Homebake 2007 photos

Daniel Boud — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:52:39 +0000

Here’s some photos from Homebake 2007. The day was headlined by the Divinyls on the main stage and Pnau on the Dome stage. Both acts put on fantastic sets, which was a surprising since they’ve both been off the performing circuit for a while. Chrissie Amphlett still has all the moves as a frontwoman and was a joy to watch.

Elton John’s new favourite act Pnau still has it too, revving the crowd up with a pretty spectacular live show.

Some of the other acts on the all Aussie (and the odd Kiwi) lineup included Cut Copy, Belles Will Ring, Sarah Blasko, Angus and Julia Stone, Missy Higgins, Paul Dempsey, Missy Higgins and Scribe.

See more in the Homebake 2007 gallery.

Angus and Julia Stone and more

Daniel Boud — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:28:05 +0000

This is Angus and Julia Stone at The Great Escape festival.

Normally to take pictures of an established band or artist you need to go through a convoluted trail of publicists, managers, labels and assorted others. And if you’re not doing it for a publication of some sort then you’ll usually be out of luck.

In this case it was a simple case of getting a friend of mine who knows them to ask if i could take their photo, bypassing the usual rigmarole. They were happy to do so and i quickly snapped some pictures between their publicity commitments.

The following are some other acts i grabbed photos with at SXSW.

This is Yo Majesty from Florida, photographed out the back of a club they were performing at. I casually asked one of them if i could get a photo, she excitedly gathered the others to mug for the camera.

Badly Drawn Boy was having a pint by himself while another band played before his set. I politely asked if he minded having his photo taken, snapped 2 frames and let him get on with it.

Saul Williams was chatting with some people outside a venue. I politely interupted to ask for a photo and he happily obliged. I asked him to shuffle along a bit in order to get a better background, but all up it was done in 20 seconds. There’s another shot of him smiling here.

Each of these encounters were very brief. I made sure i was prepared (right lens, right camera settings, picture in my head of what i wanted) before approaching the person and did so in a friendly manner.

It goes to show that you don’t need to always go through the official channels for these things – just have the balls to approach people when the time is right. And of course be nice about it and respectful if they say no.

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