Billy Talent, The Liquid Room Edinburgh, Live Photos.

Hey everyone,
It's time for another one of those quick blog posts!
I had the amazing opportunity of photographing one of my favourite bands again a few weeks ago, and this time around it was Billy Talent! The show was at The Liquid Room in Edinburgh, which is such a lovely little intimate venue! Once again, as well as photographing the gig, I also reviewed the band's performance so if you want to check that out, go over to Is This Music's website for more info... http://www.isthismusic.com/billy-talent-2


...as you can probably tell, the lighting was absolutely amazing, a photographer's dream. It's ashame that
all gigs don't have such good lighting as it would definitely make editing photos a much easier task.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy looking at the photos and reading the review!
There will be another post soon for a gig I photographed a few days after the Billy Talent show, so as you could imagine, I have been fairly busy with the both and everything else in everyday life, but they will be online soon, so keep watching :) and if you want to have a look at the rest of the Billy Talent photos, go to my Flickr page at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography

Nicola. x

Unreleased Landscape and Urban Photos...

Another update with some unreleased photos from last year!
I had a few gigs that I photographed all at the one time and I ended up forgetting about a few landscape photographs that I had taken at lots of excellent locations and whilst I was browsing through my files I stumbled across them and couldn't help but wonder why I had never posted them in the end!
This group of photos were taken roughly around April last year, and although I've only just got around to posting this now, it's actually been sitting in my drafts for a few months as I wanted to add way more photos and I've always had something more important to edit...hence why I'm just finally getting around to uploading this now!
My favourite shots along with the Addams Family-esque hotel that starts off this blog post also includes this one below...The Sweeney Tod Demon Barber...mainly because of the statue outside, it made me smile, although I'm not sure why anyone would actually want to get their hair done there...you've gotta be brave to do that!
Nicola. x

Surgyn, The Arches Glasgow, Live Photos.

Back with photos of Surgyn at The Arches in Glasgow, supporting Combichrist.
These guys are actually from Dundee, my hometown...but I hadn't actually heard of them before this show...I think I need to get out more haha or maybe stop travelling elsewhere for gigs!
However, if you haven't heard of Surgyn, go check out their music! It's good to see local acts on tour with bands like Combichrist.

If you want to view the full set you know what to do, my Flickr page has all of the photos from the show http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography Have a look, I'm actually starting to make use of my pro account now!
Hopefully I'll have even more photos soon :)
Nicola. x

Xavia, The Arches Glasgow, Live Photos.

Another quick blog post with some photos of local acts who were supporting Combichrist at The Arches in Glasgow. Firstly to fill you in, I never managed to actually get photos of Combichrist in the end as I had to leave early and missed their set...kinda gutted about that however I did get photos of two of their support bands.
So this group were the first support of the night and are called Xavia, I believe they are from Glasgow. If you haven't heard of them already you should check out their music on their website, they're pretty good.

Lighting was actually great for The Arches, never shot a gig at this venue before so I was quite surprised...although they need to tone down on the strobe lighting...it's impossible to take photos in, timing is key! Anyway, if you want to view the full set from this show, go to my Flickr page at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography
I'll have another post soon with photos of Surgyn, stay tuned.
Nicola. x

William Control, ABC2 Glasgow, Live Photos.

Back with photos of William Control on the New Faith tour at the ABC2 in Glasgow.
Actually, it was the first time I had seen William Control live (who is infact WiL Francis of Aiden by the way) and I have seen Aiden perform many times previously, however both bands are completely different in genre perspective so it was amazing to finally see and hear William Control aswell. If you couldn't tell I was standing further back for these photos and luckily they still came out in focus. I really liked the smoke and lighting in these shots, it always makes it much easier to photograph aswell and it looks a lot more atmospheric I would say.

Anyway, the show was amazing, and I would suggest everyone to go check out William Control.If you want to have a look at the rest of the photos from this show, go to my Flickr page at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography
Also, I have a photo pass confirmed for a gig next week, so check back for photos from that, it's going to be another exciting one.
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

Lostprophets, O2 Academy Glasgow, Live Photos.

Hey everyone, Quick blog post with some of my photos from Lostprophets, O2 Academy Glasgow show on the 25th April. I also reviewed the gig for Is This Music, so if you want to have a read the link is, http://www.isthismusic.com/lostprophets
I have actually been a fan of Lostprophets since about 2001, so it was amazing to be able to finally photograph them after such a long time.
The show was amazing, but I must say for the photographers the lighting was kind of ridiculous for taking photos, you couldn't see a thing for one so the camera wasn't picking up anything...and the photos that actually did come out were totally by chance, luck, and timing! Which of course is the great thing about photography, you never know what results you're going to achieve even with unlucky circumstances... Surprisingly enough, I think these photos are actually some of my favourites that I have ever taken! Anyway, if you want to check out the rest of the set go over to my Flickr page (I have also upgraded my account to PRO now, woo!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography

Nicola. x