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I saw The Decemberists, I was bereft of media pass, but Colin Meloy was nice enough to almost jump on me towards the end of the show:
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fenner posted:I dont know anything about the music scene here in Sydney, I dont know any bands or anything. What is my best option for getting into some gig photography? Should I just show up at some random gigs of bands i can find on facebook or whatever and then try and sell them after the show via facebook? I've been shooting bands in Sydney for a few years, you can take your camera to pretty much any small venue, ie Spectrum/Oxford Art Factory/Gaelic/The Forum, get down the front and then shoot away. If you want to shoot at the Metro or the Enmore, go right ahead - just get there early and line up with the fans. If you want to get press passes so you can shoot from the photo pit you can sign up to become a contributor to places like fasterlourder/inthemix/accessallareas - but you'll need samples of music photography to get that far. Also, I've found the photo editor at Faster Louder really only give out the good gigs to their bestest buddies, so you'd basically have to suck up to them and attend all their parties to make any progress there. Anyone who's not in the clique gets stuck with the leftovers - which is why I'll be shooting Black Lips at the Manning Bar next Monday. Drum Media and Brag don't "accept unsolicited material". I think the best approach is to start a website, go see small bands take photos of the bands, take photos of the fans. Put them up on your site, do this a LOT. Get some cheap business cards made out and hand them out to everyone you take photos of. You'll get known this way. I'd do it, but I'm married and can't be bothered going out 2-4 nights a week shooting bands and not getting paid for it anymore.
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I email early and get ignored, I reply to the group emails within 5 minutes and get a reply back a week later saying "oh soz everything is gone" or with my 3-4th preference if I'm lucky. It's a community thing and I understand that, if I was to get more involved I'd probably get better gigs, but eeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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Feb 2, 2010 08:57
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evil_bunnY posted:You should really just shoot what you like, and it really helps to shoot music you like, too.
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He can make that face and he still gets to sleep with some of the hottest women in the world. I'd hate to see his O face. VVVV: She looks like someone who's going to have a lot of plastic surgery in the future. psylent fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Feb 8, 2010 |
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That's hosed up. I've had a few run-ins with over-zealous security guys, but never anything like that. Meanwhile - shooting from the side of stage hanging onto a speaker stack with one hand to stop myself falling over:   Black Lips in Sydney psylent fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Feb 8, 2010 |
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Feb 8, 2010 15:02
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Piss stains don't show on robot suits. Did you also like her penis? (Good shots!)
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http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/about#contribute is how I got in.
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Mar 22, 2010 06:55
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Cyberbob posted:Cheers. Yes, I'm a bit jaded by the whole experience, I'm a bit over shooting for free.
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Mar 22, 2010 11:44
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Email/call him saying "XXX is coming to town, can we organise a media pass for me?"
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Mar 22, 2010 22:10
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:You browse the forums in a bar? If I don't have a friend or other random photographers to chat with I usually read an eBook on my phone if I'm waiting by myself
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Shot Tegan & Sara tonight. Drinking before the gig + confusion about the schedule meant that I missed the first song and went running through the crowd into the photo pit and darted around like a drunk maniac with my camera for the two songs I had left .I did give my spare tickets to a nice lesbian couple who kept buying me drinks. It turns out if you're drunk and you have a good camera it's very easy to make new friends. Hooray! It also turns out if you're drunk you forget about putting any thought into composing anything properly.
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I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but when I see a band without taking my camera along I usually end up standing a bit further back in the crowd and I'm surrounded by people taking photos of the bands with their phone/their point and shoots set to auto and it drives me crazy. Why do they bother? All they get is a blur of colour or the back of people's heads. I shouldn't let it ruin my evening, but fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
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May 13, 2010 04:06
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HPL posted:I'd like to give a shout out to the sound man at the show I went to tonight. Some chick was like: "Take a picture of me!" so I'm like: "*sigh* Okay." It happens all the time while I'm shooting a show. I take the picture, they're happy. No biggie. But this time... 
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May 14, 2010 09:46
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Ahhh, the joys of shooting in dimly lit bars.
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May 14, 2010 16:11
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Anti_Social posted:This girl is really good at promos:
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Canon 7D - 6400 ISO, bitches
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Jun 21, 2010 01:52
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It looks like there were 4 people there in total. How many were actually there?
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Jun 21, 2010 05:19
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rockcity posted:Did posed shoots with Andrew WK I would love to do something like that, I'd just live in fear that nothing I did could live up to the awesomeness that is AWK.
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Jul 26, 2010 16:39
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pr0digal posted:One of the photographers that I ran into at my Warped date said he was a really humble and down to earth guy when she photographed him 
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Jul 26, 2010 23:16
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I, Butthole posted:Are there really a whole bunch of people who could contribute all hailing from one city? I know there's two or three people from Sydney, but I can't recall anyone else from Brisbane.
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Jul 30, 2010 04:03
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didi-mau posted:- I'm from Melbourne I, Butthole posted:Just felt that sting today at Splendour. 2ndclasscitizen posted:Another Sydney photog, shooting pretty much everything. Well that's Sydney (me too!), Melbourne and Brisbane covered. There's the Hobogestapo guys, Already Bored shoots for them and posts here too.
