Another QUALITY gtvone podcast… “Photography Monthly” over a cup of coffee…

Photo of the month came from Colin Millum above is pretty sweet, Nice one Colin! Hope you’re having a great world trip!

www.merrellpublishers.com for Jason Hawkes “London At Night” photography book – shot from a chopper, quality!

Olympus PEN E-PL1, Camera Bags, WorldPressPhoto

There was Anna Evgen (Naked girl + Apple = Winner)

Johnsons Photopia who are most likely glowing from Focus

Martin Middlebrook – Old School Purist

….I won’t list the rest, you can damn Google it!! Nice coffee, good songs – they were playing in the background, so I matched them up  -  Killers, Sam’s Town, Cracking album – please go buy it.

Peace out… Sime

I love my music, I love my photography and for the last two years I’ve been combining those two things in my quest to become a music photographer… Well, I got what I wanted and I’ve had an amazing time doing it! I wanted to be that guy, the one in the pit in front of the crowd, nothing to distract me from the band, just me and them and my camera and that was that.

My very first music photograph - The Rushes

I’ve decided to give my little project the weekend off, let it out to pasture. I’m done with music photography for a number of reasons and I’m very happy with what I’ve achieved in the last two years.

My highlights, well… Alice in Chains was special, Metallica was powerful, NiN was sombre, Counting Crows was electric, Dave Matthews Band was invigorating, Lou Rhodes was emotional, U2 was large… The list goes on and on (well, for another 90 or so bands)

Further down the track - Stefan | Dave Matthews Band

What did I learn? Most bands don’t even know you’re there, PR agencies think they’re god and are part of what is wrecking the music industry, You don’t need a really good camera but it helps, It’s hard to focus sometimes when you’re singing, Alcohol and photography are not friends, Photographing festivals is tiring and inspiring and some artists, the ones that do see you, and encourage you and engage you, they’re awesome. (There’s one like this, I’ll be shooting her again – but for the love of it)

Like I said in podcast four, Maybe it’s time to check out other areas of photography, I don’t like being stuck on the one country road for to long, so maybe it’s time to get that baking book that my friend Nicki gave me out and start baking and snapping – though, we already know just how good I am in the kitchen!

I'm awesome in the kitchen, awesome...

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This track is 09:26 long. Read slowly.

I love this song, it transports me back about 17 years. I’d just moved to Melbourne and was living with my brother and his wife in Flemington. They had a pretty decent hifi and I remember I used to listen to Shine on vinyl every other day. I still have the record in a box somewhere and I also have a new (old) version that I picked up with the sleeve stickers and posters intact – when / if I ever end up back in Melbourne, I will have a music studio and that poster will go on the wall. If you have $16… Buy the DVD below and sit home and watch it…Hell, light up and zone out – I won’t but you can.

Pink Floyd Live in Nassau New York 1990 (Delicate Sound of Thunder) DVD

I can’t emphasise just how angry modern music makes me – not all of it, but most of it – no soul, no depth, no actual instruments.

Cranes | Battersea

I have a good friend that loves music but hates Pink Floyd, and that’s OK…

There’s an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And there’s dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much louder that words,
Of promises broken…

Of Promises Broken

What am I on about? Two things…. Mothers, Don’t let your children grow up to be cowboys and certainly don’t let them lose the amazing heritage we had in music. and secondly, Pink Floyd are actually my favourite band in the last 35 years and I would do almost anything to photograph them if they made it back together for one more show… almost anything…

The song is over, Off you go… x

gtvone podcasts bring you number three…

The stuff mentioned in this podcast include the following..

DiscoDroid
Lexar Professional
SanDisk Pro
GTech USB
Canon EOS 550D
Photography Monthly

Here’s a shot that I didn’t take and that I’m using illegally – It was taken by the ever amazing Nathan Pask, www.nathanpask.com It’s from his series “I can see better”

I had the ABSOLUTE pleasure of interviewing Nathan Pask ( www.nathanpask.com ) for an upcoming podcast I’m creating for Digital Photography School on Fashion Photography… There were a few semi amusing moments and I just wanted to share one of those, it involves a Zuchinnni and the word “Primarily” – It may have been my fault!

The full, unadulterated podcast will be coming in a few days on Digital Photography School and will also by part of the gtvone podcast feed – so make sure you sign up! (Or RSS Here)

With a sign tacked to the side, said no L.O.I.T.E.R.I.N.G allowed…

My final rejection was a “non-reply” from the Pearl Jam PR people today… I will live, no doubt. This is the Victoria Williams song that Pearl Jam covered … This is me covering them covering her…

This is a picture of james Hetfield with my logo in it… What do you think?

www.gtvone.com loves metallica

*warning : this post isn’t really anything to do with music photography!*

One of the dPS forum members asked me today “What do YOU do to de-stress” and honestly, I couldn’t think of any good answers… What DO I do to de-stress? Unless you count live music and photography as a way for me to de-stress, then I guess “nothing” is the answer… How do you know when you’re stressed? Does it sneak up on you and mug you like a sucker in the street (Maybe while you’re photographing the back streets of Brixton?)

