The first time I shot live artists (Naoito) at Best Wishes I was worried abaout sharpness, clarity and getting good exposures in bad lighting and I failed. The second time (Ucoca, Toruman & Kei) I somewhat let the lighting control the style of the photographs to get a warmer more stylized result and I [...]
Last set of photos from the Ucoca, Toruman & Kei (Afnica) gig @ Best Wishes.
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Some shots from last Saturday night, here is Toruman live at Best Wishes.
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Naoito (below) is an instrumentalist and front man in KINGDOM☆AFROCKS and percussionist with Rickie-G. He was accompanied by fellow KINGDOM☆AFROCKS members IZPON (percussion) & Daisuke (guitar) at an intimate acoustic show at Best Wishes bar in Fukuyama, Hiroshima on August 12th. I was asked to come down and enjoy the show so I brought [...]
A few weeks ago I photographed the Green Green ’09 Music Festival at Koshinji Temple, Jinseki, Hiroshima. The show ran from 12 noon to 9pm, 6 bands (Spinna B-BILL, Cool Wise Men, Rickie-G, Likkle Mai, Black Bottom Brass Band and B:Ridge Style) all playing for about an hour each. Initially there was supposed to [...]
Rickie G is a fast rising Japanese reggae musician from Tokyo and through Best Wishes, played for the second time in Fukuyama for their 8th Anniversary. Rickie G and his band played an acoustic set and I was asked to photograph the event.
A usual live photographer would be armed with a DSLR that [...]
Here are some photos I took from the Okayama Tattoo Bash Vol.2 @ Crazy Mama Kingdom in Okayama. Read my Photo Essay at JPGMag for a full report of the event. Check out the full set at flickr.
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