Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 26.02.2014: On Film
In retrospect, taking a roll of film during one of my three song allocation for Bruce Springsteen wasn’t the best use of my time. Given this was a sound desk shoot, or at least the equivalent as we were right out at the side of the floor space, positioned on the steps up to the next […]
Mudhoney + feedtime + Gravel Samwidge @ The Zoo, 18-01-2014
Once again it’s very slim pickings for music festival sideshows in Brisbane in 2014. I think the Mudhoney show at The Zoo, the night before the festival starts its Australian dates at its new Gold Coast location, might be the only Big Day Out sideshow in town this year. Knowing that there’s a long day […]
Future Of The Left + Turnpike + Damn Terran @ The Zoo, 05.01.2014
I was a bit of a later adopter to crowd funded albums. I guess I’m a late adopter to most things, everything from CD players (I bought my first dedicated, non-computer one in 2007) to iPods (I was given my first one as a birthday present in 2010). I mean I still go to the […]
Eight
I managed to be disorganised enough to miss the eighth anniversary of keeping a blog yesterday. In those eight years I have written 544 with this post now being Number 545. It’s been another slow year of 50 published posts. I guess it’s a slight increase on last year’s 45 but a long way down […]
Laneway 2014 @ RNA Showgrounds, 31.01.2014: On Film
Laneway was shot on film in the same fashion as Big Day Out: Kodak Tri-X pushed to ISO 800, and then developed in ID-11. In developing these ones I was surprised to see how many acts I photographed on film given how busy the day was Nine out of 22 acts were given the honour; […]
Big Day Out 2014 @ Metricon Stadium, 19.01.2014: On Film
I normally like to keep things roughly chronological on This Is Not A Photo Opportunity, even though it usually means a massive backlog around festival time when there just isn’t the time to keep up to date. I’m going to break with convention to put up a few posts from this year’s festival season with […]
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers @ The Tivoli, 15.12.2013
Ever since I’ve been interested in music photography (and that’s quite some time) one of my very favourite photos and probably my favourite group shot has been the Jill Furmanovsky photo of Chic. Group photos is something I don’t do a whole lot, I’ve always much preferred a portrait style but getting a good shot […]
Bitch Prefect + Cured Pink + Primitive Motion @ Black Bear Lodge, 29.11.2013
I was disappointed with the latest Bitch Prefect album and mentioned it to someone that was reviewing it that it made me think that the whole Dolewave sound had gone as far as it could go. Fast forward a few months and it’s been amusing to see a bunch of articles about Dolewave and a […]
The Breeders + Screamfeeder @ The Tivoli, 29.10.2013
Making the photos in your head that you want to take match the photos that you actually take at a show is a regular source of frustration. However, tonight is a good night as at the fifth time of asking, I get a photo of Kim Deal that I’m really happy with. The first time […]
Soundwave 2014 @ RNA Showgrounds, 22.02.2014: The Quick Round-Up
Although Soundwave was the third festival of the year, it’s the first one this year that I’ve managed to write a quick post for. Although time is always short to get something written and posted up quickly, phone problems have meant that I didn’t have any GPS data to write about for Big Day Out […]
Regurgitator + Wampire @ The Hi-Fi, 11.10.2013
Rock ‘n’ Roll is full of lame excuses but probably the most lame of all is missing a couple of bands because I was trying to buy a tie for a wedding I was going to on the following day. It’s a long story but somehow thanks to erroneous gift card swiping, via accusations that […]
The Nation Blue + Batpiss + Roku Music + Grieg @ Crowbar, 05.10.2013
Grieg are the latest Brisbane super-group featuring Jon from Undead Apes, Tamara from Hits and Alex from No Anchor. I think this might be their first show and there are probably more people here to see them than there are for the rest of the night. It’s one of those Saturday nights in Brisbane when […]
Palms + Babaganouj + Tiny Migrants @ Black Bear Lodge, 04.10.2013
