Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Birmingham Genting Arena

I would love to see Oasis live, they're one of those bands that as soon as you hear a song it takes you back in time and you know every word. We'll keep wishing for that one to happen, but in the meantime I really grown to like Noel Gallagher's stuff, so I had to apply to shoot a show.
Sadly as it was an arena tour (I shot at Birmingham's Genting Arena), I didn't get to stay after shooting, so after driving 125 miles to get to the venue I enjoyed as much of the first three as I could.

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Newton Faulkner - Cambridge Corn Exchange

The Cambridge Corn Exchange is very quickly becoming a venue that I'm getting used to shooting at. As I only work 20 minutes away, it's really easy for me to get to after work and it's almost technically on my way home to Peterborough.

Last week I got to shoot Newton Faulkner for Darkus magazine. There were only two other photographers in the pit, which was great as I was shooting with my 50mm so it gave me plenty of room to stand back to get some space in the frame. My experience shooting at the Corn Exchange has been all good so far, and the security are always really lovely and helpful.

Here's a few shots from the night, you can see the full set on Flickr.

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Pvris UK headline tour

Last weekend I got to shoot the Birmingham date of Pvris' first UK headline tour. I've shot them a few times now and the crowds just get bigger and bigger, in fact this gig was completely sold out.

 I never get bored of shooting gigs, especially when they're bands you a fan of, and what made this one even better was that I went with some mates so after shooting we got to enjoy the rest of the gig.

The lighting was a little tricky for this one, but very different, a lot of back light and almost no front lighting.

Here's some of my fav shots...

Pvris

Bones

K Flay

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D.I.D Band promo shoot

It's been four months since I took these photos back in early January, but I can finally reveal them! Birmingham band Escaping Vendetta took the decision to go through a bit of a change and with that came a new band, which has only just been announced, so everything has been kept under wraps since January.

These were taken on an unexpected, very, very cold and snowy day! Here's a few shots from the day. Check out Devil in Dorian on Facebook.

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Professional Photo magazine

You might remember my blog from February about shooting a trend show at London Fashion Weekend with Canon. If not you can read it here.

I'm super excited to say that the new issue of Professional Photo is on sale now, and if you go buy a copy and turn to page 10 you can read my full experience of the event AND see my photos in print! I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've had my fashion photos printed in a major magazine, so it's a big deal for me!

The Vamps

 Hope you're all having a lovely Easter break! I've just got back from spending the weekend with my boyfriend's family, I did also manage to squeeze in just a small gig...The Vamps at the Genting Arena in Birmingham.

I'm pretty sure that this is the first time I've shot at the Genting Arena (was LG, was NEC) and I wasn't too impressed with the shooting situation. At the front of the stage was a small pit for the video crew, then behind them was the VIP standing crowd, then behind them was myself and one other photographer. (I soon realised why there was only just two us of). It's hard enough shooting from behind the crowd anyway, let alone when the majority of that crowd are taller than you, or of course are waving their arms in the air during the show. I'm not going to lie, I really struggled. To make matters even worse to the left of us was a walkway into the crowd, perfect chance for some close-up shots right? Not if the crowd that are infront of you suddenly all run back into your space (behind a clearly marked lined) to get close to the band members as well, while you're trying to do your job.

Any way enough with the negatives, while it was a challenge, I did manage to get some shots that I'm quite happy with, (even if they were from me sneakily standing and crouching on the barrier behind me for the last song of the two that we got to shoot).
All shots were taken on my Nikon D7000 and 70-200mm f/2.8. The full set of images can be viewed on Flickr, see a few of my favourites below...

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Ellie Goulding - Birmingham Barclaycard Arena

Ellie Goulding is one of those artists that has been on my list to photograph for a while. Every time that she has announced a tour I've either put a request in that was forgotten about, or I forgot to request it (whoops). Finally this year I made a point of keeping track of the date and nagging my editor at Darkus magazine, and with luck we got approved.

The great thing about shooting at much larger venues is that the lighting is most likely going to be pretty amazing, and this was no different for Ellie's show. I shot using my Nikon D7000 and 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. As there was a walkway down the middle we had to choose one side of the pit to stand on, I chose the right side (looking at the stage). Sadly she didn't walk down the walkway during our shooting time, but I don't think my 70-200mm would've helped in that situation anyway!

Here's a selection of my favourite shots. The full set can be view on Flickr here.

 

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