So what were the highlights for me? well:
The Ghost of a Thousand performing at The Leadmill in Sheffield
They put on a great show, to a fairly sparse audience. That audience was made a little more sparse by my early departure for another gig across town. Shame as I've enjoyed these both times I've seem them.
Municipal Waste performing at The Casbah in Sheffield
The venue couldn't have suited this gig better. The Casbah, for those who aren't familiar with it, is a small underground cellar-type venue. The low stage and complete lack of any security barrier fuelled the explosive atmosphere, where the crowd ended up commanding more of the stage than the band by the end of the gig.
I shot most of the gig using wireless flash, triggered with my camera's built-in strobe. As the crowd got rougher, my camera started to take more punishment though, ending with someone punching the pop-up flash clean off the top of my camera! It popped back into place just fine though, and seems to be working fine... thankfully.
Foofighters performing at V 2007 Festival in Chelmsford
It was just one of those moments where I realise, crap, it actually really is the Foo Fighters!
Rodrigo Y Gabriella performing at V2007 Festival in Chelmsford
Definitely the musical highlight of V 2007 for me. That should be no reflection on the lacklustre line-up. I would've loved their performance all the same if I'd seen them anywhere else.
Sepultura performing at The Corporation in Sheffield
This was quite possibly one of the most difficult gigs I've shot in a long, long while, but I enjoyed it all the same.
Cancer Bats performing at Leeds Carling Weekend
First band of the weekend after a delayed arrival, and they were great. Great to shoot.
Battles performing at Leeds Carling Weekend
Finally I got the shot of the drummer from Battles about to strike his highly placed cymbal I had missed on my previous attempts at shooting them. That made me a very happy snapper.
Crystal Castles performing at Leeds Carling Weekend
I really didn't think these would be my cup of tea at all. I couldn't have been more wrong. I enjoyed them immensely.
Grammatics performing at Leeds Carling Weekend
A great surprise from the Topman unsigned stage were Grammatics from Leeds. they have a very sophisticated sound for such a new band. They're definitely worth checking out if the opportunity presents itself.
Kaiser Chiefs performing at Leeds Carling Weekend
I got the obligatory Kaiser jump shot. Now I can truly call myself a music photographer! :-)
Nine Black Alps performing at Leeds Carling Weekend
Not so much a musical highlight, but more a spectacle of weird, for me at least. The guitarist, David Jones went to the same school I did. It was a bit odd to say the least recognising someone on stage as someone I remember from school! :-S
MuteMath performing at Leeds Carling Weekend
They put on a great live show, and I was quite chuffed with the shots I came out with. Happy days.
Tilly and the wall performing at Leeds Carling Weekend
I had earplugs, so everything was OK.
Here we go. That should be me pretty much up to date now. I've just discovered how the 'blog this' thing works on Flickr, so there should be no excuses for me not keeping this blog up to date from now on. Even if it is only, here's a picture. No time to say anything useful.
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