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

Playing the waitin' game

I was quite suprised at the amount of attention my A7X photos got. I suppose it makes sense that a band that had a soldout show in Horden Pavillion would have some fans.

I'm still waiting for my confirmation to shoot Gyroscope. It's only at The Metro but this is one band I've been dying to shoot since the last time I shot them in July 2006.
I already have a backup show planned to go to. This one is at Spectrum. The band is a great local indie band called The Retreat. I need to get out of the house so this will be the first show I've paid to get into for awhile.

You're down!

Two of the best words a photographer can hear...or read. This means that Faster Louder have chosen me to take photos of Gyroscope for them. I still have to receive confirmation from the venue/promoter, but it feels so good.

I haven't seen Gyroscope since July 2006. Last year when they played in Sydney FL sent me to Sounds in the Ground.

I love my new state editor. She's always giving me all these gigs to shoot. The older one did like me but I got ignored 60% of the time. I have been contributing to the site since 2005, so it's about time that I'm finally getting somewhere.

So, now I'm kind of thinking of taking photos of Even and The Mess Hall in the next couple of weeks.

I suppose I should go to more gigs. In May I'll have to take a little break (apart from Gyroscope, Kisschasy, Devil Wears Prada/Story of the Year) because I've got four pets to take care of. If I just leave them for a few days and go to Sydney Animal Welfare might come by.

By June I really want to have the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens for Come Together. If not then

August for Panic at the Disco.

Beautiful, innit?

The Gin Club + Mike Noga and the Gentlemen of Fortune

My final shoot for awhile. Well, May 16 to be more precise. I went once again to Annandale Hotel after being invited by Pat from Dallas Crane to take photos of Mike Noga and the Gentlemen of Fortune, which was the band Pat was playing in while Dallas Crane were taking some time off.
This had to be the 15th time I'd been to Annandale Hotel this year, which was ok because it means I get to sleep in an actual house not Division St* aka Marrickville.

*Division St is a song by Thursday about a street where there a lot of crimes and drugs, etc. I nicknamed Marrickville Division St because how unsafe it makes me feel. And I grew up in my own Division St.

I went to my sisters house in Annandale first where my niece was playing Tony Hawks Downhill Jam on Nintendo Wii. I get so addicted to this game and I almost lost track of time while playing it.
But I turned up early to Annandale Hotel as usual.
The last couple of gigs I was at were Avalon Drive, Horsell Common and Thursday so at this gig I couldn't help feeling like a 16 year old.

Anyway, The Gin Club and Mike Noga were awesome. The opening act were pretty good too.

So now I'm going to be a 16 year old all over again when I take photos of such bands as Gyroscope, The Getaway Plan, Kisschasy, and Panic at the Disco.