I always had a soft spot for Red Riders. They were one of the bands that I kept seeing when I moved to Sydney in 2004 and I always felt they were a cut about a lot of the other Sydney bands around at the time. They just had the better songs. Having moved to […]
The Drones + Harmony @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane 26.09.2013
Anytime anyone and everyone photographs The Drones, they always come away with the same photos of Gareth Liddiard pressed up against his mic, his face contorted, his mouth open as he sings. Having photographed the band a number of times, once again I find myself in the situation of wanting to photograph differently and developing […]
Mere Noise 10th Birthday Party: Vegas Kings + HITS + Tiny Migrants + Death Rides A Horse @ Black Bear Lodge, 07.09.2013
Seeing the Vegas Kings tonight really makes me miss Ric’s circa 2005/06. A few years ago Black Bear Lodge would have been packed and an easy sell out, and it’s really surprising that it isn’t, even more so as it’s free entry. I guess the trouble is that all those 20-somethings grew up, started families […]
Bloods + Major Leagues @ The Worker’s Club, Melbourne, 30.08.2013
I’m always surprised whenever there’s one of those lists that places Melbourne at the top of the most liveable cities. Although I only visit for a week or two every year, I always find it extremely overrated compared to its reputation. You can rationalise it by considering if money was no object, would you live […]
Bardo Pond + Dreamtime @ The Zoo, 02.08.2013
As with so many shows I go to, it’s another evening spend initially wondering about how many are going to be here tonight. There’s the usual handful when arrive, only just getting into double figures by the time the first act plays but surprisingly the numbers swell by the time the headliners play. There’s far […]
Kirin J Callinan + Standish/Carlyon + Scraps + Per Purpose @ The Zoo, 29.06.2013
I’ve been suffering with a throat infection (that almost 3 months on doesn’t feel like it’s fully gone) and miss out on the BBQ/Lovely Legs/Go Violets show at The Troubadour on the Friday night, hoping that I’ll be feeling better for tonight. I still feel completely wiped out but it’s a good looking bill that […]
You Am I @ The Tivoli, 26.06.2013
I’m heading to the Tivoli for the first night of two You Am I shows at the venue, where they’re playing their Hourly Daily and Hi Fi Way albums in full Don’t Look Back-style. There’s no information saying anything about support acts for the night and the band’s Facebook page announces that they’re playing at […]
Beaches + Per Purpose + Occults @ Black Bear Lodge, 14.06.2013
Everyone is a photographer these days. If you’ve been to a gig in the last few years you will have no doubt noticed the fact. From mobile phone cameras, through digital compacts and all the way to DSLRs, everyone is at it. For better or worse, everyone is at it. For worse is the change […]
Texas Tea + Shifting Sands + Johnny & The Fembots @ Black Bear Lodge, 09.06.2013
It’s been a long while since I’ve seen Black Bear Lodge (the old Troubadour) this busy. It’s Texas Tea last show until 2014, with the band heading off for a European tour and then Kate heading off to Sweden for the year, which hopefully brought in a fair number of people. It’s also the Sunday […]
No Anchor + Ø + Vassals @ The Waiting Room, 31.05.2013
Another evening at The Waiting Room and another chance to force myself to only use my f1.7 50mm lens again. The trouble with using it tonight is that it’s very restrictive in a busy, small venue. As a prime lens, it’s a lens where you have to use your feet rather than adjust the focal […]
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead @ Consiston Lane, 24.05.2013
Compared to a lot of the press releases that fill my inbox on a daily basis, the news that Trail Of The Dead were playing a Source Tags and Codes tour and playing a show in Brisbane was an email that I was more than happy to receive. However, even in the days leading up […]
Super Wild Horses + Day Ravies + The Kramers @ Black Bear Lodge, 17.05.2013
Amazingly there has been some recent discussion regarding whether you should bother going to see the support bands. It might be just me, but it seems like there’s been noticeable decline in music writing in the first half of 2013. There’s very little in the way of creative writing or developed and considered prose; it’s […]
