Kerrang Tour 2010 – All Time Low
Kerrang Tour - O2 Academy, Newcastle - Wednesday 3rd February 2010
So this is the 3rd and final blog from the Kerrang Tour that happened over a week ago now. Really did want to get this up sooner but you know hte score, to busy and to lazy! So the final headline act of the tour was those American guys - All Time Low. I photographed these guys last year and if I'm honest I could not name one song they play as I had hardly heard of them till I was asked to shoot them.
For the first 3 bands of this show the lighting was pretty hard work but when arriving in the pit to photograph these guys Ben Gibson & myself find out that its 3 songs with flash aloud which is pretty unheard of in the Newcastle Academy. A minute later my flash is on my camera ready to shoot. Only having photographed once in the main academy with flash nearly two years ago this was going to be strange.
Its weird but when you are used to shooting with out any flash in a venue and then are told last minute you can it really throws you. Not knowing how my photographs were going to come out I stuck my camera to the settings I felt best and shot away. I didn't really preview any of my shots back from this set until I sat down to edit them a day or two later and I was really pleasantly surprised by my results - They came out better then I could have hoped, the stage lighting looks good even with flash and they turned out to be quite interesting to photograph as a band which made for a strong set of images.
That's enough of my rambling anyways - have a look through the images and let me know what you think!
I was shooting this show for Change The Record - Read the REVIEW of this show or see the FULL SET of images.
All images strictly © Daniel Hase
Kerrang Tour 2010 – The Blackout
O2 Academy, Newcastle - Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Again I was hoping to get this blog up a day or two ago but I have just been super busy with other things that took priority. The Blackout were the 3rd band playing the Kerrang Tour this year. It was the first time I have ever seen these guys live and I was pretty impressed by them and their stage presence.
I had seen some amazing photographs of these guys live in the past and now having photographed them myself I know why! It was a shame I couldn't have shot them with flash as this would have gotten some epic shots. But the lighting for their set was pretty reasonable - the best of the 3 bands so far.
There was enough front of stage lighting to be able to shoot at a good 1/200's - 1/250's for most of there set with the ISO from around 1000-1600 for most of the set. With the odd shot being shot at 2000 ISO when lighting was really sparse.
Until sitting down to edit these images I really didn't think I had done that well - but when I got round to looking over them and editing them I was pretty surprised and super happy with my results.
This shot I have stuck at the top of this post is my favorite I think - though there are a few other I really like. Well have a browse through my pictures below and let me know what you think! I hope to get the All Time Low set from this show up at some point tomorrow.
I was shooting this show for Change The Record - Read the REVIEW of this show or see the FULL SET of images.
All images strictly © Daniel Hase
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.
I was shooting this show for Change The Record - Read the REVIEW of this show or see the FULL SET of images.
All images strictly © Daniel Hase
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
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