Kerrang Tour 2013, 02 Academy Glasgow, Live Photos.

Hey everyone,
Finally back with some live music shots for you all. I recently went along to photograph and review the Kerrang Tour 2013, it's infact my first gig of the year and it feels good to be photographing music again. It was an awesome show but if you want to check out what I had to say about it, go and have a read of my photoreview for Is This Music at, http://www.isthismusic.com/kerrang-tour (coming soon)
Onto the show's layout etc...firstly I must admit that the lighting was pretty horrible, most of the time it was red and many music photographers will agree with me that 99% of the time that's a bad thing and also means most of the photos go in the bin...however I was actually pleased with most of the red shots for once, and some of them have become my new favourites!

I've already posted a couple of the photos on Tumblr and it's fairly easy to see that Tonight Alive have the biggest fanbase, one of the shots of their singer has already managed to reach 151 notes, which is totally crazy considering I don't have many people added on my account over there, haha. Anyway, there's a few more than what I've posted on here so if you'd like to check out the whole set from the night, go over to my Flickr page, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography, hopefully it won't be long before I'm photographing another gig again, and I'll be back with a blog post for you all very soon! I'll leave you now with one of my favourite shots of Chiodos from the Kerrang Tour.
Thanks,
Nicola. x

Fearless Vampire Killers, King Tuts Glasgow, Live Photos.

Hey everyone,
Another super quick blog post with a few photos of Fearless Vampire Killers, at their headline King Tuts show in Glasgow for the Rock n' Roll Damnation Fest. Once again, as well as photographing the gig, I also reviewed the band's set for Is This Music Magazine, so if you want to check it out the link is, http://www.isthismusic.com/fearless-vampire-killers
Not sure if anyone has noticed yet, but I have new lens!! I tried it for the first time at the Billy Talent gig and also this one, and I really like it. It takes much sharper photos, and definitely looks a lot more wide-angle than all of my previous super close shots, which is always a plus as it's incredibly hard trying to focus on band members with a close lens...try it, then you'll know what I'm talking about. Sadly I never managed to get any photos of FVK's drummer this time around, but it was literally impossible with the amount of smoke that was constantly taking over the stage! King Tuts...get it sorted, and add some lighting on the front too :)
Anyway, hope you all enjoy the photos, and there's a few more on my Flickr account aswell, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography
Nicola. x

Fearless Vampire Killers, ABC2 Glasgow, Live Photos

Hey everyone,
Another quick blog post with photos of Fearless Vampire Killers support slot with William Control on the New Faith tour at the ABC2 in Glasgow. (There will be a seperate post for photos of William Control so be sure to check back for that.) 
Having only been to this certain part of the ABC once before (surprised aren't you) I wasn't fully aware that there was no photo pit for this venue...which literally means that it will be much harder to take photos as we were too close to the performers. Even more so in this case since I only had my 50mm lens with me...oops! However it made for some interesting shots, and something a little bit different from what I usually do, even if 99% of the time the lens was focusing on individual hair strands instead of the actual face of each member... Anyway, a huge thanks to Fearless Vampire Killers for making sure I managed to get a photo pass, retweeting and reblogging the photos on Twitter/Tumblr, and all the lovely comments about the pics!!
If you haven't already checked out FVK's music, then I suggest you go buy yourself a copy of their debut album in HMV, it's pretty awesome.

If you want to check out the rest of the photos from this set, go to my Flickr page at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography
Right, I will update with another post soon, stay tuned.
Nicola. x