Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: 2009, Adam Zadel, AJ Cavalier, Australia, Concert, December, Dope, Gig, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melbourne, Nu Metal, Performance, Richmond, SOiL, The Corner Hotel, Tim King, Tom Schofield, Victoria, www.dopearmy.com, www.soil-music.comDecember 18, 2009
Corner Hotel Nu Metal
Even though I had secured to shoot this gig several months ago, I very nearly didn’t go to the show tonight as I was bordering on exhaustion. With a long week at work coupled with some late nights shooting and editing photographs – had all but taken its toll on me.
Never let anyone tell you otherwise, this is hard work. Granted, it is fun and always an eye-opening experience… but when one works a normal job during the day and then does rock photography purely for love, by night – the day’s do tend to get long, tiring and fatigue inducing.
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Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: 2009, Andreas "Whiplasher Bernadotte" Bergh, Australia, Band, Concert, Corner Hotel, Deathglam, Deathstars, Emil "Nightmare Industries" Nödtveidt, Eric "Cat Casino" Bäckman, Gig, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Jonas "Skinny Disco" Kangur, Live, Live Music, Melbourne, Metal, Ole "Bone W. Machine" Öhman, Performance, Photos By John Raptis, Richmond, Rock, Rock N Roll, Scandanavian, Swedish, Victoria, Visceral Industry, www.deathstars.netSeptember 27, 2009
Death Dies Hard
Arriving at the Corner Hotel somewhat late – knowing full-well that the venue rarely has a designated photo-pit area isn’t the smartest thing to do. If I was to get any decent shots tonight I was gonna have to hustle through the crowd and pretty much hope for the best.
Catching the tail-end of Sydney act Ink, (they weren’t too bad at all) – I slapped on my photo-pass around the neck and proceeded with the ‘scuse-me-shuffle’ to the front of the stage.
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