Blog Action Day in Black & White
I was sitting thinking “How does Blog Action Day” translate into my world… Sure, I could go down the turn your PC off route, but no, not today… I was thinking of what it means in relation to me, and how climate change, global warming and etc are related to power consumption and the way we use the planet. What does that all have to do with me as a concert photographer? What is the first thing you think of when you go to a big concert (no, after the music.. no, not the hot dogs outside… no, not the cute security guards…) that’s right, well done, the lights… the seven MILLION watt lights that are trying to set the band on fire (Unless you’re shooting / visiting Scala in London where the lights would be bettered if a candle were lit and placed in the middle of the stage!!) and the transport, yep.. and what about the fans and their transport? all costs our planet a lot more than we probably think about…
Did you know that it takes U2 a convoy of about 50 trucks carrying stage components, lighting, TV screens and sound equipment to get from gig to gig?
Did you know that Radiohead on their last tour encouraged car pooling, chose urban venues with strong transport links that were easy to get to on public transport, used low emission LED lighting, chose a tour itinerary that kept air freight to a minimum, recycled all food and drink packaging.
So, I’ve popped together a collection of black and white images that show “Light use” at some of the concerts I have photographed in the last couple of years… Maybe we need to find a more responsible way to light / power these rolling monoliths… and don’t forget, there are the concerts with the lights and the power and the noise, but think about all the things related to those concerts?… transport, venues heating or cooling all the way down to the power taken to print the tickets… why not give everyone a secret number! quote the number, get a pass! :: Yep, 2:09am and I’m in need of sleep, so without further ado, here’s a set of images that in my opinion spell “entertainment wastage”except for Alice in Chains, they only used ONE light… grrrr (Didn’t matter, I was singing baby!) :: Hope you’ve enjoyed my take on Blog Action Day as it applies to me.
Metallica
Dave Matthews Band
The Prodigy
MORE IMAGES AFTER THE JUMP…
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There’s much speculation surrounding “gtvone” and what it actually means. Let’s start with how to pronounce it, shall we? It’s not “gt-vone” it’s “gtv-one” that sounds a lot like g.t.v…one got it? say it back to yourself… gtv ONE that’s it. So, now that you can say it, what’s it mean? Well – Let’s speculate and say that it is a fictional character from space, but it’s not true now, is it…
as my first Sting album and listened to it over and over on my older brother’s cd player – this is when I was living in Flemington with him after I had just moved out of home. I used to sit out on the front gate and have the speakers outside – listening to the cd in the cool evening. I have pretty much every Sting CD ever made – sad fact though, is that they’re in a box in my parents house in Australia… I am downloading for personal use a copy of Dream of the blue turtles to take me back to those times – I can’t take YouTube with me everywhere I go. So, anyway, I’d like to photograph sting… Live ideally, but if I could photograph Sting in his studio, well… Magic
