Come Together Festival, Sydney June 8 2008

I shot the second Come Together day for Faster Louder. It was an all Australian lineup, both well known and local acts. I was on my feet from about 9am-11:30pm and probably only got a few hours sleep.

The day started early for me because I had to capture atmosphere as well as the bands. I envied the other photographers who were just there to shoot the live bands, but I suppose it is sometimes fun taking photos of excited punters.
I managed to shoot 14 bands, 9 I've never shot before.

First up is Short Stack:

Ash Phoenix (Faster Louder Stage):

Sky Bombers:

Calling All Cars:

Many Machines on Nine (MM9):

Trial Kennedy

The Getaway Plan:

The Hot Lies:

Gyroscope:

The Living End:

All the punter photos can be found at www.fasterlouder.com.au

Love for Victorian bands

And Adelaide too of course. On Good Friday I went to Annandale Hotel to photograph old friends Trial Kennedy and Horsell Common. Mere Theory from Adelaide (the first band I ever photographed) were playing on the smaller stage. I hadn't seen them since November 18, 2004. It was strange that Ryan wasn't singing for them anymore but the new guy did just fine.