If you remember the early ’00s, you’ll remember the enormous fuss made over Westlife, and how they pretty much dominated the charts for a good few years. I think there was even talk about them being more successful than The Beatles or something massive like that. Either way, I remember the early ’00s, and I [...]
The dominating feature of today has been the torrential downpour that lasted for between four and five hours. I’d been texted a ‘severe weather warning’ in the morning by a friend working on security, mentioning heavy rain from 3 to 6pm. The rain arrived 30 minutes late and outstayed its welcome, lasting well into 8pm. [...]
Despite the relatively slow day yesterday, I’m already feeling quite tired. Unlike last year, the media car park is an absolute trek from the main site. I imagine this is something to do with AC/DC bringing their own stage and needing to use the space, and while I’m fine with walking, my camera bag weighs [...]
Download seems to have taken an absolute age to come back around, but the final few days sprinted past. From the outset, the festival was dominated by a blazing sun in a cloudless sky. While the site usually opens at 10 or 11am, this year it opened at 2pm and the bands started at 3pm. [...]
Having a band name like “fun.” may seem cool when you first think of it, until it looks like anyone who writes about you can’t spell or use grammar. This was supposed to have been my first assignment for The Fly, the day before Two Door Cinema Club. As it turned out, fun.’s gig had [...]
This was my first assignment for The Fly, although originally it was supposed to have been my second, but you can read more about that in the ‘fun.’ post, as it’s not really something to write about here. The thing to write about in this post is the lighting in the venue. Heaven is probably [...]
The NME Radar Tour is typically a good place to see future household names before they garner huge acclaim. As well as presenting me with a bit of variation to shoot, I’ve never had as much fun photographing any band as much as Darwin Deez. I heard the band on the radio a couple of [...]
Way back at the tail-end of September, I spent a couple of hours with Better Left Alone under a pier in St. Anne’s for their new promotional shots. It was a grim night, with plenty of wind and the night closing in quicker than we could get to the location. By the end of the [...]
It’s been quite an enjoyable week. First, Bullet For My Valentine and then Story Of The Year. I’ve never shot inside The (Relentless) Garage before, but was impressed at what the venue could do, despite its modest size. Good sound, decent lighting, and kicking atmosphere. Nice one. The last few bands I’ve shot have been [...]