Temper Trap, Tinie Tempah and getting paid
Here’s some pictures from Temper Trap’s Russian Standard Live at the Chapel performance last night, followed by Tinie Tempah at the Blackberry Torch launch last week. These were shows i shot for the sponsors and it got me thinking about shooting live music and my changed relationship with shooting shows.
Splendour Studio – Day 1
At Splendour in the Grass i had one of the best assignments i’ve ever had – shooting backstage portraits of the bands and artists playing at the festival for FasterLouder. FasterLouder had a tent in the media compound backstage that i set up with a white paper roll and some studio lights (with help from [...]
V Festival 2009
Last weekend i snapped some pictures at V Festival Sydney. It was pretty funny seeing Vanilla Ice play a surprise set of hits like Ice Ice Baby, Play that Funky Music and Ninja Rap. The crowd, most of whom would have been too young to remember Vanilla Ice first time round, went nuts for him. [...]
Franz Ferdinand in Sydney
Straight off the plane from Fiji, sunburnt and dog-bitten, i made my way to the Enmore Theatre for Franz Ferdinand. It was like 2004 all over again with Red Riders in support. It was the debut show of new guitarist, Brad Heald of The Vines. I guess he’s got time on his hands after The [...]
Laneway Festival Sydney 2007
It was a day of travel and recovery as i woke early to catch a flight from San Francisco to Austin. Austin is filling with web geeks, the weather is beautiful and SXSW officially kicks off tomorrow. After a mexican meal for dinner i headed back to my hotel for some rest, TV watching and [...]