I usually look a lot like the photo above when I’m (I think) stressed.. And, what I look like when I’m not stressed is something like the photo below…

Yep – I turn into a woman with blonde hair… It’s true!

As a warning, I wanted to post some photos of what you could possibly look like if you were in the demonic clutches of stress… This is not a definitive collection of “stress images” for example, if you’re a woman, you’re not likely to look like one of the people in the following photo…

That said, you CAN avoid stress with one of these new “STRESS DEFENCE SYSTEMS”

How do you deal with stress? I’d like your comments please…. Hell, I may need them? I listen to music… Sometimes… And right at the moment, I’m listening to Si Connelly’s “Stars will Fall” (listen to it by clicking the play button on the little player)

Sime

Thoughts for Friday…

Old Skool version (Filmed on VHS!) of “Take me to the Hospital” by The Prodigy

I saw these guys crank this out live at Wembley earlier this year – after so many years, The Prodigy still smack your bitches up and have all the diesel power you could ever want…
Here’s a recreation of a photo I took at the gig, edited by Paul (really, very) Smart!

Keith Flint - The Prodigy

Well – It’s FRIDAY! I have a “down” weekend, no gigs to speak of and a bit of kitchen planning, car researching time on my hands – I have quite a bit of editing to do, including some jazz shots that I took at the “Three B’s” show at Indigo2 – “The Three Bs – Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Kenny Ball”

Blowing your own horn.. Three B's

Now, on to more important topics… #followfriday – This is where peeps tag other peeps in their twitter feed…
Sometimes stating why someone should be followed, but generally it’s a suggestion by someone for other people to follow someone else…
I thought I’d list a few on here today… In no particular order!

@bigcrustyape - Best Mate and an amazing photographer
@maxamphoto - All round good bloke, photographer, insomniac 
@hedgewytch - Little computer geek minx 
@fwump - Services to photography and one half of photographywired.com
@_disco - The other half of photographywired.com and a genuine, lovely fella
@tdnaylor - Best guitarist I know, Funny pelican loving kind of guy 
@jillm12 - A mysterious, lovely, reassuring person with a mad lust for Brandon Flowers 
@worldsporttv - My other life Worldsport.tv - The worlds greatest sports video / news website!
@pixelens - A top photog and a Canadian, all in one! 
@bandsonstage - A photo pit buddy and a darn fine shot.
@Moonshayde - Queen of Metal, Goddess with a camera. 
@helenboast - Hottest music photographer in the world?

Well, that’s an interesting list, and by no means definitive.
Just some different people that I see / interact with regularly that you should perhaps give the time of day.

I’ll leave you with a song, one of my favourites and, quite meaningful to me…

Colin Hay, I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You…

I’m “well known” for being a Canon camera addict… I’ve been Canon ever since the A5, A .9mp compact camera that I loved! Then the IXUS300, The Powershot Pro1, The Canon 30D the Ixus 40, The Ixus 65 then the 900is and now the Canon 5DMk2… You can see it’s been a long, expensive love affair! Well, I dropped a bomb shell yesterday, I actually said that I’d DITCH my Canon kit if Nikon called up and offered me two of their new D300s cameras, one with the new 70-200f2,8 lens on and another with the 24-70f2.8 on her…. The liklihood of that actually happening is about -3 so, I have no fear that I’ll have a whole new menu system to get to know and love in the next couple of weeks! And, really, It would be in their best interest to get me them out today – With shooting Metallica on the weekend, it’d be the ideal time!- You can listen to the podcast from Nikon USA on the new gear released yesterday RIGHT here…

Mr. Nikon with his 70 - 200 f2.8

[Taken from my dPS Press Release] It’s a very nice looking camera with all the features you’d want… The Nikon D300s with its in video auto focus whilst shooting HD (720p) video, Faster 7fps continuous shooting speed and a 51 (um?! I have 9!) point auto focus system all mated to the 12.3Megapixel DX sensor. Feature packed this camera is (Says Yoda?) and, I guess we will see given time if it is that match for the Canon 5D Mk2 (My current baby) This Nikon D300s is targeting serious amateurs and professionals that want to take a bit of video from time to time.

Nikon's new baby with her Battery Grip

So, Nikon, Get in touch! You up for a challenge!?…

*Momentary Lapse of Reason?

you can listen to One Take Sessions – Podcast one above, or download it… It’s a 10 minute ramble and has a couple of specific questions… This week touches on Music Photography and the use of a Flash unit… Comments expected, win a prize…

Playing in the shadows

Sime