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Aug 2, 2010 12:35
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AtomicManiac posted:I'm not familiar with the USD/AUD exchange rate (last I checked it was 1:1.50 or something like that), but I can get a domain for like $10 USD, I don't know what the cost of adding it on to my hosting is, but I imagine it's a bit cheaper.
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HPL posted:What particular problems were you having? I shot with a 400D for a while before upgrading to a 40D. Work on your composition a bit dude.
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Sep 7, 2010 05:42
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Holy poo poo, I hope Andrew WK brings that show with him when he tours Australia next year.
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Oct 18, 2010 22:30
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I, Butthole posted:I just got my confirmation that I'm being put in the pit at BDO (pending promoter confirm) so I hope to fricking gosh hey does. And hopefully not clash with Iggy Pop or LCD Soundsystem because I WILL KILL
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Oct 19, 2010 11:37
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Wow, I've never heard of AUReview before. I lost interest in FL as well, it's very cliquey in Sydney and I couldn't be bothered kissing butt to get better gigs. I just realised I haven't shot a gig since May. Woe is me 
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Oct 19, 2010 13:22
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First show I've shot in about 6 months. I don't get out much any more:    A band from Melbourne called Alpine. They were pretty decent. It seems like I was loving me some portrait orientation this evening. psylent fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Nov 5, 2010 |
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Nov 5, 2010 16:56
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   "WAITING FOR THE drat BAND"  Shooting in a small club with nice lighting, the show was sold out so I had no room to move. Another photographer squeezed her way to the front and I noticed her shooting a 50mm at 1/15 ISO200 f/1.8 - I helped her out by getting her to bump her ISO up to 1600, switching the shutter speed to 1/100s and changing her white balance to tungsten from flash. Magically her photos weren't orange blurry messes. :sci101: psylent fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Nov 19, 2010 |
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Nov 19, 2010 15:21
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Good article on getting paid for live gigs by Dan Boudquote:I worked out some time ago that shooting live music photos is no way to make a living. Concert photos are a dime a dozen. Most shows have at least ten accredited photographers shooting them, not to mention the dozens of people photographing from the crowd.
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Nov 24, 2010 10:20
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One year ago today, I met and shook the hand of Mr Jarvis Cocker. Here is a photo I took back in 2006 to celebrate this great day.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=monyiOsoKxg
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Just saw Marina and The Diamonds:  She's a pretty amazing performer. No photo pass/pit, so I just had to politely make my way through the crowd and shoot from where ever I could. psylent fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Dec 30, 2010 |
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Shot The National today in Sydney. I've never had trouble taking my camera into this particular venue (Enmore Theatre) but today security stopped me and told me I couldn't take it in. I went to another door and showed them my ticket for the other door and said I just wanted to pop in and buy a t-shirt from this area. They let me through, I got my t-shirt and met up with my friends. Still had to shoot from 7-8 rows back in the middle of the crowd, but whatchagonnado. All being said, I loving love the reach of the f/1.8 85mm on a crop sensor (7D).  
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A N D R E W W K    I couldn't get anywhere near the stage, I wasn't going to risk my camera gear in the mosh pit. loving love this guy.
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I, Butthole posted:One of the best things I shot at Big Day Out, and I'm kicking myself that I have a trip to Sydney in like, two days rather than the 25th when he played It was impossible to get any closer to the stage than I did, I wasn't going to risk going into the mosh pit with my gear. Luckily there were some chairs to stand on which helped me get a few of my shots. To add more content. I just love when you line up your shot, the lighting hits just right, and then the lead singer backs into the shot right as you click the button:  FFFFFFFUUUUUUUU
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They look like a pretty awesome band to shoot. I'm going to a small music festival tomorrow, I couldn't get a media pass so I'm going to attempt to smuggle my old 350D and a 30mm lens in. I have a plan. Have another ticket stub shot:  36/365 psylent fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Feb 5, 2011 |
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Thanks, I tweeted it to him and also the venue a while back but haven't had any response so 
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Death by Cranes posted:2 - I really want a better objective and have been thinking about getting the Canon 18-135mm IS. But Sigma has a 18-200mm IS (OC it's called), but I don't see myself needing more zoom. A gig place is only so big, and I'd rather have a real Canon objective. So I guess I answered my own question there. Zooms: Tamron f/2.8 17-50mm (lots of people recommend this but I've never used it) Tamron f/2.8 28-75mm Canon f/2.8 24-70mm (L lens, rather expensive) Primes: Canon f/1.8 85mm Canon f/1.8 50mm Canon f/1.4 50mm Sigma f/1.4 30mm Personally, I carried the Tamron 28-75 and Canon f/1.8 50mm for years with my 350D and got really good use out of them. I've now got a 7D with the Canon L 24-70, but tend to use the Sigma 30mm and Canon 85mm more than anything. You need fast lenses for shooting bands, and the super zooms just won't cut it.
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Death by Cranes posted:To your thoughts on the f/3.5-5.6 zooms, I have to say I'm really impressed with the pictures I posted, but your point is well taken.
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