Thorsten Overgaard Photo Seminar
I attended my 5th Thorsten Overgaard seminar in London over the weekend of 4 Sept 2011. I’ve now attended 2 in London, one in Berlin, one in New York and one in Sweden.
Here’s some of my images from it.
There’s several reasons why I, as a working photographer, keep coming back.
One of the things is that Thorsten has been a mentor of mine for many years and he has so much photography wisdom to give.
He also manages to attract a cool group of people at any seminar. Professional people who want to learn about photography, from all over the world, and usually with their Leica in tow. I’m always shooting with my Nikon but it’s OK.
It’s a weekend of theory, chats, dinner, and most importantly shooting on the street. I don’t shoot on the street enough, and to be pushed into it always creates interesting results.
Thorsten does these all around the world, you can see more info here. I always leave the seminar with renewed inspiration and creative drive.
2nd Annual Help for Orphans Benefit
On Thursday, after interning at Annies, I hopped on the Amtrak to Philadelphia to donate my time to provide a bit of atmosphere coverage of the 2nd Annual Help for Orphans benefit.
The purpose of the event was to raise funds for Help for Orphans international.
A couple of celebrity attendees – Rudy Reyes off HBO’s Generation Kill.
Celebrity DJ Chris Masterson
The event included a mini fashion presentation by ‘S V E T by Aleksandra’.
Some atmosphere of the girls getting ready backstage.
The girls wait to take their positions.
Anastasia doing a little bit of improvised performing. She’s got a great personality.
And to end of, me with the Help for Orphans girls – Isabella on the left and Sarah on the right. Isabella went to Haiti with me on my second trip there. Sarah is the founder of Help for Orphans. Both are dear friends. You can help their projects by following the link below and making a donation to Help for Orphans.
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Roskilde Music Festival 2010
I went to Denmark to cover the amazing 40th Roskilde Music Festival. Roskilde is a small town 1/2 hour outside of Copenhagen. The festival is held on a farm that is repurposed for the festival.
As one of Europe’s top three festivals, attended by over 110,000 people, Roskilde has a reputation for a laid back attitude of fun and as Thorsten Overgaard said ‘lots of dust, beautiful girls and neanderthal men’.
My highlights were Muse, Florence + the Machine and Biffy Clyro. Prince also put on a spectacular show. I jostled for space in the press pit with many other photographers to photograph these bands:
Muse – British prog rock awesomeness
Biffy Clyro – Scottish rockers
Florence + The Machine – British folk done right
Alice in Chains – influential 90’s rock (US)
Bad Lieutenant – formerly New Order (UK)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni BA – world music (Mali)
CV Jørgensen – singer-songwriter (Denmark)
Den Sorte Skole (The Black School) – Copenhagen’s 3 piece DJ set – amazing (Denmark)
Efterklang – up and coming atmospheric pop-rock (Denmark) – watch for these guys
Gorillaz – Damon Albarn’s trip hop project (UK)
Jack Johnson – chilled Hawaiian folk (US)
Julian Marley – Bob Marley’s son – rasta reggae (UK)
Kasabian – indie rock (UK)
Pavement – indie Rock (US)
Patti Smith – singer-songwriter – legendary ‘godmother of punk’ – (US)
Pendulum – electronic rock (Australia)
The Prodigy – electronic dance (UK)
The Temper Trap – alternative rock (Australia)
Vampire Weekend – fun indie rock (US)
To see all the images of the above bands, look on Getty Images here.
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Hevy Music Festival 2009 – Atmosphere
The inaugural Hevy Music Festival took place on the charming Folkestone seafront with headline acts Gary Numan, Ash and Feeder on the main stage.
At the request of Festival Director, James, I left the press pit for brief moments to capture a little bit of atmosphere. We had a bunch of rain that was most intense during Gary Numan and Ash’s sets but let off for Feeder. The crowd were soaking wet but still enjoyed themselves. The atmosphere was palpable. The festival site consisted of 3 stages on the beach. Scenic.
These images are a little snapshot of what I captured on the day. A bunch of band stuff will be in my portfolio at some point soon and I have a bunch more atmosphere that I’m not publishing as yet. I went for a variety of styles to communicate the variety of what the festival had on offer.
I for one hope the festival has an even better year in 2010, I can’t wait to hear what the line-up will be. If you were there, let me know in the comments below.