Employability

During this project i’ve chosen to look at the music industry as it has a wide entry point for photography as there are many venues and events artists need publicity for them. Often these photos are uploaded to social media to generate interest and reach a wider audience.

I thought this would be a good place to start. Looking at Facebook, it has an events page that companies and individuals can post to for advertising purposes. Simply asking in qu8ite a few of the comments sections if they were in need of a photographer, saying that I would be interested in working with them and linking to my social media so that they could get a feel for my work.

“If you’re in need of a freelance photographer for your event I’d be happy to help out 🙂 you can find my work at @alex.lc.art”

Subvision free rave 22/02/20 https://www.facebook.com/events/1549386531882588/

When commenting on events pages I found Blue Mountain Club’s event Subvision in Bristol, they had a free party rave from 10pm until 5am, after commenting I was put in contact with Jordan Roberts who was one of the sound technicians for the event, he said to come along and enjoy shooting

photos taken using a nikon 3500

color and texture observations

the first photo is unitenucally out of focus but looking back at it while at the event i remembered about the bouquet effects and then decided to try and get some better photos, the lights bloom brightly and could make a nice background

i really like these photos as it made me feel like this was a proper gig, it was really satifying to be making money for my practice. some of the poepl messaged me asking for copies, if i were to be a proper event photogapher it could be woth investing a mini portable printer so i could print on sight, a lot of them are under exposed as i was still geting use to the dark atmosphere and onboard flash, many people asked for photos but slowly i got more into the gig and was happy taking photos of people

dark lighting

Alex Gregory was one of the acts that preformed on stage, after the event he contacted me asking for shoots to use in his own personal work, this is could be a great bit of exposure for both me and him as i posted photos on my Instagram

sound technicians

Subject ex 28/02/20https://www.facebook.com/SUBECTEX/

photos taken using a nikon D810

battle of the bands in cheltham

i really enjoyed working with subject ex as i was allowed to be on stage with other photographers, i took a load of photos and got to introduce myself to the band before hand, this was a lot nicer than subvision

liam Gallagher, not that one though, this liam played guitar and was friendly

katie, mentioned to me she doesnt like her chin to, i tried to take this into consideration when shooting so i got some nice back lighting shots of her but i did also get some side profiles

drummer, i couldnt maybe of him because of the awkward lighting, i was using a fast shutter speed as to not get much motion blur on the drum sticks

keys, i got some nice photos of the keys player during the show however i wasnt happy with them, i later apporached them to ask to take a few more before they packed away the stage, taking this time with him i got some i really like, both the band and i posted photos on our social media accounts and got good rep from it