Review: Pierce The Veil
30th January 2011 - Your favourite San Diego-ites? San Diego-ins? San Dieg-ons? Oh wait I know now, San Diegens finally get a foothold in the UK touring with New York's Bayside and Ocala heavyweights A Day To Remember. Review: With 2000+ people in attendance, outside there were a dedicated amount of followers who came for them just as equally as the →
Review: Stone Sour
27th October 2010 - On the success of the brilliant show the guys in A7X put on, Stone Sour had to bring it equally or more and they did. Great band to finish the night, with Corey Taylor leading the foray one can't really complain. Review: I reviewed this one as a last minute favour for my friends website, the full review →
Review: Underoath
12th March 2010 - Sadly the last time we would see the incredible Aaron Gillespie in the Underoath outfit, a shame but people have to do what feels right. Without further longing though, this was definitely a highlight even in the early part of the year. I love Underoath. Here are some of my favourite pics with the review and →
Review: Avenged Sevenfold
27/10/2010 - On the brink of what could quite possibly be the biggest tour of the year, a 2300 strong fan base have been at the doors as earliest as 1pm in eager anticipation of two such coveted bands. It's easy to see why, a back catalogue spanning just under ten years and a huge stage setup to support. Lets →
Preview: Avenged Sevenfold
I would never have thought of being able to, not only see Avenged Sevenfold shred me a new one but photograph it too. With another bonus seeing Stone Sour as well! Needless to say it was an exciting evening, and I'm still proudly wearing the pass on my shirt. More lazy than anything though. Don't be fooled by this image, →
Preview: The Louche FC
24th October 2010 - The writers block may be sinking in I think. I can't even write my thoughts....sleep deprivation is the cause indeed. Anyway, I managed to take some time for myself after doing some press photos for Undercolour in the day and went along to see my friend Luke play in his band The Louche FC. They were playing →
Photos: SRGents
There are all sorts of music I listen to, yet only certain genres that really stick and then there are some bands from a totally other area that really surprise me. SRGents are one such band I had no idea would interest me so much as they do. Predominately French vocals over layers of English folk makes one hell of →
Photos: Lamb Of God
As is most usual with heavy metal bands, photographing a dimly lit show is always a challenge. This was no exception. There are a few gigs I've done in the past that I really enjoyed shooting so the first of them is Lamb Of God back in February this year. Fast brutallic metal and a personal regret of not bringing →
Photos: August Burns Red
The time is 2pm on a Sunday afternoon - does that mean it's too early for metal? I don't think so. Coming back to play the greatest festival the UK has to offer for rock anyway August Burns Red ripped it up. The set was shorter than I'd like but it was intense and enjoyable which is all that matters →
Photos: Bring Me The Horizon
"We will never sleep cos sleep is for the weak, and we will never rest til were all f---ing dead!" The chant will never leave my head. Bring Me The Horizon performed at Manchester Academy, October last year and it was the best show I've been too so far. . . . . . Shooting Notes: At this point I was still →
Photos: Airbourne
Balls to the wall rock and roll, more Marshalls than a music shop and a complete disregard to the brutal elements of Britain's nature. Airbourne were a great close to the festival and closed it out perfectly. All that was left to do was run back to my tent. Shooting Notes: By this point I was too wet to care. I wanted →
A Photographers Guide To Download Festival
Over 80,000 fans attend Rage Against The Machine @ Download From unpredictable weather, sorting out travel, camping, headaches and running around like a headless chicken (heck, that's before you've even arrived) a festival is a great opportunity to experience. It just helps to be prepared. Welcome to my guide for photographing Download festival. As hinted before, there are many variables and →
Photos: Rolo Tomassi
Starting out sounding like a Nintendo on acid, they are fastly becoming one of the most interesting and vibrant bands I've heard from our little country, I was able to set some time aside and see them again this year with the pleasure of being in the pit for photo coverage. Rolo Tomassi are fun party band and are perfect →
Photos: Dillenger Escape Plan
Holy heck, if you ever want an extreme 10 minute exercise while trying to take a photo, Dillenger Escape Plan allows you to do just that. These guys are insanely fast, play fast and unleash an all out great time. Trust it to happen on the very last day but I got super stoked creating images with the final three →
Photos: Download Highlights – Sunday, June 13
Celebrating its 30th year anniversary, Donington Park once again opens it’s gates for it’s highest ever attendance of rockers old and new, questionable wrestlers and a severe weather warning that took everbody by suprise made the final day a very mixed bag indeed. White Wizzard 3 Inches Of Blood August Burns Red Switchfoot Slash The Damned Things The Dillenger Escape Plan Steel Panther Airbourne End Notes: Expect full photo sets →
Photos: Killswitch Engage
With Download Festival quickly approaching it's 30th Year Anniversary and me attending and covering the whole thing for the first time, I figured I'd take the time to post a couple of previous shows, from a couple of bands to wet your whistle, that will be appearing there over the weekend. First up a wonderful melodic metalcore band from the →
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Here I blog everything I shoot, be it bands, models or even all the personal projects I work on. Though its primary function is reviews of live shows and shooting notes to help aspiring photographers.
