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 [...]
Annandale Hotel 10th Birthday
Over the past couple of weeks my local, The Annandale Hotel has been celebrating its ten year anniversary. The place has stood for a lot longer than ten years, but the anniversary marks the time it’s been owned and run in it’s current incarnation by Matt and Dan Rule. I saw a couple of the [...]
Art vs Science Magic Fountain video
While Art vs Science were filming their music video for Magic Fountain in the laneways of Paddington i dropped by and took a few stills.
Vivid 2010 recap
After posting some other photos of Vivid Sydney events like the lighting of the Opera House sails, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson’s press conference, the concert for dogs, and Creative Sydney, here’s some other photos from my time shooting Vivid Live for the Opera House.
Unreal Rock: The photographs of Jacques L’Affrique
Here’s a little interview i did with photographer David Porter (aka Jacques L’Affrique) that appears in this weeks Brag magazine. It was difficult to prepare for because i’d never heard of him before and couldn’t find much information about him apart from a brief period in the 1970′s which is documented in his show Unreal [...]
The Scare call it quits
After 7 years as a band, The Scare yesterday declared they were pulling the plug and disbanding after their next run of four shows. It’s always disappointing when a band you’ve supported and enjoyed splits up. And The Scare will always be close to my heart because they were one of the very first bands [...]
Vivid Sydney 2010
The next couple of weeks i’ll be photographing a number of things for the Vivid Sydney festival which kicked off with the illumination of the Sydney Opera House sails last Thursday.
General Pants Major Label band photos
Last month i took photos of three of the bands participating in General Pants Major Label intiative. They were Made in Japan, Underlights and Guineafowl.
Oh Mercy and the Australian Music Prize
Some snaps of Oh Mercy at the MCA, after the Australian Music Prize announcement in February.
Parades
Here’s a few snaps of Sydney band Parades. I bought some flares from a boating supplies store and had Vikki flailing around with them behind the band for these shots. Parades are touring across Australia in support of their debut album Foreign Tapes.
Photographing The Medics
Something from the archives today with a look at a shoot with young Cairns band The Medics that i did in June 2009. I’ve been lucky enough to shoot stills on a Foxtel project that’s profiling various indigenous artists, and that’s what took me to the Dreaming Festival last year for several things, including this photo with [...]
Monotonix wreak havoc at The Annandale
Israeli punk band Monotonix played one of the most unpredictable and mayhem fueled gigs i’ve ever seen at The Annandale last night. The room was about half full, so to begin the 3 piece band set up their gear in the middle of the room for the audience to circle around. From the get go [...]
AC/DC – The Boys are Back in Town
Rock’n’roll icons AC/DC returned to the city that spawned them at a bombastic concert in front of 70,000 odd fans at Sydney’s ANZ stadium last night. I was shooting for Time Out Sydney, whose cover this month is adorned by Angus Young with a feature on the A to Z of AC/DC. Read the review. [...]
Rock Photography panel discussion
This Friday evening Tony Mott (music photography legend), Joe Ferrara (Art Director of Rolling Stone Australia) and little old me are talking at the Australian Centre for Photography about “Rock Photography“. Tony will give a 30 minute presentation which will leave you in awe of his career and give you plenty of chuckles – then [...]
Covers – a photo show
Cybele Malinowksi and I are having a photo show at Mart Gallery in Surry Hills (156 Commonwealth St) starting this Friday 12-5pm and continues for 2 weeks. The show comprises 24 music magazine covers that feature our photos, including Drum Media, The Brag, Time Out Sydney, jmag and Mess and Noise. Artists who feature in [...]
Laneway Festival Sydney 2010
Here’s my snaps from the Laneway Festival on the weekend. It was pretty exceptional; a fantastic line-up, a well mannered and good looking crowd, and a new more spacious venue in an ex-mental asylum.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Hordern
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs last night at Hordern Pavilion. A joy to photograph.
Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother
Having photographed Wolfmother countless times onstage it was nice to get the opportunity to photograph frontman Andrew Stockdale face to face. It was for a feature in Time Out Sydney on various Modular artists. The shots on white were taken at my place with an idea for a composite cover with other artists. That didn’t [...]
Empire of the Sun photos
During the filming of Empire of the Sun‘s video for Without You i took a few snaps of (Emperor) Luke Steele. In the tradition of their previous publicity shots, they went through the Debaser illustration process to come out in this fantasy fashion. One of the shots also made the single artwork cover. Here’s the [...]
Homebake 2009
Here’s my photos from the Homebake festival on Saturday. Lovely day out as usual, and this year marked the fifth time i’ve photographed Homebake. It was the first festival i ever photographed with proper accreditation. Thanks Sonia for sorting out that pass all those years ago. For old times sake, here’s Tumbleweed playing Hang Around [...]