The Kooks, Barrowland Glasgow, Live Photos.

Hi everyone,
Just thought I would post some photos from The Kooks gig that I photographed for Is This Music Magazine, on the 30th September at the Barrowland in Glasgow.

I'd always wanted to photograph The Kooks since I'd started doing photography really, they are one of my all time favourite bands, and I really love their music, so it was really amazing to be able to do this. I really enjoyed their set, and they are definitely a photogenic band!

It was a quite challenging venue to photograph in though, as from the minute you enter the photo pit, you had to climb and crawl under scaffolding! I'm not sure if it's always like this but it was pretty awkward as we weren't able to move around in the pit, but I luckily still got some good shots anyway.

Also, I just wanted to add that the show was absolutely amazing! It was the first time that I had been to see The Kooks live, and it was everything I thought it was going to be, plus more!

All photos are uploaded onto my Flickr account as always, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography

Is This Music Magazine also have my live review and photos online at, http://www.isthismusic.com/the-kooks
Nicola. x

Kai Fish (Mystery Jets), Brel Bar Glasgow, Live Photos.

On the 23rd September, I went along to photograph Kai Fish (from Mystery Jets), at the Brel Bar in Glasgow. It's Kai's first solo performance tour, and I must say his set was pretty amazing. I was really impressed with his music, loving 'My Anima', everyone should go check it out. I'm pretty sure you can listen to a few of Kai's songs over at his official website.

I also loved the venue, it was an 80 capacity, and it was very tiny, everyone had to sit in rows of chairs like at a cinema. The setting was also very lovely, but I knew I was going to love it from the minute I entered the street, even though I didn't know the place existed before! It was down a really small alleyway, and reminded me of a street in France. Gorgeous!

Nicola. x

Howling Bells, Oran Mor Glasgow, Live and Promo Photos.

Hi everyone,
Just thought I would post some photos I took at the Howling Bells gig, on the 19th at the Oran Mor in Glasgow. The photos were for Is This Music Magazine, who were also interviewing Juanita before the show, which I got to go along to and take some shots for the feature. If you want to check them out, I've posted them at the end.I hadn't seen Howling Bells perform live before, but I always wanted to see them, and it was a pretty awesome show. The lighting was also really good, which is always a plus when taking photos!



Here's the promo shots I took at the interview. If you want to check out the review and the interview on Is This Music, the link is, http://www.isthismusic.com/howling-bells-7

All photos are on my Flickr account, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography

Nicola. x

NME Photography Competition!

Hey everyone,
I hope you don't mind me asking a huge favour! I have entered a few of my photographs into NME's Photography Competition for this year, and it would mean the world to me if you could all vote for my photos.
The shots I have put up are of Taking Back Sunday and Sons & Daughters, so check them out, and please vote.
The links are...

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/218222/nme-amateur-music-photography-awards-2011/item/236826

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/218222/nme-amateur-music-photography-awards-2011/item/236825

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/218222/nme-amateur-music-photography-awards-2011/item/236824

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/218222/nme-amateur-music-photography-awards-2011/item/236823

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/218222/nme-amateur-music-photography-awards-2011/item/236822
Thank you very much,
Nicola. x

Taking Back Sunday Review on Is This Music Magazine.

Incase you didn't notice in my last blog post, I wrote a review about the Taking Back Sunday show at the ABC in Glasgow, for Is This Music Magazine. It features a few of my photographs along with my thoughts. Go check it out, it gives an insight as to how amazing the bands gig was.
The link to the review is http://www.isthismusic.com/taking-back-sunday, or you can check it out below.
Thanks,
Nicola. x

Taking Back Sunday, ABC Glasgow, Live Photos.

On the 23rd August, I had the amazing opportunity of photographing Taking Back Sunday at the ABC, in Glasgow. Obviously I emailed back straight away with a yes, and I was off to the gig later that day. It's the first huge show that I have photographed since The View at Fat Sams in Dundee, and to be honest even it was probably half the size of this gig.
I went to pick up my photo pass at the door, and I have to admit I was totally nervous waiting for Taking Back Sunday to come onstage, even if I did only have about 5 minutes to think about it.The show itself was intensely energectic, nothing like I've ever photographed before, it was such an amazing atmosphere. If you've watched the band live, you'll know about Adam's mic swinging skills, well I was on my guard most of the time, but at one point near the end of the third song he threw it up in the air just above me...however it somehow luckily managed to land elsewhere! haha.





















...and as you can see by the red coloured photo on the right, I was pretty close to the band...and that isn't even showing exactly how close I was either as my camera is full frame...so that was a tiny bit embarrassing when I looked over the camera and realised...
To conclude this blog post before I start to get off-topic though...I had an absolutely amazing time! This gig has completely set the scales high for any other bands out there, and it was definitely my most favourite concert to photograph yet!
Please go see Taking Back Sunday live if you can, they are sensational.

All photos are uploaded to my Flickr account at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography

Is This Music Magazine have also featured a review I have written of the show along with my photos, go check it out, http://www.isthismusic.com/taking-back-sunday

Thanks, Nicola. x

August!

I can't believe it's August already! It's been a quiet Summer for Photography work, but I've been finishing off lots of loose ends, and gathering new ideas for the rest of the year so I'm really excited to finally get things rolling again.

Obviously when there's no bands to photograph, the next best thing is photographing locations, and I've come across a couple of gorgeous places, and as you can probably guess, the photos you are looking at is one of the locations. Luckily when I found this Church, it became really sunny, and pretty much only for the amount of time I was photographing it, so I was mega happy about that, haha. However it was such a lovely site that I don't think any type of weather change would have made it look any less beautiful.Nicola. x