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Re:edits - 2016 end of year edition

December 09, 2016 in Re: edits
Re:edits - 2016 end of year edition

Decided to do an evaluation exercise on my editing techniques by re-editing some of my favourite gig photos I've taken this year and comparing and contrasting them with the original edits. 

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Tags: Glasgow, photography, gig photography, canon, city and colour, Banshee, The Van Ts, Refused, father, o2 ABC, o2 academy glasgow, Broadcast, Fatherson

Top 20 Albums of 2016

December 06, 2016 in Blog
Top 20 Albums of 2016

Pretty self-explanatory really, here's some thoughts and links to my favourite records of 2016. 

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Tags: music, albums of the year, the black queen, the dillinger escape plan, Letlive., milk teeth, thrice, banks, Biffy clyro, Fatherson, Zoax, Architects, the 1975, The anchoress

Crashes and their first show

November 28, 2016 in photo stories

Some photos and thoughts from the first show of Glasgow weirdo pop merchants Crashes. 

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Tags: Crashes, emo, rock, gig photography, Glasgow, Brand New, photography, Biffy clyro, Broadcast

Some reflections on my first photo exhibition

November 19, 2016 in photo stories
Some reflections on my first photo exhibition

A brief reflection on my first photo exhibition on Nov 12: A Series of Awkward Poses. 

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Can we talk about how amazing Daughter are live?

October 27, 2016 in photo stories
Can we talk about how amazing Daughter are live?

I got the chance to go and photograph the incredible Daughter recently. Here's some photos and some words about that experience if you're so inclined to read them. Or don't. Or whatever. 

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Tags: Daughter, glasgow, music photography, live music, photography, gig photography, o2 academy glasgow

8 Photos of Ben from Biffy playing with his heroes: Kerbdog

October 14, 2016 in photo stories
8 Photos of Ben from Biffy playing with his heroes: Kerbdog

Got to snap some photos of Ben from Biffy Clyro playing with his inspirations in Kerbdog last night. Here's a finite number of photos of that.  

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Tags: Biffy clyro, the classic grand, glasgow, gig photography, Kerbdog, photography, music photography

10 sick(ish) drummer photos what I took

September 21, 2016 in photo stories
10 sick(ish) drummer photos what I took

The internet likes lists and pictures right? Well I thought it'd see how it'd like a list of pictures of drummers. In particualr, pictures of drummers I've taken. Have a look see if you like any of the aforementioned things. 

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Tags: drums, drummer, gig photography, live music, music photography, canon

The Frustration of Flash featuring The Van Ts

September 19, 2016
The Frustration of Flash featuring The Van Ts

Shooting in low light is the hardest thing about gig photography. The lower the light, the harder it is and the more tempting it can be to get the flash gun out. Here's a blog about that particular struggle featuring The Van Ts. 

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Swallows comeback show & the joy of working closely with a band

September 14, 2016 in photo stories
Swallows comeback show & the joy of working closely with a band

I got to photograph the first show with a new line of a band I'm work with a lot . Here's some thoughts on how cool getting the privlege to work closely with them is. 

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Tags: Audio, Glasgow, Swallows, post-hardcore, photography, gig photography

Shooting Thrice; Thanks to You All For Getting Me This Far

September 07, 2016 in photo stories
Shooting Thrice; Thanks to You All For Getting Me This Far

I got a chance to go and photograph one of my favourite bands ever, for the second time, all the way down in London last week. Here's a blog about that with some cool photos in. 

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Tags: Thrice, o2 kentish town forum, gig photography, post-hardcore, live music

A 5 Hour Train to Shoot Milk Teeth...Worth Every Second.

August 27, 2016 in photo stories
A 5 Hour Train to Shoot Milk Teeth...Worth Every Second.

I got the chance to go down to London and photograph Thrice. Even better than that, if you can believe it, Milk Teeth were supporting. Here's some photos and thoughts on that. 

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Tags: gig photography, milk teeth, o2 kentish town forum, london

World Photo Day 2016 - My Favourite Shots of 2016

August 19, 2016 in photo stories
World Photo Day 2016 - My Favourite Shots of 2016

Since it's World Photo Day have a blog where I share some of my favourite photos I've taken in 2016 and a talk a bit about them. It's exactly as self-indulgent as it sounds. Make of that what you will. 

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Tags: world photo day, photography, canon, live music, gig photography, wedding photography, portrait photography

Shooting Vinyl: Dillinger Escape Plan "Ire Works"

August 15, 2016 in Shooting Vinyl
Shooting Vinyl: Dillinger Escape Plan "Ire Works"

Doing a wee blog series reviewing the records in my small, but growing, vinyl collection with some photos I've taken of said vinyl. Starting off with "Ire Works" by Dillinger Escape Plan. 

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Tags: Vinyl, record collecting, dillinger escape plan, ire works, relapse records, canon, photography

The Worst Venue Ever & Rainfalls Record Release Show

August 14, 2016 in photo stories
The Worst Venue Ever & Rainfalls Record Release Show

I went to take some photos of Rainfalls at their EP release show. Show was killer, shooting was hard. Read about both, and see some dubious photos, inside. 

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Tags: gig photography, glasgow, rainfalls, the garage attic, hardcore, punk, canon

The Wedding of Mr & Mrs Carmichael

August 08, 2016 in photo stories
The Wedding of Mr & Mrs Carmichael

A brief(ish) blog where I discuss my experience shooting my first wedding and share some of my favourite shots from the wonderful day. 

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Tags: Wedding, Scotland, wedding photography
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