Micheal Jackson

Micheal Jackson's death has caused mixed responses between my friends, some loved him so much, have his albums and cried when hearing the news, some didn't give a fuck and made jokes about his death. But many like me respected him as an artist, who made a huge impact on many people and paved the way for many new music styles and genres (as anyone dose who has the worlds most successful album) but through out his career made many actions which could be seen as mistakes, But in the end he should be remembered for his achievements not his mistakes.

Anyway in other news, a lot has been going on in my life, I've been trying to sort out a whole lotta things but finally i think it's finally cleared up a bit. was watching This Is England last week and it got me keen for the fact that I'm going to England for 5 months at the end of Aug this year, with my mum and brother as my family is all moving there by the end of the year. But I'm only there for 5 months as when I get back I'm starting a 4 year course in Brisbane at the Sunshine Coast University/Tafe doing a duel course, Diploma of photomedia and bachelor of arts, major in Graphic design. So I'm Really keen for that, but it's starting to hit me that I don't have much time to spend with all my good friends till I'm gone.
This along with trying to get my second flash fixed, sorting out my Folio for uni and saving as much money as i can for my England trip hasn't left me with much time for photography.

But I did shoot my friends first show for Facebreaker a couple of weeks ago,
-Felix



also check out a different band who was on the bill called Yeah Bears, Very Testicles/Blood Brothers.

and also a few publications came out which i was keen to see how they turned out.
The first I was most keen for was the article about the Blue Mountains music scene published in Brag which featured a paragraph about me, which I really happy with.

and the second was a publication in the English webzine, Vanity, which was the live pics from the Bury Your Dead Show in Aug.

also been listening to heaps of music that im really loving, check some of this stuff out if u get the chance:

-Polar Bear Club: Sometimes Things Just Disappear

-Beakeven: The Bright Side


-Ice Cube: Greatest Hits-Gallows: Grey Britain
-Fucked Up: The Chemistry Of Common Life


- Acacia Strain: The Dead Walk

-N.W.A: Greatest Hits

Disconnect

lately I have been sorting out a whole lot of things in my life both physically and emotionally, this combined with work and friends has taken up a large amount of my time and hasn't left a lot of time for other things. And in a way it's almost as if I have disconnected from the hardcore/metal scene to an extent. I don't go to shows nearly as much as I use to, I once would go at least 2 times a weekend now it's once every now and then, I don't see my friends from the 'scene' as much as I use to, which has allowed me to see my friends from school a lot more, well that and me and my girlfriend breaking up.
But with all this I have still been able to do a lot of shooting, as my weeks are usually free due to a majority of my shifts being over the weekend. So I have been shooting a few promos throughout the week.

Last Sunday I shot We Stand Alone's promos once again, due to a few reasons, new drummer, new music coming out, etc. And I was more than happy to do them as I wasn't so happy with the last shoot. I was hoping to have my flash fixed by this shoot so i'd have two, but no such luck.
We went out on location to....Blacktown, which wasn't the most pleasant of locations, or safest, but we were able to find some good spots and get some good shots:
Tried doing some differently cropped single shots from the usual;

Also had a go at a, guess you call it, story shot? But wasn't happy with how it came out, really needed that second flash and a bit more planning;

Later that week my friend Jonny Blackwell, another local photographer who dose some sick stuff asked me to take some stuff for one of his bands Creations, a really sick sounding band composed of members from America and Aus. Very Impending Doom, Acacia Strain sounding, so if your into your heavy stuff, deff check em out, they are deff going somewhere.
Anyway as Jonny was a photographer it meant i was able to borrow equipment, namely a second flash which made a real difference and i was really happy with how they came out:
-The Man Himself (Jonny Blackwell)



Got some other good shots, but had a deadline of last night to get the best of the individuals and group shots done for use on the myspace layout.
Also even later In the week shot my Good friend Felix's band, Facebreaker. Pretty much the only Blue Mountains Hardcore Band getting around, check em out it was also his first show. Pics will be done soon.
Also checked out the page for next years 'Sydney Tattoo and Body Art Expo' which I shot for last year and saw the gallery with my pix in for last year. Which was good to see.
And Got some mail on yesterday with my prints which were displayed in Bare Your Teeth 2009 exhibition in Melb. Non were sold there, but if you want to buy one of the prints or a print of any of my photos just contact me through my myspace.

Also if you have the time check out my younger brothersnew film 'Blood Orange', he stepped it up with new editing programs, new camera and new actors (although the actors let him down a lil). Anyway defiantly check it out here.

-My Brother

Have Heart

Last Friday went and saw Have Heart at one of their last shows in Aus ever, was an amazing show and as i found out only a small part of the entire farewell tour, which is HUGE and no doubt an amazing final tour for them.

Anyway for the last song of Carpathian my flashes bulb blew (which costs $200 to fix), so it meant that I had no flash for Have Hearts set. So with a camera which isn't the best at low light, I still was able to get some shots i was happy with.

- Your Ghosts A Gift


-Persist

-Ollie forgot the words for 'Promises Kept' Cover....hahaha sorry Ollie

-Carpathian
-Just when my flash's bulb blew

-Have Heart





Luckily earlier in the week I was able to squeeze in some promos for locals 'If You Seek Amy'
travelled the furthest Ive ever had to, but the promos turned out pretty good, and it was some more good practice on CS3. But I heard that the singer has recently left the band, which means these promos are already useless.ahh well





Also while down there the guitarist's Dad had made a homemade PS3 Racing booth, from a coffin...had to get a shot.

Sunday arvo had nothing to do, so went and shot Amity Affliction and Elora Danan, I didn't really wanna go on account of being sick and not a huge fan of Amity. I was so happy I did cause I found out that Elora Danan are breaking up and it was their last show in Syd ever. They are a band I've liked ever since I first saw em, a really good rock band, and it sucks so many good bands are breaking up. But heaps happy too see em one last time. The show was real short, with Amity and Elora playing only 4 songs each to catch a plane.

-Elora Danan




-Amity Affliction