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.
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 [...]
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, [...]
Sydney Big Day Out 2009
I had a bit of a shocker at the Big Day Out. After shooting Children Collide i dropped my 70-200 lens onto the grass. I didn’t think much of it at the time but about half an hour later i noticed it wasn’t working. Whenever i attached it to my camera it went haywire and [...]
Pride? Patriotism? Jingoism? Racism?
A few snaps of tats, piercings and t-shirts at the Sydney Big Day Out. Postscript I saw this happy family down at Bondi and thought they made a nice addition to the collection of flag wavers.
Big Day Out 2008
And here’s the rest of my Big Day Out photos. Above is Lords of Lightning who performed with some spectacular man made lightning before Rage Against The Machine. The guitarist from Anti-Flag gets amongst the crowd. Régine from Arcade Fire. Pnau get some wild strawberries dancing. Kate Nash lets out a wail
Big Day Out : the crowd
When shooting a music festival it’s sometimes more fun capturing the atmosphere and punters of the event rather than the acts on stage. I love shooting people who are unselfconsciously wrapped up in their own emotions, much like the folks above enjoying Arcade Fire. At the Big Day Out there’s also the flag waving displays [...]
Big Day Out Sydney 2007
Late as ever – here’s the my Big Day Out photos. See more photos of Muse, Something for Kate, The Violet Femmes, Lily Allen, The Vines, My Chemical Romance, Peaches, The Streets, Dappled Cities Fly, Ground Components, Snowman, The Punisherz, The Spazzys, Macromantics, Trivium and Faker. I’ve arrived safe and sound in San Francisco. The [...]
Flags at the Big Day Out
While i’m reluctant to dredge up the flag issue again, i thought i’d post some related pictures of last week’s Big Day Out. Despite organisers suggesting festival goers leave their flags at home, many people ignored the request in Sydney last week. I got the impression those sporting the flag were doing so in what [...]
Photographing Tool
Shooting Tool perform live is a photographic challenge i was aware of before i had a chance to do it myself last night at the Big Day Out. You only get one song to shoot, rather than the standard 3, and of course no flash is allowed. For the duration of that song Maynard (the [...]
Mudvayne, Wolfmother, et al
The metal fans in the audience went nuts when Mudvayne took the stage. Most intense mosh all day. Wolfmother were also in fine form and seem to have become rather massive. Walking around the crowd the band tshirt of choice was definitely theirs. Have a look in the gallery for more photos of Wolfmother, Mudvayne, [...]
Iggy Pop Rocks
My highlight of the Big Day Out? Without a doubt, photographing Iggy Pop.
Hottest 100 @ The Big Day Out
So i shot the Big Day Out yesterday and it was as awesome as i was expecting. My body is somewhat broken after lugging a heavy camera and gear for almost 12 hours in the heat. But it was well worth it. I haven’t sorted through my music photos yet, but here’s a few from [...]
Shooting the Big Day Out
10 years ago i went to my first Big Day Out. I don’t remember it too well, just random things. One memory i have is that i only knew the famous songs by the bands. So when Rage Against The Machine played i was just waiting till they played Killing in the Name Of. I [...]