Kerrang Tour 2010 – My Passion & Young Guns
Kerrang Tour - O2 Academy, Newcastle - Wednesday 3rd February 2010
The Kerrang Tour stopped off in Newcastle last Wednesday, It was a gig I was half looking forward to shooting but my Kerrang days are pretty far gone so I really had no Idea what to expect from the bands on the tour. This blog is about the first to bands on the tour, My Passion and Young Guns. I have shot both of the bands before in the past, My Passion int he academy 2 a year or two back and The Young Guns just a few months ago supporting Fightstar at Newcastle University. Both times it was in a smaller venue on a lot smaller stage with tragic lighting. Although the lighting tonight was not perfect it was enough to get a good set of images of both bands.
I have put a selection of my favorites from My Passion & Young Guns below - sorry they are all mixed up but I'm far to tired today. I shall be posting up a blog featuring images from The Blackout's set from this tour tomorrow as I was super chuffed with my snaps of them - even though I thought they were gonna be pretty poor. I shall also be posting up All Time Low Pictures either tomorrow night or Thursday morning. Thats all for now folks.
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Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish - O2 Academy, Newcastle - Sunday 24th January 2010
So I have finally gotten round to uploading this set of images. I am really happy with how the whole set came out. It was 2 years earlier when I last shot these guys but I like to think my knowledge and camera skills have come on slightly since then. This band have played more or less exactly the same set for the last 3 years that I have seen them so it was pretty predictable and I knew what I was going to be up with shooting before even starting.
The lighting was pretty impressive and rather straight forward to shoot in compared to what I am used to. This meant I was able to shoot between 500-1000 ISO with shutter speeds of 1/160 - 1/200. I got a great range of all band members pretty quickly and I was even able to pull out the 55-200mm telephoto lens for the final song of the 3 songs shooting allowance. This meant I was able to get some real sharp and close up shots of some of the bands members.
This was a great band to finish my first gig of the year on, a great start to the year and a great set of images. I am pleased 
I was shooting this show for Change The Record. View all the images HERE, read faye's review HERE or check out Faye's Interview with Big D HERE or her interview with Reel Big Fish HERE
All images strictly © Daniel Hase
Big D & The Kids Table
Big D & The Kids Table - O2 Academy, Newcastle - Sun 24th January '10
This is my second blog from the Reel Big Fish show last Sunday. The second support band Big D & The kids table who I decided also need their own blog. These are one of my favorite bands of all time so it was a blast being able to shoot them again ( I think this is my 2rd time shooting them but I have seen then live a good 5 times.)
If I'm honest though there style has changed a lot in the last album to a more sole style which is completely different to the ska punk that I love these guys for. Don't get me wrong the album is class but I'd prefer to see the faster songs live as that's the Big D that I adored nearly 7 years ago when I first heard them.
Shootingwize this set was pretty straight forward with generous front white lights and lots of nice colours. Front man David really working the stage with mic in-hand for first two songs and picking up his guitar for the final song of the 3 song shooting time. Compared to shooting these guys last time crammed on to the tiny stage in the Academy 2 this was a lot easier gaining a lot better results.
View yesterdays blog featuring images of Sonic Boom Six from this show HERE. A Blog of Reel Big Fish to come soon (probably tomorrow). Was shooting this show for Change The Record. View all the images HERE, read faye's review HERE or check out Faye's Interview with Big D HERE or her interview with Reel Big Fish HERE
All images strictly © Daniel Hase
Sonic Boom Six
Sonic Boom Six - O2 Academy, Newcastle - Sunday 24th January 2010
Last Sunday I was lucky enough to photograph Reel Big Fish with two great support bands. Sonic Boom Six and one of my all time favorite bands - Big D & The Kids Table. I liked some of the images from each set that much that I felt each band from this show deserved there own blog. So here I am, a week late writing my first blog and posting up images from Sonic Boom Six's set.
