Very few useable shots from An Evening with Eels @ The Enmore - this is definitely the best
I was forewarned about shooting E by Matt Palmer after bad experiences up in Brisbane, however I’d say he was either on something (highly unusual for a musician of course) or was told to smarten up post event (highly unusual for a musician of big enough ego to listen to such advice). Whatever the reason, beyond needing to stay behind the first exit sign doors on the sides there didn’t appear to be too many issues - unless you count #1 lighting; and #2 E wearing a fricking baseball cap. Listen, it’s all cool and everything to wear one - outside during the day - but with theatrical lighting you’re not going to see a face at all in the shots. If that’s what you’re after, at least go the Tism path of never actually showing your face!
Anyhow, it was actually quite a nice show and glad that it turned out to be enjoyable. While he’s obviously got an ego, had he decided to ditch the lame attempts at jokes about fan male (love, love then a hate letter) or reviews (all about the co-musician, all about the co-musician and then a review about the Eagles and him going off at his support crew - wonder how many times they’ve done that - seemed all very lame and far too put on… perhaps that’s what the audience wanted though) and focussed on the music more it would have been better.
All in all I had fun, though was more than disappointed by the lighting. Giving the photographers three songs is fair enough so that they don’t ruin things for the crowd, but if that’s the case, can the performers realise that it is in their interests to have a good lighting scheme that doesn’t wait till 2/3 of the way through the set before it hits!
Shot for Reverb Magazine in Newcastle, Australia
A morning’s march complete, where shall we head now…
The Commentary
It appears that more than ever the three words have been forgotten and that ANZAC Day is becoming more a piss up than a sombre remembrance of the futility of war and the loss of lives at the abject failure that is now known as ANZAC Cove.
I’m glad people have not forgotten the veterans, but I do wish that the day was spent in reflection on the current predicaments we have entangled ourselves in globally and ask whether or not we should be there. For it is as has been said:
Older men declare war, but it is the youth that must tfight and die
Herbert Hoover, 31st US President
Photos after the break
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Looking back to Sydney’s CBD over the new Great Souther Oceans exhibit at Taronga Zoo
I was asked by work to shoot the Staff launch day for the new Great Southern Oceans exhibit at Taronga Zoo. Was a nice evening and also ran into a few friends working for the event management company. They hadn’t really though about the photographer’s light requirements with this at all.
Unfortunately I can’t show most - simply due to the fact that there are shots of children. So I’ll show the non-children shots instead.
Haik’s Gone Hiking: 42 Day Global (well, European at least) Hike with Haik
So, one of my mates from the creative collective that is The Root 42 is heading off with Adri his girl for a round trip - taking in (and I am sure catching up with, aka couch surfing at, plenty of fellow TR42ers) the world. To help him record the journey, especially while away from the opportunity to post copious amounts of Digitalomo shots, he made himself a lovely little book - something I’m hoping to do… one day… someday… soon?
Anyhow, follow him + his lass as they traips around the European continent.
Well, not really, but most of my friends think I am. I first joined the ranks of the twitterers over a year ago after catching word of this new Ruby on Rails application going live and having signup options. As part of a crowd of early adopters of technology, and interested to see what it was all about, I jumped on board - with my first tweet telling the twitterverse that I was at work occurring on January 17, 2007 at around lunchtime.
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