Check out some photos of Stereos in Fredericton and Riverview, New Brunswick under the cut!
This was the first shoot Ash and I collaborated together on.
This shoot with Ash was one of the most successful shoots I’ve been a part of. She has this great energy that immediately put me at ease and that’s saying a lot because usually I’m a nervous mess at first shoots. She offered a lot of creative suggestions while still asking for my input. Sometimes there can be a "push and pull" feeling towards control between photographer and model, but that was never the case at this shoot.
We shot three different looks and Ash adjusted the mood of her poses for all of them effortlessly. It was really inspiring to observe and she’s a professional in every sense of the word.
To see more of Ash’s work, take a gander at her profile on Model Mayhem.
I’ve known Kayleigh since high school (…and referencing high school like it was eons ago officially makes me feel Old and Bitter) and she was one of the first models I’ve worked with after becoming interested in photography. She has the same kind of crazy imagination that I have and when I have a new concept I want to shoot, I know I can go to her first. We get each other so much that it would be creepy if we weren’t having so much damn fun.
I originally approached her with one theme in mind and, of course, our excitement inspired another that she, of course, nailed.
More under the cut!
The first time I saw/shot Marianas Trench was at this bar appropriately titled The Basement in April 2007. I wasn’t with any publication and was only armed with my 1973 Minolta camera and jittery nerves. The place was packed with about 150 (maybe? I suck at estimating) enthusiastic fans and it was impossible to get a decent shot of the stage from anywhere beyond the front row because, well, there really wasn’t a stage. So I timidly approached Josh Ramsay (the lead singer) and asked him if I could get sidestage during their set to snap some photos.
He immediately gave me a yes without asking who was I shooting for or who the hell I even was for that matter. So I grabbed my camera, my friend Lex, and crammed myself between a speaker and some expensive guitars. It was an insane show and the first show I ever got to shoot sidestage. It gave me my first taste of concert photography and I’ve been hooked ever since. The guys sang with perfect harmonies while interacting with crowd and even throwing me some goofy poses during the set.
(By the way, here are the hilariously bad shots from the show. )
Fast forward two years and they’re playing a sold out show for a crowd bigger than 150 people in a venue at Dalhousie University. They have security guards who AREN’T kids from the local high school, lights that DON’T look like they were stolen from a Christmas Nativity scene, and an actual photo pit.
And they still delivered a perfectly played set, interacted with the crowd (it felt like 50% of the show was them answering the girls screaming ridiculous thing, dressing each other in random shit thrown onstage and reading the notes tossed up by fans) and, in three songs, each member had taken the time to strike a pose for me.
I didn’t think that any of their shows could beat the one in Saint John because of how personal and interactive the band was. This show proved me very wrong.
Please check out their website and give their music a listen! www.marianastrench.net
Click the link below to check out some photos from the set:
Marianas Trench is one of my favourite bands to see live and luckily I got to catch them twice on this tour. Here are the photos from the first show I hit up in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
The Artist Life played a great set at Foufones Electriques on Wednesday night. The guys opened up for Punk Rock Karaoke and mentioned how awesome it felt to play a show with their heroes. Their setlist included older material from their first album “Living”, recent tracks from “Let’s Start A Riot” and even played a couple of new songs which will hopefully show up on a future album.
More photos after the jump!
I just found these and realized I hadn’t posted them. Here are some portraits of my friend Tara.
Review coming soon, but for now here are the photos!
It’s always great seeing The Cab – they put so much energy into their sets and it shows. The night before they played Hoodwinked and covered Queen. As much as I loved their take on the legendary band, it was awesome to hear some of my favourite tunes from ‘Whisper War’! Check out some photos I took during the show:
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