Shootingwize this whole show was pretty easy to shoot. It was my first show in nearly 2 months but a great show to get back into it. I have shot SB6 quite a few times before so I know what to expect but never in the main academy. I missed them last time they played in their (with Reel Big Fish in 2008) so I was glad to arrive on time to this show and actually see them. The lighting was pretty impressive for a support band in the Newcastle Academy which made shooting a little easier. Lots of nice purple lights with just the right amount of smoke to not ruin the pictures but give a great effect. Stupidly though I shot this whole set on a stupidly high ISO which you can see from all the noise in the images. It was my first time shooting live music in a while so not everything was going to go right!
Anyhow, blog of Big D and RBF to come soon. Was shooting this show for Change The Record. View all the images HERE, read faye's review HERE or check out Faye's Interview with Big D HERE or her interview with Reel Big Fish HERE
All images strictly © Daniel Hase
Jamie T
Jamie T - Northumbria SU, Newcastle - Thursday 28th January 2010
This show was scheduled nearly four months earlier but due to Jamie being ill he had to move the hole of his tour. Since first catching Jamie T live in the summer last year (Click HERE to view photographs from that show) I have become a massive fan with the release of his second album 'Kings & Queens' being one of my most played albums of 2009. So I was super excited about attending this show and I was not disappointed.
Support act 'Chester P' who I missed most of due to arriving later then planned was pretty average with his freestyling political hip-hop. Really was not fused I missed the majority of his set. Norhtumbria's SU was full to bursting tonight for this show, it was set to be a great night - it could have been better if the price of a pint of Fosters was not £3.95 which is an absolute joke - but I guess I was there for the music and not the beer.
Jamie T came on stage at around 9PM, he played and absolute blinder of a set and was clearly well again and happy to be on the road and playing shows. Shootingwize it was a pretty straight forward show. The lighting was varied throughout the set but still very impressive. Probably the best I have seen yet at Northumbria's SU. I was able to shoot a lot of the show at 1/160 to 1/200 with ISO anywhere from 800-1600. So it was pretty nice bright lighting which made for an interesting set of images. Jamie spent the majority of the set changing between an electric or acoustic guitar or he would be running around the stage with the mic in his hand. He is a really great showman. When he had guitar in hand and if he was not singing he would be at the front of stage working the crowd.
I have uploaded about 20 or so images from the set below, I was shooting for Change The Record. The full set can be seen HERE and you can read my review HERE.
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Taste of Chaos Tour 2009
O2 Academy, Newcastle - Monday 30th November 2009
ft. Everytime I Die, In Flames, Killswitch Engage
So its been nearly 2 months since I attend a show, the last one I was at was in fact the Taste of Chaos tour back on the 30th November 2009. So im starting to really freak out as I have the urge for live music. But I'm going have to wait as the next gig I'm at is not until Sunday - This is when I see/shoot Big D & the Kids Table - One of my favorite bands supporting Reel Big Fish. - Whihc I am really excited about. So in the mean time to get me away from all the time I have been spending on my business I decided to pull out a few images from the Taste of Chaos show - the last one I was at that never got uploaded fully!
A great line up on the tour but a real tough show to shoot. All due to the lighting being next to impossible with the energetic movement from band members on stage. Not fully my cup of tea but a great gig all the same. I have uploaded a collection of my favorite shots of the show below.
January has been such a quit month on the gig front - but there are a few good tours coming up that I shall be at including : Jamie T Tour, NME Tour ft. Maccabees, Kerrang Tour ft. All Time Low as well as Lostprophets tour and hopefully Mika. There are also a few other shows that are maybes but it all depends on work really. I just hope things pick up and I can get out to at least a show a week!
Well that's enough of my rambling for today - Hope to be posting a few more blogs up in the next month.
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The 2009 Blog
So we are 10 days into 2010 and I’ve been meaning to write this blog for a week or so now but I’ve been to busy/lazy and snowed in to get round to actually finish writing it.
