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

Mystery Jets, Electric Circus Edinburgh, Live Photos.

Hey everyone,
Here's some photos from Mystery Jets show at the Electric Circus in Edinburgh, on the 1st April, no joke. One of my favourite bands performing in one of my favourite venues aswell, which was pretty cool! I was also reviewing this gig for Is This Music, so if you go over to their website you can read all about it in depth there, http://www.isthismusic.com/mystery-jets
The sad thing was that their original bassist Kai had actually left the band so he wasn't there, which was ashame, but if you want to see previous photos I have taken of his own project last year then check them out at this link, Kai Fish at the Brel Bar, Glasgow, Live Photos.
Onto the Mystery Jets show, they played a lot of new songs which all sounded pretty awesome, and their older tunes (which were only from their second album Twenty One and onwards) were absolutely amazing live, the crowd loved them.
The shot below is one of my favourites from the set, their drummer Kapil happened to be looking right into my camera lens at the time I was taking the photo, which was very lucky indeed.
The rest of the photos from this set are on my Flickr page at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography
Nicola. x

Edward Scissorhands.

Another quick 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 some excellent locations. Upon browsing through my files recently I stumbled across them and I couldn't help but wonder why I had never posted them in the end!
This group of photographs are from a little evening adventure back in late summer last year. I loved the location, it's completely hidden out of sight, however you almost get that feeling as if you are being watched from every angle, and for me it also doesn't help that the building and its grounds resemble edward scissorhands', you know, they even had topiary bushes, sheer genius!
There were sculptures of people hidden between trees everywhere, so I guess that probably didn't help.
I think I'm going to go back here in the summer to take some sunny shots of the place with no overcast clouds.
Also, the vintage car below was actually sitting abandoned outside the Castle, not really sure if it is the owner's or if someone has just dumped it there, but it looks beautiful alongside the building.
Nicola. x

MAC Cosmetics, Quick Sizzle Lipstick.

If you follow me on Twitter, you will already know how much I love MAC Cosmetics! I have been acquiring a lot of their products over the past couple of years and I just bought this amazing new lipstick from their Shop MAC Cook MAC collection, and consequently I felt the need to blog about, haha.
I believe this isn't actually out on MAC's website yet as I bought mine from an exclusive pre-release with Selfridges, and infact a lot of the collection including this lipstick is already sold out on their website so if you manage to get your hands on this, buy it.
Just look at that glorious packaging...so amazing! This lipstick is called Quick Sizzle and obviously, it's a pink lipstick...a bright hot pink with a blue undertone. The formulation is matte which is a tad bit on the drying side compared to previous matte lipsticks that I have owned, but nonetheless it's still gorgeous.
I love taking product photographs, I may do more of these type of posts if I have the spare time!
I said I would upload a photo of me wearing this lipstick a while ago so here it is, a self portrait picture for you all! I love this colour by the way, and yes, that is an AFI necklace that I have on, they are my all time favourite band, huge love to them.
Nicola. x

Panic! At The Disco, Barrowland Glasgow, Live Photos.

Hey everyone,
Just a quick blog post with a few photos from Panic! At The Disco's gig at the Barrowlands in Glasgow, on the 28th January, and as always my review of the show is on Is This Music's website at, http://www.isthismusic.com/panic-at-the-disco
I hope you all enjoy reading it!
If you would like to see more photos from the gig, check out my Flickr link, there's a few more shots on there, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography
Nicola. x

All Time Low, O2 Academy Glasgow, Live Photos.

First photography gig of 2012, All Time Low at the O2 Academy in Glasgow!
This is probably the biggest show I have photographed to date, and I must say it was an absolutely amazing experience. I also reviewed the show so if you would like to read my review for Is This Music Magazine, go to this link (http://www.isthismusic.com/all-time-low)
After photographing the first three songs I stayed for the whole show since I was also reviewing (even though I'm sure I would have stayed either way as the band were incredible live), they played about 18 songs with some hilarious banter inbetween. If you get the chance to see these guys live, GO! It's a must!
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the photos, more can be found on my Flickr account at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasharkeyphotography
Hopefully I'll be back for another update shortly.
Nicola. x

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Everyone!

Happy Holidays!
I have finally created the video with all of my photos from 2011... here it is!
I hope you all enjoy watching it, and hopefully next year there will be a whole lot more photos :)
Whilst I'm having way too much fun on this JibJab site where you can create your own Christmas Ecards I better wrap this post up here before I get carried away...I hope everyone has a lovely holiday!
Nicola. x