Jemma Dodd Photography: courtney love

Sunday, 28 December 2014

Top 10 of 2014

Having shot both Sonisphere and Leeds Festival this year I've had the privilege of shooting some amazing bands, which meant making this list was quite a challenge. There's still some other images that I'm quite proud of, but I had to make a decision... so here's my Top 10 live shots of 2014!

1. Linkin Park - O2 Arena London

2.Limp Bizkit - Sonisphere Festival 2014

3.Heaven's Basement - Brixton Academy

4. Marmozets - Leeds Festival 2014

5. Gerard Way - Leeds Festival 2014

6.Courtney Love - Birmingham O2 Academy

7. New Found Glory - The Institute Birmingham

8. Aurora - Slam Dunk Midlands 2014

9. Brutality Will Prevail - Leeds Festival 2014

10. A Day To Remember - Birmingham O2 Academy

Sunday, 25 May 2014

Courtney Love

Hole are one of those bands that I grew up listening to and feel like I know pretty much every song. As my mum is a massive fan we saw Courtney Love on her last tour a few years ago. Sadly I wasn't lucky enough to get a photopass, but this time round thanks to Sounndscape magazine I was able to tick off the queen of grunge on my 'got to shoot' list. I'm still in shock that we managed to get this one and very, very grateful to have had this opportunity. You can read my review here.

Having wanted to test out the 14-24mm f/2.8 at a gig I thought this show would be perfect. I definitely felt even more pressured than normal to get good photos as my mum wants to have some printed and put on the wall! I decided to switch halfway through to my 50mm f/1.8 so I could get some close-up shots as well.

Here's the results...