Feeling a little low after missing what could only be described as the most awesome come back gig ever, ITF in Ballykeefe last friday hitting the stage and blowing away not only the crowd but all surrounding wildlife i decided to check out a series of photos taken by their resident photographer, Aido Brennan @ Stranger By Day Photography.  These photos have come a really long way since last years gig and i have to tip my hat to the man.

Having to entertain my creative curiosity i just had to play around with some of the shots.  This was also a change to practice the colorizing skills i picked up in college.  Colorizing is the practice of re-colouring a black and white or greyscale image.  Something quiet fun when your not happy with the colour of the original image or just want to bring out some extra tones.  Using monochome photos is perfect for this as they provide beautiful tones and shades.

The photo is of Jimi Trigger from Itchy Trigger finger sporting his new look of happiness while performing a “brand new set” from a “brand new band”.  Never a dissappoint ment when these get on stage.

I just want to say thank you to Aido for a fantastic shot allowing me to post my edit of it.

Hope you enjoy it.

Its been a while since i have uploaded anything i have host of random stuff to get up over the next few weeks. Also have a few gigs coming up soon so hopefully we should have some good from that too!

I haven’t brought my camera out with me in quite some time and i must admit, it is annoying as hell. Went to the Can Can Casino lastnight in Kytlers in, and although it wasn’t the best set of dance and solo performances i had ever seen, there was a lot of ideas and shots i would love to have tried out. Maybe next time.

Shown above is two shots from a Teirpark in Bielefeld, Germany. Great day and excellent stuff to see. I had being slacking quite a bit with taking photos of this beautiful city but i think these two are enough to show from what i did take.

Stone Ocean, in the Pumphouse Kilkenny.  Supported by South.

Three more photos from the same night:

Shown above are Thomas Donoghue(Vocals/Guitar) and Ken Farrell(Bass) from Kilkenny Band “South”.

Click on the images to a see the whole picture.

I’ve being trying to post this shot for days now so here you go.  Its an arty one from one of this years ungodly frosty cold mornings.

This year saw a slow down in General Rock, there was no summer concert, no organised gigs or promotions at all. Thats not to say general rock has being thrown out the water, its saying that everyone in g-rock cave is flat out with lots of personal projects going. The two boys, adam and steve have opened their comic and gaming store in highstreet called “the shadow gallery”. I was running a graphic design and print house with Tame guitarist and g-rock resident MC Norm Power which has also taken a little back seat due to the rumor called…. the recession!!! dun dun dunnnnnnnn!!! And… Evan, well… he’s still in school! Poor guy! So all in all, there has being very little energy left to throw this years concert and deal with cock fire chiefs and venue owners afraid to try something worth while and we all apologise.

However, i have begun some work with a new promotions company setup by local prog rock legend James Doran, or Jimi Trigger, or countless other names he can go by, it really depends on the day of the week. The company is called Trig Promotions and you can find them here on myspace and bebo to learn more about the fresh new outfit and what is has to offer. Word has it, its run by mother fuckin gangsters.

Shown above is a group shot of Chemical Addiction, Trig and Boo and Hero in Error taken in cleeres after what can only be described as an indescribable gig (go figure!).

I love shooting these guys. All of them are so energetic on stage, especially that ciwi chap. You better be nice to him though cus he might delete you off myspace!! These shots are of a recent gig in cleeres run by trig promotions. As usual, the guys played a stormer and got everyone in the mood for what was an excellent night! Hope you like the photos.

Ok, these two guys showed the entire of Cleeres lastnight, that music and performance dosent have to be heavy, loud or have people with long hair, or any hair for that matter (sorry boo!). A fuckin awesome gig and i really really can’t wait to see them again. I highly recommend checking out Trig and Boo as soon as you can… otherwise they’l fuck your mother…..or your sister!

I have never seen this band before and i had only heard great things about them. Having supported mastodon i should bloody hope so! These buys followed an extremely hard act to follow (trig and boo) and busted the remaining life out of Cleeres. Everyone was moshing and jumping around the place, a whirlpool of hair!!!

At this point of the night, my hangover was pretty much gone, however, my eyes were still fucked ( i blame mario kart on tuesday night….6 hours!!!!). However, miraculously i managed to get a few good shouts out of the guys and hope you all like them.

As always, feedback is much appreciated!

The first photo is of a little stream that ends over the side of the cliffs of moher (the good part!!) smashing into the sea bellow. You wouldnt think that literally a few feet behind me was the edge of cliff! Absolutely amasing. I almost got pulled off the side of the cliffs a few times.

The second is one i spent a little bit of time trying to get the framing right. It was taken in a hollow on level rocky ground with the incoming (fast incoming) tide. I had intended to get a slow motion blur effect on some trickles of water coming through, unfortunately the tide ran away from me. Go figure!