Big Day Out 2013 @ Gold Coast Parklands, 20.01.2013 – Part 3
When Crystal Castles played in the Boiler Room a couple of years ago, the experience of photographing them from the stage was cool. It was nice to have that opportunity and to have a set of photos to provide some variety from the usual “up-nose”view festival photos (even if some photographers hogged the best positions […]
Big Day Out 2013 @ Gold Coast Parklands, 20.01.2013 – Part 2
The quickest way back to the media tent after a few songs of Jagwar Ma is through the photo pit. Grinspoon are about to start so I make the most of the walk by taking a couple of photos in the first song. Some might say it was a good walk spoiled. Death Grips are […]
Big Day Out 2013 @ Gold Coast Parklands, 20.01.2013 – Part 1
Back when I lived on the northside of Brisbane, the train journey down to Helensvale felt like it took forever. Now that I live on the southside, it takes a whole lot less time, the only downside being by the time the train gets to me, there’s standing room only. Everyone on a train heading […]
Big Day Out 2013 @ Gold Coast Parklands, 20.01.2013 – The Very Belated Quick Round-Up
A couple of years ago I got back from a trip to the UK and a few hours later was out photographing a festival in the Botanic Gardens. Unfortunately I had been en route and had missed the far superior line-up of the first day of Sunset Sounds but getting out of the house to […]
Big Day Out @ Gold Coast Parklands, 22.01.2012 – Part 3
If the lunchtime overlapping of Cage The Elephant, Parkway Drive, Best Coast and Dune Rats was an annoyance, the worst clash of the whole day has to be the one between Mariachi El Bronx on the Hot Produce stage and Battles on the Essential Stage, with only five minutes between the start times for the two acts. Given […]
Big Day Out @ Gold Coast Parklands, 22.01.2012 – Part 2
There’s been a lot of criticism about this year’s Big Day Out lineup, in particular just how many acts have been quickly recycled from last year’s festival lineups. It does seem worse than in previous years as the number of quickly recycled overseas acts has increased but (at least to me) it’s always been a […]
Big Day Out @ Gold Coast Parklands, 22.01.2012 – Part 1
Having only finally been accredited to photograph Big Day Out for the first time last year, at the seventh attempt of trying, 2012 finds me back there again with little difficulty. Maybe the heavily-criticised line-up helped dissuade photographers from applying this year to cover it. With there being no Sunset Sounds this year, after the pre-Brisbane […]