Cut Off Your Hands and teenagersintokyo
In my new tradition of posting photos weeks after they actually happened here’s shots of Cut Off Your Hands and Teenagers in Tokyo (or teenagersintokyo) at Spectrum in Sydney earlier this month. I’d seen Teenagers in Tokyo play ages ago and they’ve definitely improved with more confidence on stage plus extra songs to rival the [...]
Midnight Juggernauts conquer Sydney
A few weeks ago Midnight Juggernauts played two sold out shows at The Metro. They supported by Young and Restless and Damn Arms. I took photos onstage and off – see them all in the gallery. The juggernaut continues for for the band with a couple more Sydney shows before they jet off to America [...]
Editors at The Metro
Seeing Editors at the Metro on Wednesday night was the start of my Brit band weekend. Tonight i’m attempting to shoot Arctic Monkeys at the Hordern then Lily Allen at The Metro. Saturday is Bloc Party, Sunday Kaiser Chiefs and Monday The Horrors. I may not be going to Splendour like most of my mates [...]
Moblogging
My official photoblogging stint over at Lifelounge is at an end now. You can see my efforts over at Lifelounge or in this Flickr set. I feel like a sellout writing about the phone too much, but it’s pretty nifty. It ain’t no iPhone though. That picture is of my new Straight Arrows 7" record. [...]
Dappled Cities Fly and Red Riders tour photos
Last week Dappled Cities Fly and Red Riders co-headlined a sold out show at The Metro in Sydney. I took pictures. It was quite an occasion, one which marks a high point in the rise of each band. Sydney bands tend to start their lives by playing a gig at a smallish venue like The [...]
Las Vegas pictures
I’m still trawling down memory lane and have just uploaded my gallery of photos from Las Vegas. Vegas came directly after my 10 days in Austin and was like a recovery from the hectic times at SXSW. Most would come to Vegas to gamble and party but i spent most of it in bed, watching [...]
Photoblogging with the n95
I’ve been given a fancy new Nokia n95 phone by Lifelounge. In return i’m doing a photoblog for a few weeks. I’m embracing the point-and-click nature of it. You won’t see art, but you will see the mundanity of my day.
Facebook tipping point
Is it just me or has Facebook exploded in the past fortnight? I’ve had an account for about a year with just a couple of contacts, but in the past two weeks it’s jumped to nearly 100 contacts and is now a hive of activity. It appears to have reached a tipping point amongst my [...]
The new Ghosts and Valentinos
Sydney bands The Valentinos and The Ghosts have announced their name changes this week. They’re now respectively titled Lost Valentinos and Ghostwood. I wonder if other local acts like Teenager, The Cops and Ladyhawke are considering name changes in light of their international namesakes? (The Teenagers, The Cops, Ladyhawk)
Jeff Buckley photo exhibition
An exhibition of photos by Merri Cyr of Jeff Buckley opened at Blender Gallery in Sydney this evening. If you’re a Jeff Buckley fan or have an appreciation for portraiture it’s well worth a visit. They’re on show till June 5th. I haven’t given him much thought in recent years but i was a Jeff [...]
My top 3 photo sites in Girlfriend
I made it into Girlfriend magazine again this month, nominating my top 3 photo websites. Of course Flickr was number one, alongside the photobloggies and strobist. I originally included Nikola Tamindzic’s website instead of the photobloggies, but Girlfriend’s sub-editors deemed it inappropriate for it’s occasional nudity.
The Great Escape Festival – Day 3
Day 3 of the Great Escape was when i finally got to go up in the helicopter. It had been postponed for two days because of the weather, but it cleared up enough to do the trip on the final day. It was still pretty miserable weather but loads of fun. One of the highlights [...]
The Great Escape Hay Fight
Deserving of it’s own post from the Great Escape was the hay fight on day 2. Because of the wet, organisers trucked in extra hay bales to soak up the mud. After John Butler finished his set on the main stage the crowd stuck around down the front, hurling hay into the air and at [...]
Published in print
I’m published in the NME! They’re running a full page photo of Tahita from New Young Pony Club that i took at V Festival in Sydney the other week. It’s in the issue with Noel Gallagher on the cover. I’ll have a few shots in the coming issue of SPIN too (with the festivals cover). [...]
Blog Housekeeping
I’ve added tags to the blog. There’s a smallish tag cloud in the sidebar plus a page of all the tags. I’m rather late to the web 2.0 party but i figure tags are a better way of browsing the archives than by month. Also i’ve now added email subscriptions. So if you’re not a [...]
Metro and The Great Escape
Metro is the Friday entertainment supplement of the Sydney Morning Herald. I’ve been reading it forever and last week a photo of mine was on the cover. So i was chuffed about that. I didn’t even know about it till yesterday and only just managed to find a copy. It’s a photo of The Black [...]
Cut Off Your Hands in New York
No it’s not the name of a horror film, Cut Off Your Hands are band from New Zealand who i hung out with in New York. I first met them by chance over take away pizza late one night in Austin. I didn’t manage to catch them play at SXSW amongst the myriad of other [...]
New York farewell
I’m leaving today. It’s been a wild ride these past few weeks. San Francisco, Austin, Las Vegas, New York. It feels like i’ve been away so long, yet when i get home i know it’ll soon feel like i never left. The bat cave where i’ve been residing with the gentlemanly Jamie and divine Deborah. [...]
SXSW Music
Just a brief check in. The music festival is madness. So tired. I treated myself to a sleep in today. I’ve signed up with a photo agency called Retna, and they require my photos asap, and tightly edited with captions. So every night i come home i’m up to the wee hours sorting that out. [...]
The Wall showing party pictures
This one’s for the Sydneysiders. This Wednesday night those party pictures from Purple Sneakers will be on display at The Wall at Bar Cleveland in Surry Hills. The prints are nice and big. Bigger than Luke’s head.
Farewell Sydney
I set sail tomorrow afternoon for San Francisco on the first leg of the Boudist USA tour. As a reminder, my schedule looks like this: March 5-8 : San Francisco March 8-19 : Austin March 19-21 : Las Vegas March 21-29 : New York I still have a backlog of stuff to post here – [...]
Coming to America
Almost a week now till i depart for America. The itinerary looks like this: March 5-8 : San Francisco March 8-19 : Austin March 19-21 : Las Vegas March 21-29 : New York So excited. The primary reason for the trip is to attend South by Southwest (SXSW). I’ve got myself a platinum badge and [...]
Smokin’ Aces Sydney premiere
I shot the Sydney premiere of the film Smokin’ Aces for Myspace the other week. It premiered as part of Myspace’s black carpet screenings and Joel Edgerton and Ryan Reynolds were there alongside the myspacers. I wasn’t photographing it like a normal red carpet, my brief was to focus more on the fans from myspace. [...]