Stuck With My Leg Up!

Gyroscope

The Living End

I had surgery last week on my ankle so haven't been able to shoot anything... but looking back through some photos from earlier this year I found some shots that hadn't seen the light of day. I was shooting the Clipsal 500 concert in Adelaide for Fasterlouder featuring local lads The Shiny Brights as well as The Butterfly Effect, Gyroscope and The Living End.

The Shiny Brights


I hope to update this blog (and start building my new site) over the next few weeks while my leg is up! Stay tuned for photos from the recent All American Rejects Tour and more from Eskimo Joe and Soundwave.

The Butterfly Effect

Eskimo Joe @ Thebarton Theatre Part 1

Last Night I took photos of Eskimo Joe for dB Magazine at Thebarton Theatre. It had been a while since I had seen these guys play. The last time I took pics of them was Falls Festival 2007.

I can still remember taking pictures these guys play as a three-piece in the front bar of the Holdfast Hotel in Glenelg to a room of about 100 people back in about 2001 when they were relatively unknown.... how things have changed for these guys.

More Photos to come.

Billy Talent at Soundwave

I finally found some time to look through some old photos on the weekend. The ones that caught my eye were from The Soundwave Festival earlier this year and in particular photos of Billy Talent. Ben Kowalewicz is such a great guy to take photos of because of the emotion he puts into every move as you can see from these pics.

A busier couple of months coming up gig wise with the Hilltop Hoods returning to Adelaide this weekend which should make for some good photos! Stay tuned...

Pink

Pink played at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre last night as part of her 3 month sold out tour of Australia! More photos to come...

More From Soundwave 2009

Alice in Chains

Nine Inch Nails

Dillinger Escape Plan

Billy Talent

Womadelaide 2009

Another Womadelaide world music festival has just finished and what a fine 3 days of world food, music and arts it was!! Arts Projects Australia definately know how to put on a show!




There were plenty of highlights but for me the stand outs were Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Rokia Traore, Neil Finn, The Cat Empire and Ska Cubana. Womadelaide truly is a feast for the senses!

Neil Finn

Rokia Traore

Updates, Updates, Updates!

Hhmmm, haven't been around for a while which is disappointing. As a result there are many updates to be had! Below are photos of Nine Inch Nails who I shot yesterday as part of the Soundwave 2009 Australian Tour for old trusty dB Magazine.







I had never seen so many lights for one band, they even put out a warning to epileptic people to be aware!



The Subways

New Found Glory

It was a long, hot, dusty day but some great bands and great photos to boot!

I have finally decided to get off my butt and try to keep this site regularly updated... Stay tuned over the next couple of weeks for updates from the Big Day Out Tour last month, Jose Gonzalez, and Womadelaide 09 which I am shooting over the upcoming weekend.

Adelaide International Guitar Festival

Last week I shot The Adelaide International Guitar Festival for dB Magazine. The night saw three of Australia's favourite rock bands crank out the tunes in Elder park as part of the 2nd annual guitar festival.

Magic Dirt opened the night with a solid performance followed by Shihad and Grinspoon finished up the night with a good (but to short!) performance.

The crowd was a bit dissapointing but the weather probably had something to do with this!

Update

Photos from three previous huge shows which I did not put up links for are below! Visit the links and see all the photos at Fasterlouder!!

Powderfinger

Foo Fighters

Matchbox 20

Enjoy!!

Devo

Last week I caught Devo at Thebarton Theatre. They have been around for over 30 years but and still put on a great show pulling out all their hits!! Photos below and more can be found at Fasterlouder.

Powderfinger

Been a while between drinks....

Next week I am shooting Powderfinger as part of their 'Upstairs at the Downstairs Tour' for Fasterlouder. Should be a great show going on the last time I saw them which was in March this year as part of the Clipsal 500 after race concerts.

Stay tuned for photos next week! I also have a few more gigs waiting in the wings....

The Foo Fighters

Thursday night saw The Foo Fighters return to Adelaide to play one of the most anticipated shows of the year. The show was absolutely amazing and no one left dissapointed! Dave Grohl played out of his skin, interacting with the crowd and pulling out all the rock moves.

I was taking photos on the night for Fasterlouder which can be found here. The review of the show really highlights what a great night was had by all with the Foo's pulling out all stops to play an epic night of great rock music.

Stay tuned....