The Presets - AIS Arena

Tonight I was lucky enough to see The Presets (Julian Hamilton & Kim Moyes) perform once again in Canberra. Last time I got to shoot them was at Foreshore at the start of the year.

This particular gig was originally going to be held at the ANU Bar, but due to the massive amount of interest, it was moved to the AIS Arena and made an "All-Ages Gig". This allowed for many more people to fit in, and the event almost sold out again.

There were so many people there, it was crazy. Everybody looked like they were having a great time though. The guys were fantastic, I stayed on and sat in the chairs after I had finished taking photos and watched the rest of the show.

Julian Hamilton

Kim Moyes - Concentrating hard.

Little Birdy @ ANU Bar

Tonight I got to take photos of one of my favorite bands. Last time I saw Little Birdy play was at "The Venue" back in June 2007. They are currently touring to promote their new album; "Confetti". I love this album, the music is a great mixture of their usual style and also has a real soul, 50's, Motown sort of feel to it. They played at the ANU to a full crowd that eagerly awaited hearing the new music being played live.

I really enjoyed the gig, they are always fantastic live, with the band beingfull of energy, especially lead singer/guitarist; Katy Steele.

"The Basics" @ Transit Bar

Tonight I went to see one of my favourite bands; "The Basics", perform at "Transit Bar". It's been almost 2 years since they performed here and it was great to hear some new music from their new album. (Still in the recording process, so hopefully out before the end of the year).

I had spoken to Wally (Drums/Vocals) a few weeks ago about doing a photoshoot after the gig and they were more than happy to muck around for 5 minutes in a stairwell after the show. Thanks heaps Wally, Kris and Tim! - It was a lot of fun.

Wally of "The Basics"

Snow Patrol - Hordern Pavillion

Yesterday I went up to Sydney to see Snow Patrol play at the Hordern Pavillion with my mother and sister. They are my favourite band and have been for a while now. This concert was the 4th time I had seen the band play live. I had tried to arrange a Media pass to get into the photographers pit but unfortunately this didn't happen. Not to worry. As usual we were up the front of the mosh infront of Paul the bass player. I managed to tweak the settings on my Canon IXUX 75 camera to at least get some slightly reasonable photos of the guys.

I can only imagine how good they would have been if I had had my DSLR there.

Had another nice long chat to Paul and Gary (lead singer) after the show and Paul had a look through my shots from the night; "Really! Awesome" was his response.

Here are a couple of the shots from the night. (Please forgive the "noise")

Paul From Snow Patrol. (Taken With IXUX 75)

Paul From Snow Patrol. (Taken With IXUX 75)

Darren Hanlon @ Tilley's

Tonight, Darren Hanlon performed at "Tilley's" for the start of his "Pointing Ray Gun At Pagans" tour. It was a huge crowd with the audience resembling sardines in a can. I managed to squeeze into the small gap at the entrance to the bar.  Lovely and close but unfortunately not much room to move and get varied photos. Tonight I was shooting for FasterLouder.

As usual, (this being the 3rd time I have seen Darren perform) he peformed brilliantly, interacting with the audience between and during songs. He is a talented musician and also very funny.

He played a lot of his hits and came out for the encore and played songs that had been requested during the peformance.