performance blew my mind at the 2006 Big Day Out, [...]
U2 turn Sydney Red
My buddy Elmo and I have been long time U2 fans, so when we heard Bono was in town to launch World Aids Day ahead of their Australian tour we scoured our media contacts to get access. Turns out it wasn’t that hard, and with a scrum of TV crews, radio people, photographers and journalists [...]
Temper Trap, Tinie Tempah and getting paid
Here’s some pictures from Temper Trap’s Russian Standard Live at the Chapel performance last night, followed by Tinie Tempah at the Blackberry Torch launch last week. These were shows i shot for the sponsors and it got me thinking about shooting live music and my changed relationship with shooting shows.
Gareth Liddiard
Here’s some pictures i took of Gareth Liddiard, the frontman of The Drones who has just released a solo record called Strange Tourist.
Dan Sultan
Here’s some photos i took of Dan Sultan while i was working as the stills photographer on Foxtel’s Who We Are series.
Splendour Studio – Day 3
Here’s the third and final day of my FasterLouder Splendour Studio photos. One of the highlights was a chance photo opp with jónsi. Although we’d requested a photo with him, we’d been knocked back and he wasn’t on our official schedule. But i saw him wandering backstage, doing a photo with Harpers Bazaar. So i [...]
Splendour Studio – Day 2
By day two of the FasterLouder Splendour Studio i’d just about lost my voice. The combination of festival dust, tiredness and a day of barking instructions took it out of me. So i hoarsley rasped my way through the following days, prodding musicians to do this and that. Here’s my photos from day 2 featuring [...]
Splendour Studio – Day 1
At Splendour in the Grass i had one of the best assignments i’ve ever had – shooting backstage portraits of the bands and artists playing at the festival for FasterLouder. FasterLouder had a tent in the media compound backstage that i set up with a white paper roll and some studio lights (with help from [...]
Florence and the Machine at the Enmore
Florence Welch seems to be riding a wave to genuine pop stardom. At Splendour she pulled the largest crowd i saw at the whole festival. More than The Pixies and more than The Strokes who followed her. These are some photos of her performance at the Enmore Theatre last night, the first of four sold [...]
Splendour Studio
Here’s a couple of preview shots from my time in Woodford shooting artists backstage at Splendour in the Grass for FasterLouder. Over the course of three days i shot portraits of Florence and the Machine, jónsi, Mumford and Sons, Scissor Sisters, Foals, Surfer Blood, Ash, Temper Trap, Band of Horses, Wolfmother, Passion Pit, The Vines, [...]
FBi Final Fling portraits
On Saturday night i took some pictures at FBi Radio‘s Final Fling concert at the Metro. Rather than shoot it traditional event coverage style, I set up a paper roll and light to do some portraits. My buddy Will helped me set up. He has a photo show opening this week at Mart Gallery. Jinja [...]