Feb 4, 2010 1
A few weeks back I was contacted by Justin from Unseen Hero to shoot some live shots for their next gig at Tanz Cafe which I will maybe post a bit later. We decided to shoot some promo shots before the gig. I’m not going to say much about these photos but what I will say is that if you get a chance you should check these guys out, they’re a relatively young band but with some insane talent and I think they’ll go far.
Jan 24, 2010 2
I shots a few of the shows at the Jo’burg Audi Fashion Week for JhbLive during the last few days. I’m only going to post two photos from those shows on this blog because this is not a fashion blog and I try to keep the photos mainly music related AND I try not to post photos of people with eating disorders(i am kidding)… I’m posting these two as I like these way more than any of the others… my favourite is the second one… and yes, it is out of focus… and yes, I meant it to be so… really… I like the first one because it’s not your standard ramp shot and I quite like the framing…
Jan 10, 2010 4
In the last two years of shooting I have somehow managed not to see a single Flash Republic show(not sure how that happened). I finally got to see them at the MNET New Year’s recording… and they’re one of the best live shows l’ve seen. I was there to shoot Zebra and Giraffe(post below) and was not really interested in shooting any of the other bands… anyway… I shot some of the Flash Republic performance and now I can’t wait to shoot/see them again… They’re clearly a band that have thought about their live show and worked on it…
Here are a few from the evening…
Jan 3, 2010 4
A few weeks back Zebra & Giraffe performed at the MNET studios in Randburg… along with a few other bands. The show was a pre-record for MNET’s new years eve show… I was basically there to shoot Z&G but shot a few of Flash Republic as well… as it turned out the lighting conditions for Flash Republic were a lot better than they were for the Z&G performance… and on top of that my lens was having trouble focusing, so it looks like I’ll need to get it calibrated(or more likely I will have to get a new one)…
These shots are all from one area of the studio as for obvious reasons my mobility was limited…
So now that I’ve made my excuses here are the four shots of Z&G that I was happy with… I will post the Flash Republic ones a bit later…
Those of you who read this blog on a semi-regular basis will know that I really love this band… so get yourself to one of there upcoming shows…
Dec 24, 2009 2
I was contacted a few weeks back by Devan Murugan, an old friend of mine, he wanted some portraits done. I did them. I really like this one . Oh, for those of you who don’t watch the SABC channels, Devan reads the 7pm news.
Nov 21, 2009 2
… It was a good morning and I shot a few photos of my cousin Yeshiel at a nearby park… these are those photos… or four of them at least. I’ve been messing around with some processing techniques so these have been processed slightly differently… especially the last one…
Oct 28, 2009 6
Last week Friday I spent the day at WITS with my friends from Dear Reader. They were playing their final show for the year, this after a insane touring schedule which took them all over Europe. I got there at about twelve and basically just tried to shoot the day in a documentary kinda way. When processing I decided to go with a high contrast black and white look…
The show was fantastic, I didn’t get that many shots of the actual performance as the WITS Great Hall doesn’t really have any space where photographers can shoot from without standing in front of the audience and getting in their way…
<start rant>
i hate it when photographers do that, just ‘cos you have a camera doesn’t give you/us the right to get in everyone’s way.
<end rant>
So to end off, this band is insanely fantastical, buy their cd, go watch them when they’re on tour again and then do it again. Do it! Do it!
p.s. I wasn’t sure how many of these to post, so i basically posted all of those which I processed.
Oct 18, 2009 3
Not much to say here except that these guys rock, oh, and it was fun shooting in the rain. One or two aren’t as sharp as I would have liked but I decided to post them anyway… just because they look cool(the band)…
Sep 28, 2009 1
Spoke to a friend on mine today and he suggested that I post a few in a series, so these two go with the previous post. Very little post processing on the second one, just a curves adjustment… the auto-focus on my lens jammed and that was the result.
Listen to Off He Goes by Pearl Jam whilst looking at the first one. Been listening to a fair bit of Pearl Jam’s No Code record, reminds me of growing up and the people who have had a huge influence on my life.
Sep 27, 2009 1
So this is another ‘random’ shot. We were driving back up to Jo’burg from Durban on what was a really cool photo trip despite it only being two days. Finally watched 24 Hour Party People during the trip(which was uber cool)… Anyway I took this photo, I really like it because its kinda ominous and it kinda reflects how I see the world. It’s bit similar to my previous post in terms of the feeling you get when you look at it… I recommend listening to Sit Down, Stand Up by Radiohead when looking at this photo(Really).