So a full year has passed and we are now in 2010 – The last year has flown by but it’s been a really good one. I have never taken as many photographs as I have in the last 12 months. I have got to so many amazing shows and had the chance to photograph and work with so many great people in the studio.
My year kick started pretty fast with my photography. Back in January, I got a call from Lisa (now my business partner) who runs a casting agency called NE8 Castings. She wanted me to shoot some of her actors and models for their online portfolios on her website. After the first shoot things had gone so well that we were already in talks with going into business together with our own photography studio (New Age Studios).
By March this year we had our own studio set up and running, the website took a little longer to get up and running and didn’t launch until September. The business has gone from strength to strength over the last year slowly building a name and a reputation as a photography company in Gateshead and Newcastle.
The White Lies
The White Lies - O2 Academy, Newcastle - Sunday 29th November 2009
For some reason I have had a crazy few days, on Sunday night though I managed to squeeze in shooting The White Lies. I had heard good things about their lighting set up these guys toured with so I was really looking forward to shooting them. As I hoped I was really not disappointed. A sold out academy on a rainy sunday evening were in for a great show.
The first song was very smokey making shooting hard but once that cleared slightly the light show was truly stunning. I only have one shot I like of the bassist but the other 21 images I have posted in this blog are of the singer/guitarist. He was pretty active on stage making for a great subject to shoot. Was able to shoot around 1000 ISO for most of the show and lighting was good enough for me to concentrate on the subjects I was photographing rather then my camera settings. After the 3 songs in the pit I couldn't resist going up on the balcony to get a shot of the full venue. Got a cracker that im pretty happy with and really shows the lighting at its best!
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Elliot Minor
Elliot Minor - Northumbria SU, Newcastle - Saturday 21st November 2009
So last Saturday I was scheduled to shoot two shows on the same night. Originally both shows were going to be at the O2 Academy in Newcastle, one upstairs and one down stairs so I could easily switch between both shows. But the downstairs show (Elliot Minor) got moved from the Academy to Northumrbia's Students Union across town a few weeks before.
I shot the first band on the bill at the Yashin show upstairs at the academy, local boys "This Way Up" which i was able to make and I then whizzed across town to the SU to make the Elliot Minor show in time to catch the support band Me Vs Hero. But things didn't quite go to plan, got to the SU to find there had been issues with the Guest Lists and passes, and the show had started nearly an hour earlier then scheduled. So once I finally got in to the show I was there just in time for Elliot Minor missing Me vs Hero altogether which sucked a bit. Wouldn't have got in at all but luckily I have worked a few times for the guy who puts on all the shows at the SU. So after a quick phonecall 5 minutes later I had my self an AAA pass for what was left of the show.
So Elliot Minor came on stage, last time I had shot these guys at this venue the light shows was pretty impressive with lots of cool purples, pinks and blues. But this time the light rig was pretty basic and really quite boring to shoot with. Enough light to shoot at 1600 ISO or less which made for a pretty straight forward gig. Got my images within one song so switched to my telephoto to get a few close ups and wait for some different shots.
I got the pass in the end in agreement that I would get a shot from the balcony of the hole venue as it was the first time they had used the venue in this way for a show. So I then stood on the balcony for the next 20 mins waiting for the house lights to come on so I could get the above shot. Took far to long for the house lights to come on but when they did I was more then happy with the shot I got! Below are a few of my favorite shots from the show.
Rise Against
Rise Against - O2 Academy, Newcastle - Wed 18th November 2009
Its been nearly a full week since my last blog, really gonna try get my ass in gear and try and get all my blogging up to date as I have a few older things I wanna post up on here in the coming few weeks. Things are starting to slow dwon on the music front now with the run up to Christmas. I'm pretty sure I only have maybe 4-5 more gigs left this year. I attended Emmure and Caliban last Tuesday, but im not a fan of either bands and im not in any hurry to post up a blog with images from that shows, the lighting was really hard work and was the first gig in nearly a year that I have had to pull out the 1.8 prime.
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