My good friends in Amalgamation have been playing a lot more shows lately and have been doing such a great job!
They opened for Attack in Black last week and their set was my favorite of the night (Attack In Black was a little disappointing)
Did a couple of not-so-serious press shots before the set!
I’m back in Timmins for a few days for reading week. I’m going to have to hide out in the library for a few days when I get back!
Found a film scanner, so I’m scanner slides and negatives all days!
Woo!
Nothing else to report other than possibly being able to skate street in february! I took this with my cell phone yesterday!
I’m really hoping this weather holds up!
Today is the anniversary of MLK’s death. Take some time to remember what this great man did for not only black people across north america, but for justice for all people in an unjust time. He played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement in the United-States during the 50s and 60s as well as fighting for the rights of all americans during the Vietnam War.
Last week I went to a great indie show at Maverick’s. A bunch of my friend were playing, and the vibes were awesome. I didn’t take too many photos, pretty much just brought my camera along for fun.
They all put on such an amazing show, i’ve regained my optimism in Ottawa’s indie scene. I’m really excited to see all these bands again soon! Amalgamation is actually opening for Attack in Black on feb 4th, so to all you Ottawa folk, this will be a great show no doubt!
Check all these bands out on myspace.
Amalgamation
Laurent Bourque
Old Crowns
Property Line
Other than that show, I haven’t been up to much other than starting a new semester. Like I said in my last post, I’ve been really into film lately, but I don’t have a working film scanner so I can’t show you anything yet. If anyone knows of a good scanner that’s cheap (student budget) or have one they can lend me, please e-mail me!
Laurent Bourque (with Jamie Kronick on percussion)
Amalgamation
Old Crowns
Property Line
So I’m back in Timmins for the holidays. I plan on hopefully taking care of a few personal projects while I’m here, but nothing too crazy. It’s time to relax a bit before getting back to school next week.
I just found out that Distort used my photo of A Textbook Tragedy for their profile page on their website. So swing by their page and take a look at that, and while you’re at it you might as well check out TXBK on myspace.
These photos are long overdue, I know. I shot these in November at Capitol Music Hall. It was my first time ever going in, let alone shooting in Capitol, so it was a learning experience for sure. Definitely the biggest venue I’ve shot in a long time. As cool as it was to shoot in a venue with actual lights, I have never received so much flack for being a photographer than I did shooting here. It was ridiculous and this venue has quickly become my least favorite one in Ottawa to shoot. Watching shows there is cool though.
I’m working on more photos, but i also have exams coming up, which is why I haven’t had any new projects in a while. I really hate it too!
So I’ve finally fallen upon some free time. I’m sorry to anyone who pays attention to my blog for the lack of updates. I apparently can’t juggle university with photography, so photography unfortunately took the backburner for a little bit.
I’ve been shooting a lot more film recently and I’m hoping to find a decent film scanner soon so I can share the photos with you all!
So I’m working on photos from the Arkells show last month and a couple of shots from Elliott Brood’s mind blowing performance in November. (seriously, best show I’ve ever seen.)
Anyways, sit tight, i should have some photos for you all up by friday!
Finally found some time to work on these photos!
Carpenter is, I think, one of the best Canadian bands out there right now. They always put on such an intense show and are such solid guys as well!
This show was last minute, so I was pretty excited to hear they were coming to town.
anyways, if you don’t know them, check them out! Check out Carpenter’s myspace page.
Finally got around to processing the photos of A Wilhelm Scream!
It was probably one of the most intense shows I’ve seen in a while. AWS fans are nuts! They’re also one of my favorite bands and I hadn’t seen them live in about 5 years!
So i finally got a little break in my schedule to work on the photos from Textbook’s show in september! I’ve been so ridiculously busy with school and shows around town, so I apologize to all those waiting on photos! I’m slowly catching up and mid-term season is wrapping up. I still have photos from A Wilhelm Scream, The Artist Life and Children Of Eve coming up!
I just did some photos for DJ Acro at the Standard last night and I’ll be heading back there tonight to take some more. I’ve also got a bunch of other cool stuff in the works! I just can’t wait till I can dedicate more than a couple hours a week to these projects.
