Sonisphere Festival - Friday

It’s taken me two full days and two weeks of late evenings, but I’ve finally edited all of my photos from Sonisphere!

Buying a 70-200mm f/2.8 was definitely a smart decision and it’s done me well (and so did the step stool I brought, festival stages are super high!) The one thing I’ve learnt about shooting a festival is that your feet/legs/back will hurt from walking and carrying so much stuff, nevertheless I’d happily do it again! I also met some mega lovely photographers who were super friendly. There’s definitely a different atmosphere in the photo pit at a festival (well atleast Sonisphere), everyone is very courteous of each other. That’s not saying I have trouble in most photo pits, but there’s definitely been a fair few ‘egos’ at smaller shows who think they can push you out of their way…

Here’s a selection of shots from Friday in the order that they played, the full galleries will be on my Flickr, with a selection of photos over at Hit The Floor.

Lost Alone

The Defiled

Anti-Flag

Gary Numan

Bam Margera's Fuckface Unstoppable

Him

Limp Bizkit

Head over to Hit The Floor to see more photos and headliners The Prodigy

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I'm shooting Sonisphere!

Just over a week ago I received an emailing confirming that I would be shooting Sonisphere for Hit The Floor magazine. You can imagine how excited I was after reading it, excited and a tad bit nervous. This will be the first major festival that I've shot.

It's two days before it all kicks off and I've finally sorted my shooting schedule, brought a step-stool so I've got a bit of a boost, and had a shiny new 70-200mm f2.8 delivered. I'm not camping so luckily the only bag I've got left to pack is my camera bag...

Gemma Stafford

After previously mentioning assisting on a video shoot for Practical Photography magazine, I've finally finished editing up the photos I took of Gemma Stafford, AND found a spare 5 minutes to write a little blog.

Here's something a little summery from the first set-up. This was actually a behind-the-scenes shot that I framed a little differently and ended up really loving!

These next two images were taken with only natural lighting. I very rarely use natural lighting for my shoots, I'd much rather trigger a couple of flashes at any opportunity. Saying that, I actually really like how these have turned out. I really should take the time to experiment with natural lighting more.

These final two images were taken with two off-camera flashes. One positioned in front to the right with a softbox, and one directly behind Gemma.

To see the video from this shoot and find out how to use a similar lighting set-up, buy the August issue of Practical Photography magazine, on sale Thursday 10th July!

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Practical Photograpy Magazine Video Shoot

As part of my job at Practical Photography magazine I often get to go on shoots to get some behind the scenes shots and assist. Last week I headed out on a video shoot with deputy editor James Abbott. Our wonderful model for the day was Gemma Stafford, who it was lovely to finally meet as we've been talking to arrange a shoot together for a while! I was also lucky enough to have a bit of spare time to get some shots with Gemma.

Here's a quick behind the scenes shot that I took on my phone. You'll have to wait to see the rest!

Frock N Roll - Escaping Vendetta

Escaping Vendetta are this month's band featured in Frock n Roll.

For this shoot I headed back home to Birmingham, to work with the lovely Klee Jane and Ren Byers. This shoot was so much fun, and we used the car park under Ren's flat to shoot in. I loved the yellow and blue sections in the car park and think the colours added a bit more vibrancy to the location. As I love my flashes and there was very little natural light I used 2 flashguns on stands, and rearranged the setups as I moved the girls.

A massive thank you to the amazing Disorder Boutique in Birmingham for lending the girls some t-shirts and dresses for this shoot. (First 8 images). The dresses are stunning! You can check out their store here.

Here's the shots and the feature in the latest issue of Rebelicious Magazine.

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Check out Escaping Vendetta's latest single!

Slam Dunk Midlands 2014

This year I was lucky enough to shoot Slam Dunk Midlands again, this time for Hit The Floor Magazine.

After cramming tonnes of gear into my bag I ended up only using my 50mm f/1.8 and the borrowed 14-24mm f/2.8, switching between the two in hope of getting more varied shots.

Here's some of my favourites from the day.

Blitz Kids

Canterbury

Chunk! No Captain Chunk!

 

Aurora

We Are The In Crowd

Less Than Jake

The All American Rejects

Bury Tomorrow

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