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.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bluejuice through the years
To coincide with the release of bluejuice’s new album Head of the Hawk, i dug out some of my photos from the archives for a pictorial retrospective in Tangent magazine. Bluejuice is in the midst of an Australian tour at the moment and Head of the Hawk is out now.
FBi fundraiser final fling photos
Here’s some photos from the FBi Radio fundraiser gig last Saturday night at The Metro. You can see more pictures in the gallery at Mess and Noise or below.
Homebake 2008
On a sweltering Saturday last week Homebake rolled round again, taking over Sydney’s Domain. The visual highlight was surely Nick Littlemore’s dramatic entrance for Pnau’s set. Hoisted angelically into the rafters to sing their opening song Wild Strawberries, it was a superbly Spinal Tap moment. In a hark back to 2005 when the Finn brothers [...]
Splendour in the Grass photos
I posted the crowd photos from Splendour, now here’s the artists on stage. Folks like Sigur Ros, The Vines, The Wombats, The Grates, Cold War Kids, Laura Marling, Vampire Weekend, Hadouken!, Tricky, bluejuice, Polyphonic Spree, Band of Horses and more. Loads more in the Splendour in the Grass photo gallery.
Come Together Festival at Luna Park
It’s been a while between shooting gigs for me, but i was back on the game on Saturday at the Come Together Festival at Luna Park. It was a good chance to catch up with a bunch of local bands and see the new upstarts. Bluejuice seemed to have the best crowd reaction all day. [...]
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
bluejuice have problems
My first album cover photo! This is the cover art for bluejuice‘s debut album Problems. After being around for 6 years they’re finally releasing their debut album on the 11th August. You may remember the photo when i first posted it. I haven’t seen it myself yet, but i believe the rear CD art is [...]
bluejuice photos
Taking photos of bluejuice was probably one of the funnest shoots i’ve ever done. I mean, look at that photo above. One of my favourites ever. And it was all too easy. I turned up at this office space and the guys are there and ready with all sorts of outfits to try on. Or [...]
Bluejuice recording
The other week i spent an hour or so in the studio with Bluejuice. They were recording a song for an album they hope to finish soon. I’ve not really spent much time inside a recording studio, and while there i kept thinking of one of my all time favourite photos. It’s John Lennon expressively [...]
Bluejuice & Silo
I went to several gigs last week and have just put some photos online. The first gallery is of Bluejuice at The Annandale. They put on a ripper of a show. As usual Jake was his mental self, hurling himself around, crowdsurfing and inciting the crowd. Good stuff. Learn more about the band on the [...]