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Fallen Mafia, Black Moon Rising

Easter Bank Holiday is upon me and I had NOTHING to do, so considered going out clubbing. Then I realised that Resistenz festival was on at Corp which kinda scuppered that plan. While moaning about this on Facebook, Kev from Newcastle pointed out that a band he thought were good were playing The Dove and […]

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Our Portraits In Black, Opinicus, Dawn Of A New Day, The Inside Is Live

Adam of Opinicus, hearing that I was taking some shots of Exit Strategy One at Corporation on Friday night offered me a photo pass to come and take pictures of their gig the following night, this time on the large stage.   I couldn’t really turn this one down, having the opportunity to get behind the […]

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We Dig For Fire, Volume Zero, Exit Strategy One, They Say Fall

Exit Strategy One, who were really happy with the couple of shots I got at them last year at West Street Live decided they’d like a few more photographs in exchange for free entry and a couple of beers.  Always up for a free gig, beer and an opportunity to practice with the camera I […]

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Eight Deadly Words, Halloween

Eight Deadly Words playing a Halloween gig at The Dove and Rainbow in Sheffield. Lighting was better here than at the last venue I photographed them, but the right hand of the stage was very dark meaning it was hard to get any decent shots of Carlo and Aiden. An awful lot of shots of […]

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Eight Deadly Words, Exit Strategy One, Fight The Bear

Live at West Street Live on Sunday the 9th of October, 2011. – Eight Deadly Words – Exit Strategy One – Fight The Bear – (plus someone I missed) The lighting here isn’t great, although improved from the last I was here. This resulted in an awful lot of overly dark and/or blurry motion shots. […]

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Mourning for Autumn

My first ever attempt at live gig photography, Mourning For Autumn.    West Street Live isn’t a great venue for taking shots.   It’s pretty dark in there, with really only one light over the centre of the stage which you can see illuminating the front man in these shots.    I was also using the stock lens […]