This weekend I had not one event to photograph but two. On Saturday night I went to Rockabilly Riot in Leeds which was pretty good. It's a hard venue to shoot in as the stage is very dark - there are no lights - and there is a reflective wall at the back of the stage. Took me a while to remember how to take photos in there! After a bit of experimentation I'd figured it out though. Always learning.
Sunday was Slam Dunk. I've been my fourth year at the festival and third year taking photos. I forgot how busy it gets. Lots of crowds. Every room was totally different to photograph in. The Vans stage was high up and no photo pit with lots of skankers and crowd surfing... whilst the main room had good lighting but a smoke machine at times which was a bit difficult. I was doing flash photography and then no flash... changing lenses every now and again. I wish someone would invent a lens that has wide aperture, could be very wide and zoom too. lol. I'm lazy.
Anyway, yeah, it was really good fun. I enjoyed the festival and the opportunity to photograph so many good bands. The photo I chose for this blog post is one of my favourites from the day. It's Polar Bear Club. I'd never heard anything by them but the stage manager said he'd like some photos of them so I decided to catch some of their set. I think I was the only person taking pics of them too which was nice. They were jumping all over the place, going down to the crowd.. it was really fun to watch. I hope that comes across in my photos of them.
Think I've got a bit of a break from gigs for a week or two, but I'm absolutely desperate to get out there and take more photos now! Trying to organise some promo shoots in the meantime though. Totally different style of photography, but think I need to get more experience in that area now.
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Slam Dunk 2009
Monday, 18 May 2009
Mutiny 2009
On Saturday it was the first Mutiny Festival at Bridlington Spa. It was a one day event which featured loads of punk bands including Sonic Boom Six, Random Hand, UK Subs, Anti-Nowhere League, Stuff Little Fingers and Goldblade. Had such a great time! Goldblade in particular were good.. never seen them before but they were amazing.. the singer was so full of energy and was down in the crowd for a lot of the set! UK Subs were good too.
I think Fisher did a great job organising this event and hoping that he'll do another event like this next year...
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