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Beds Are Burning...
Victoria is turning itself into a pile of cinders; north Queensland, in the meantime, has more water than it knows what to do with. At times like this, I think this continent has a self-loathing problem. Or is seriously misanthropic.
Anyway, I digress. This account of one family's encounter with Victoria's fires that I found in the Australian this ( Read more... ) -
In which we dodged lightning...
A couple of belated storm photos from January 1, 2009. Apparently New Year's day was more exciting than I remembered. According to my camera's date recording at least...
These photos are heavily processed to enhance both colour and contrast. The originals were very, very bright.
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Laughing Clowns -- GOMA
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Darren Hanlon -- The Old Museum
The Old Museum, Brisbane
December 22, 2008
Darren Hanlon, Timothy Carroll
Lots of subdued red lighting meant lots of fiddling with Adobe Camera RAW to try and make the bands look a little less like they'd been bathing in tomato sauce before coming on stage. Ended up trying to emulate a kind of chocolaty, sepia look on a couple. Not sure exactly ( Read more... ) -
Valve Records Xmas Smash -- The Zoo
The Zoo, Brisbane
December 21, 2008
I Heart Hiroshima, An Horse, Sekiden, Del Toro, Secret Birds
Zoo lighting being what is generally politely referred to as "difficult", these photos are perhaps not as crisp as I might have liked. Still an IHH show presents lots of action and I think I came up with a couple of good B&Ws in the end.
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Nouvelle Vague -- The Brisbane Powerhouse
The Brisbane Powerhouse
December 20, 2008
Nouvelle Vague, Megan Washington
Absolute photographers dream and wonderfully fun. Provocative, sexy and beautiful music. No more blurb, just photos.
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The Gin Club Xmarse Bashphotos -- The Old Museum
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The Gin Club Xmarse Bash -- The Old Museum
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The Devoted Few -- The Step Inn
The Step Inn, Brisbane
December 5, 2008
The Devoted Few, The Rocketsmiths, Grand Atlantic, Hungry Kids of Hungary
Poorish lighting - red seemed to be the dominant colour of the night - at the Step Inn the other night and another test for the f/1.4 50mm. Not a lot of room to work in either, but it wasn't a big crowd so it was easy to move around at ( Read more... ) -
I Heart Hiroshima -- The Powerhouse
The Powerhouse, Brisbane
November 30, 2008
I Heart Hiroshima, Michael and Lloyd, Woelv, Narwhals
Much better lighting this time around. Got some lovely shots, particularly of Susie Patten from IHH. Half the fun here is simply waiting for Susie to pull an amusing expression while she drums (see evidence below ( Read more... )