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Sparkadia Drum Cover

Daniel Boud — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:37:09 +0000

Alex from Sparkadia on the cover of Drum Media

Last week a picture i took of Alex from Sparkadia graced the cover of Drum Media.

It’s great to work with Alex again, we’ve a long history as i’m pretty sure i took their first ever press shots back in 2005 when they were still called The Spark.

The Sparkadia feature inside Drum Media

The picture they ran inside with the feature was fun for me to see, featuring my cat and assistant Stephanie. I always like to see lighting set-ups and revealing the artifice behind staged photos.

Annandale Hotel 10th Birthday

Daniel Boud — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:30:09 +0000

Jimmy Barnes on stage at the Annandale with band members Davey Lane and Charlie Owen

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 gigs, and took a photo for Drum Media to coincide with the anniversary.

While i wouldn’t normally call myself a Jimmy Barnes fan, it was pretty special watching him belting out the hits like Khe Sanh, Flame Trees and Working Class Man. I wasn’t intending to take photos, but when Andy invited me along he said i’d regret it if i didn’t, and he was probably right. So i took a few snaps from behind the bar.

They accompany a story he wrote for Mess and Noise, primarily about his cab ride to the gig.

And here’s a couple of shots i did for Drum Media featuring Richard Clapton (who had to leave before we shot the second shot), Jake and Stav from bluejuice, Jay Whalley from Frenzal Rhomb and Pete Kostic from Regurgitator and Front End Loader.

JD Fortune and INXS photos never seen before

Daniel Boud — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:54:42 +0000

In light of this week’s news of JD Fortune and his inauspicious exit from INXS i thought it might be timely to revisit some photos i took of the band in happier times.

These are photos i took for Drum Media in April 2006, two different shots ended up on the cover of Drum in Sydney and Inpress in Melbourne.

It was a pretty amazing assignment for me to get at the time. I’d hardly had any photos published before, had very little experience using off camera lighting and was nervous as all hell shooting a legendary band like INXS.

It turns out i got the gig based on a recommendation by someone in Melbourne who read my blog and though i’d be up for the task. Thanks Jez!

Anyway, as i really didn’t know what i was doing i enlisted Cybele to help and borrowed a couple of studio lights. The shoot was held at the Sheraton on the Park in Sydney at 10am.

Before arriving, Cybele and i stopped by a local bottle shop to pick up some champagne to use as a prop. I thought it’d be nice to inject some life and party vibes into the shot by having JD burst open the champagne. I was also a little nervous about the idea since i heard that some members of the band were alcoholic and teetotal now.

After arriving we found a colourful backdrop and set up two lights with reflector heads pointed to the ceiling to bounce the light off the roof. That was the one lighting setup i understood from bouncing light around with my flash while doing party photography.

I was using my Canon Rebel XT (350D) and hired a Canon 16-35mm f2.8 lens.

The band arrived and after brief introductions we were snapping away. I was very thankful for JD Fortune’s expressive personality as he really played up for the camera, pulling all sorts of poses and really embracing the champagne idea.

Just as i’d hoped, he popped open the bottle and sprayed it all over me with glee, dousing the ceiling with champagne in the process. Following that he swigged from the bottle and spat it everywhere. Classic rock’n'roll shenanigans.

I was at the hotel the other week, some 3 years later, and had a pang of pride and nostalgia seeing that the champagne stains are still visible on the ceiling.

Now three years down the track i’m shooting pictures full time and have numerous magazine covers under my belt, JD Fortune has kicked his cocaine habit and is living out of his pick up truck, and INXS are prodding the desecrated corpse of INXS considering whether to bring it back to life.

For the aspiring photographers out there i hope this is a lesson that you never know when a dream assignment will pop up out of the blue. If it does, just say yes, even if it scares the hell out of you. But don’t be too proud to ask for help.

It could be the shoot that changes everything.

Belles Will Ring Drum Cover

Daniel Boud — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:46:24 +0000

I did a little photo shoot with Belles Will Ring last week which is on the cover of Drum Media this week.

It was a bit last minute, the only time everyone was available was 8.30pm the night before the cover artwork was due. We used the studio, with a couple of coloured lights on each side of the band. It was intended to give the photos a 60′s sort of vibe, to complement the bands music.

The band are embarking on a tour, starting this weekend in Melbourne. Details are on their myspace.

Ground Components cover photo

Daniel Boud — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:34:53 +0000

At the last minute this week i found out a photo i’d taken was going on the cover of Drum Media. It’s the chaps from Ground Components.

I did their press shots several months ago, and the deal with those is i take them for the band and they get use them wherever they like. So you never know where they’ll end up. It’s rewarding when they get some high profile exposure, much like it must be for the band.

Ground Components are touring at the moment, check their myspace for dates.

The shots they used, on the cover and inside, were ones i kinda considered out takes which i didn’t photoshop at all. I selected and touched up a dozen or so of the ones i thought were the best, but included a whole lot of others on the disc i handed over. I forgot about these ones so it’s nice to see them rediscovered.

In other news, i was told today that the issue of Guitarist Australia with my photograph of Wolfmother on the cover was their highest selling issue ever!

INXS photos in Drum

Daniel Boud — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:00:40 +0000

Drum is out now on the streets of Sydney with the shot above on the cover.

Here’s a few more photos from the session.

I quite like this one as they all look happy and relaxed. Like old mates. The lighting’s a bit iffy, but we only had a very short time to set up and the band arrived about half an hour early. Excuses excuses.

I brought along a bottle of champagne as a prop, and it worked a treat. JD revelled in shaking it up, spraying it everywhere, drinking from the bottle and spitting the champagne toward me. He’s got that cheeky rockstar behaviour down pat.

The folks at The Sheraton weren’t impressed and came over to tell us to take it easy. I think the wad of notes JD slipped them after the shoot placated them somewhat.

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