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The 2008 Photographic Review Continues…

• 2008: A Photographic Review – Part I
• 2008: A Photographic Review – Part II
• 2008: A Photographic Review – Part III
• 2008: A Photographic Review – Part IV

April

April was a big shooting month, made ever easier by my close proximity to the city – about a 15 minute walk. First up was shooting for Reverb Magazine – this time it was Modest Mouse with support from Hot Hot Heat @ The Big Top over at Luna Park.

Next up saw me attending my annual anti-engineering conference – SemiPermanent. It was unreal – one of their speakers was Spencer Platt who won the 2007 World Press Photo with his photograph while covering the Isreali-Lebanon conflict of that year.

The 10th saw me shooting for EnergyAustralia at the Staff Launch of the Great Southern Oceans exhibit that they are sponsors of at Taronga Zoo. Not too much I can show of this, but it was definitely an interesting shoot.

I also was invited to celebrate the engagement of Kel (Charles’ sister) and Matt.

The 25th saw ANZAC Day once again upon us. An annual event to remember the futility of war, and those we send to them, and one I try to attend.

My final gig for April was shooting An Evening with Eels at the Enmore Theatre. This was one of the toughest shoots I’ve done with a single lamp on the piano as the light source.

May

May saw me become nearly a regular at The Annandale Hotel.

My first gig was Kate Miller-Heidke at The Annandale. Now, while I had vaguely heard of her, I didn’t know too much when I put my hand up to shoot her for The Dwarf, but boy would I be glad I did. Kate is an absolute gem to shoot – cute, quirky and knows how to perform on stage (coming from her training in opera no doubt). Her backup was the band now formed around Christopher Ernst (whom I had previously shot) – Black Market Rhythm Co.

I backed up the next day to take some shots at Tom’s Punk Rock BBQ at Brookvale.

The next weekend I was back at The Annandale to shoot Whitley. This just wasn’t my night as my batteries hadn’t charged properly, leaving me hobbling for power during Whitley’s set. I did however come out with what might well be 2008’s best shot.

The final gig for May was back across the bridge to The Big Top where it was Story of the Year performing on the last day of May.

June

June was a more subdued affair and I took an extra day off work for the long weekend to visit friends Nadine and Andrew up at Orange. In addition to the winery visits I also got a tour of the electrical installations at the mine where she works. This also saw the month of Lucky’s Photoshop Actions being released – go check them out if you don’t already have them! Nadine and Andrew’s Golden Retriever pup Mahler was so cute and playful, and their friends had an even younger Chocolate Labrador called Oscar.

Holly Throsby, performing at the Factory Theatre, was my only gig I shot for the month. A damn hard one to shoot too due to the seated arrangement.

The general geekery brought to a close the second quarter of 2008, where I also added another notch to my age-belt making me feel so much older and missing much in life in areas that cannot easily be obtained.