For anyone who hasn't followed my previous blogs, I am a big fan of music and music photography. With my passion for photography and my big passion for music, its only natural that I would combine the two. I started taking a camera to gigs and festivals wherever possible and get what shots I can from the crowd. I would love to be able to make a career from it and embraced an opportunity I was given earlier in the year to work as an intern photographer for an online alternative music website. However, they only got me into one gig to photograph in five months and required all interns to commit more time to other aspects of the site on a weekly basis. With the time constraints I have and my priorities laying elsewhere for the moment I made the difficult decision to give it up. But my love for it is still there and hopefully one day I can commit more to it elsewhere.
As far as inspirational photographers go, Scott Chalmers is up there for me. He has amazing skill as a portrait photographer, like Avedon, capturing the personality and passion of his subjects in his images. He photographs a lot of bands, finding suitable locations to emphasize the nature of the music. His studio work is just as well presented, with his subjects using costume and props to highlight their passions.
Right up there next to Chalmers is Fiaz Farrelly. He has exceptional talent as a music photographer, capturing the mood and atmosphere of the gig in his images to portray straight to the viewer.
Last but by all means not least, we have Mark Latham. Another fantastic live music photographer who can capture a moment on stage to image for the viewer to be able to put themselves right in that moment.
If I could eventually achieve a fraction of what I sense through their images, I would happily count myself successful as a photographer.
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