Top of the Pops
Both as a personal exercise in creativity and as a theme for a competition, putting together a series of photographs that are based on the song titles on a favorite album is a lot of fun. There are a number of ways you can go about it, so let’s look at a few. They all [...]
In The Pit – Basic Tips For The Concert Photographer
You have three songs. Sometimes two. No control over the lighting. So how do you get great shots during a live concert? Start out with your camera set to RAW, meter set to spot and white balance on auto and a fairly high ISO. Before we continue, professional photographers as well as those who aspire [...]
Slideshows
Music | Diplo – Images by Craig Ferguson When I was about 5 or 6 years old, my grandparents took a trip to Britain. I remember they came back with lots of slides and it became a regular feature of trips to their place during school holidays and so forth to have a slide show. [...]
Shoot the Audience
As someone who makes part of my income from shooting live music I notice that one of the most common requests I get from bands and promoters is for crowd shots. In many ways, it’s in the audience that the popularity of a band and the quality of their music is most apparent. I’m a [...]
Back to the Circus – The Deadly Vibes
This past weekend saw Taiwan’s favorite dirty rock and roll band The Deadly Vibes bring the RockNRoll Circus back to town. With two shows, one on Friday in Taichung and one on Saturday in Taipei, it was a much anticipated event. They got me in to shoot their set at the VU Livehouse in Ximending [...]
Five For Friday – MoneyShot Horns
This weekend is set to be a busy one in the enetertainment sphere here in Taiwan, with the Rock N Roll Circus taking place on Friday in Taichung and Saturday in Taipei, as well as Yo La Tengo performing on Saturday. So with that in mind, this weeks 5 is taken from a gig I [...]
Back To Music
Headed out on the weekend to see a couple of friends’ bands. One of them, New Hong Kong Hair City, I’ve seen before, the other, The Green Machine, a side project for JT from The Deadly Vibes, were playing their first show. I wasn’t really out there with the intention of shooting the music, but [...]
A Moving Sound
Described by National Geographic’s Tom Pryor as “one of the most original outfits working in the world music arena today”, local multi-cultural performance group A Moving Sound released their third CD, Starshine, last weekend with two concerts at the Red Theater, in Ximending, Taipei. Fresh from a recent tour of Europe, Starshine explores the souls [...]
Five For Friday – Spacefunk
What a week it has been. First page on Digg, and now the front page of Google when searching for people photography. Quite a ride. Things are getting back to normal now and so it’s time for another installment in 5. Regular visitors will be familiar with Spacefunk, who I previously photographed live at Bliss [...]
The Deadly Vibes @ Rock N Roll Circus
Following Rock In Hose, The Deadly Vibes took to the stage. Blasting out a highly energetic set of down and dirty rock n roll, they blew the roof off the place. The way they ran about the stage you’d have thought they were playing in an arena instead of the small stage in a basement [...]
Full House @ Rock N Roll Circus
Rockabilly band Full House took the stage first at the Rock N Roll Circus, held last weekend in Taiwan. The Taipei show was at VU Livehouse in front of an enthusiastic crowd. After a brief delay due to technical problems, the three-piece ripped into a blistering set and got the party started.
Spacefunk @ VU Livehouse
After their gig at Bliss a couple of weeks ago, Spacefunk returned to the stage at VU Livehouse in Ximending, Taipei. Supporting the Moneyshot Horns (photos coming later this week), Spacefunk kicked things off close to midnight with their blend of funky electro tunes. I’ll let the pictures do the talking for now – don’t [...]
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