Music photographers already have it challenging enough. Tight pits (sometimes none), 3 songs, no flash, low light, screaming fans…. so I figured why not challenge myself and do something a bit extra and get some pictures…of artist’s…shoes!
I know, sounds weird. Foot fetish? Shoe fetish? Who knows, probably both. But they say you can tell a lot about someone by the shoes they wear. And we always see images of faces, guitars, hair, props…but never the shoes!
How did it start? It was at The Cranberries show when I was stuck in a spot and Dolores was doing this funky dance right in front of me. All I could really shoot was her shoes. And then a few months later, same thing happened at a Poison show where Bret was wearing these pretty ratty boots.
And then off I went… shooting….shoes (?) hahaha. It is not always possible to get a decent shoe shot, but really, I try. Find those details… be different. 😉
Scott Helman
Matt Walst (Three Days Grace)
Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
Alice Cooper
Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions)
Klaus Meine (Scorpions)
Billy Idol
Jim Lindberg (Pennywise)
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
Jessie J
Matt Johnson (Matt & Kim)
Nick Waterhouse
Vance Joy
Gord Downie (Tragically Hip)
Lionize
Colin The Dead (The Brains)
Martha Wainwright
Ryan Guldemond (Mother Mother)
Roddy Radiation (The Specials)
Dan Campbell (The Wonder Years)
Gwar
Reel Big Fish
Bert McCraken (The Used)
Jeremy Widerman (Monster Truck)
M.I.A.
Rich Aucoin
Glenn Danzig
Mayer Hawthorne
Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach)
Gwar
Randy Blythe (Lamb of God)
Jean-Michel Labadie (Gojira)
Waka Flocka Flame
J. Cole
Jimmy Stadt (Polar Bear Club)
Richard Seguin
Tegan Quin (Tegan and Sara)
Gabriel Louis Bernard Malenfant (Radio Radio)
Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries)
Lyn-Z (Mindless Self Indulgence)
Joel O’Keeffe (Airbourne)
Hayley Williams (Paramore)
George Pettit (Alexisonfire)
Bret Michaels (Poison)
Emily Haines (Metric)
Torquil Campbell (Stars)
Ben Kowalewicz (Billy Talent)
Michael Angelakos (Passion Pit)
Slash
Kevin Parker (Tame Impala)
Flavor Flav (Public Enemy)
Greg Hetson (Bad Religion)
Ellie Goulding
Dexter Holland (The Offspring)
Joe Trohman (Fall Out Boy)
A$AP Rocky
Matt Caughthran (The Bronx)
Chino Moreno (Deftones)
Tim McIlrath (Rise Against)
St-Vincent
Kelvin Swaby (The Heavy)
Chris Hannah (Propagandhi)
Katie McConnell (The Mahones)
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (Of Monsters and Men)
Sam Halliday (Two Door Cinema Club)
Streetlight Manifesto
Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy)
Ragnar “Raggi” þórhallsson (Of Monsters and Men)
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Bernie Shaw (Uriah Heep)
Max
Matt Walst (Three Days Grace)
Bazzi
Gowan (Styx)
Nameless Ghoul (Ghost)
