Morning folks, a few weeks ago I shared with you some analogue music photos of bands, remember?
This is the second part, live shows.
Taking photos of gigs used to be my favourite thing a few years ago, now I quite enjoy just taking it all in and not have to worry about using the right aperture, or wondering if I winded up my film or if the flash is too strong and I'm blinding everyone. I'd rather watch the gig and be there, enjoying it, feeling it.
I probably wouldn't have cried so much watching Slowdive if I had to shoot the gig!

I love to develop films myself, be a bit messy and rough with it, I am not too precious about it. I like to give it some character, to give it a bit of life. Some would call this a sacrilege, but to me, it's what makes it unique and interesting.
B&W Legacy Pro was my ultimate film, unfortunately it got discontinued and I haven't found an equivalent apart from Kodak T-Max 400, but it isn't the same.
I haven't been too fond of coloured film for live show, it doesn't quite capture it as well as black and white which gives it a mysterious aura in my opinion.

Swimming

Carl Barat

Micah P Hinson

Pilgrim Fathers

Ronika

Fists!

Dog is Dead

Noisettes

Red Shoe Diary

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When living in the UK, my favourite hobby was analogue music photography. Having pretty much all of my friends playing in bands was so ideal. I was working non stop, spending fortunes on films, cameras, scanners and equipment. It didn't matter. I was fulfilled and also eager to do more and especially, to learn more, being a self taught amateur photographer, I had to learn it all from scratch and by myself.
It was a great time, it was exciting to see my photos appearing on magazines such as the NME, Dazed and Confused, on the BBC (which I did a few collaborations with).

But I was also very naive, dreaming of becoming a full time analogue music photographer in a very saturated world of digital photographers, was a bit like running against a gigantic wall. It is real hard work, time consuming and expensive. And moving to Spain, was basically the final straw, the flame has died a little, the music scene is nowhere near the same and the lack of time being a big issue.

These are just a few of these photos I found on my drive, I have a few more hundreds sheets to scan as I lost a lot of my work that was on my old laptop. Reminds me I should back up my mac pronto!

You can find more photos on my flickr.