I got a very pleasant surprise on Friday night, when I received a message from Jenny Ross of Ten Speed Films. I had sat an interview with Jenny several weeks prior for her latest project, […]
Tag: photography
Street Art, Hosier Lane, Melbourne, 23rd April 2016
On our way to meet with Western Australian photographer Kim Anderson (Shoot The Wicked Witch ), the Ginger Ninja (my 12 year old apprentice and fruit of my loins) and I, stopped off in Hosier Lane […]
Passion-4-Punk Project Update, 28th October 2015
Wow… just wow!!! What started as an idea for a small project to raise funds for mental health/suicide charities just keeps getting bigger and bigger – and it’s all thanks to you guys out […]
Passion 4 Punk Book Project – September Update
A few weeks back I announced that I had commenced work on a photo book of live punk performances in Melbourne, 2013-2015 to raise money for mental health/suicide charities. I thought it might be time […]
Experiments with live music photos
I’ve been playing around with some extreme photo editing and digital art again, this time applying it to some live music images. These images feature members of Pitt the Elder, The Fckups, The Udder Ubductees […]
Experiments with editing
With a little time on my hands I decided to have a crack at some radical editing using GIMP 2 a free alternative to Photoshop. The first gallery demonstrates the original photographs with some fairly […]
Some things I learnt as a live music photographer
This really weird thing has been happening over the last month or so. People are coming to me, asking for photography advice. Whether the question is about equipment choices, camera settings or just how do […]
Some changes are coming to Sub v2.0
It’s been a very busy month! In the last few weeks I’ve photographed the Whisk and Key Records 2nd Birthday and the Melbourne Punks 4 West Papua Benefit shows. I’ve also done a promo shoot […]
Abandoned – Bradmills Textile Factory
One of the most explored abandoned sites in Melbourne, the Bradmills textile factory in Yarraville, was as busy as Bourke Street Mall today as the Ginger Ninja and I arrived to scout out the location […]
50 Of My Favourite Abandoned Spaces Images
I’ve been photographing abandoned spaces for about two years now. I’ve explored abandoned farm houses, deserted industrial spaces and the odd mental hospital/asylum. My rules are simple. I never remove anything from a site, nor […]
Gigs in May and June 2015
After shooting a cracking selection of bands at the Bendigo Hotel earlier in the month, live music photography for the Sub v2.0 website came to a screeching halt when I realised that I had run […]
1950’s Nudes and Negatives
It’s not often that I feature someone else’s photos on the Sub v2.0 website, however I was rummaging through a box of vintage photography stuff that my brother over at Patina Perfect had found and discovered […]
Experiments in Live Music Photography
Most of the time, when photographing live music I am trying to capture the essence of what is happening. The excitement of audience members, the joy of a musician hitting the spot or the interaction […]
Gigs in February and March 2015
So after having a a couple weeks off from shooting live music, I’m coming back to the tail end of February and start of March, just in time to photograph a number of gigs that […]
The story so far…
Photographing live music is just one of those things that I kind of stumbled into. It came about when a few different friends of mine either formed bands or got old bands back together, all […]