Talk about a career on the rise… Australian singer / songwriter Vance Joy brought his Nation of Two tour to the Bell Centre stage last night, and even if this was my 5th time photographing Vance in the last 4-5 years, and he has now moved from smaller venues to arenas, the guy still keeps… Continue reading Vance Joy | Bell Centre | Montreal Event Photographer
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The National | MTelus | Montreal Concert Photographer
When you need to be escorted through the crowd to the front by security, you know that the show is pretty sold out. On their first of two nights at Montreal’s MTelus, The National put on an outstanding show! I hadn’t photographed the band in a few years. In fact, last time I caught part… Continue reading The National | MTelus | Montreal Concert Photographer
alt-J | Place Bell | Montreal Concert Photographer
British indie rockers alt-J were in town a few nights ago, stopping by la Place Bell on their Relaxer tour…and for the first time, I actually enjoyed the show! I am a huge fan of their music. It spins at least once a week at home. The last few times I saw the band was… Continue reading alt-J | Place Bell | Montreal Concert Photographer
Bastille | Bell Centre | Montreal Event Photographer
Closing off a pretty busy month for concerts in Montreal (for me at least, still a bunch going on), British indie pop group Bastille played in front of a very happy crowd at the Bell Centre. The city is warming up pretty well to the group’s funky tunes, as they seem to regularly come to… Continue reading Bastille | Bell Centre | Montreal Event Photographer
Tegan and Sara | Metropolis | Montreal Music Photography
Songwriters, multi-instrumentalists, Grammy nominated, twin sister… Canadian indie singers Tegan and Sara were at Montreal’s Metropolis on October 29th, a few days before Halloween. I photographed them last time in 2013, again at the Metropolis (you can see that gallery HERE) and while their stage setup is more elaborate, their hair is a bit longer,… Continue reading Tegan and Sara | Metropolis | Montreal Music Photography
Vance Joy | Virgin Radio Red Room | Montreal Concert Photographer
Humble, somewhat shy, big smile and a killer, honest voice. That pretty much sums up Vance Joy for me. It is pretty cool to see the career of an artist develop over just a few years and how talent, and being at the right place, can catapult someone to stardom. I missed Vance’s 3 sold… Continue reading Vance Joy | Virgin Radio Red Room | Montreal Concert Photographer
Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Theatre Fairmount | Montreal Concert Photographer
With their recently released Multi-Love album, Unknown Mortal Orchestra (often referred to as UMO because it is just waaay shorter to write) was on stage a few nights ago at Montreal’s Theatre Fairmount. I’ll be honest, I had never heard of the band prior to being hired to cover the gig for Exclaim! magazine. I was… Continue reading Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Theatre Fairmount | Montreal Concert Photographer
Joel Plaskett & Mo Kenney | VM Corona Theatre | Montreal Concert Photographer
There are some nights where you are psyched to shoot a band with a roaring bunch of crowd surfers, high decibels and just chaos on stage. But then, there are nights like last night. After a long few days, watching (and photographing) maritime indie rocker Joel Plaskett in the beautiful VM Corona Theatre was just… Continue reading Joel Plaskett & Mo Kenney | VM Corona Theatre | Montreal Concert Photographer
Tame Impala | Metropolis | Montreal Concert Photographer
Australian psychedelic rockers Tame Impala played their first of two shows at Montreal’s Metropolis last night, in front of a tightly packed crowd. Psychedelic is the perfect term to describe their show, with the various patterns on the big projectors, casting various tones and shapes on the artists. They came with their own light setup… Continue reading Tame Impala | Metropolis | Montreal Concert Photographer
Waxahatchee | Bar Le Ritz PDB | Montreal Concert Photographer
Waxahatchee, the music project headed by Alabama singer Katie Crutchfield, made a stop at Montreal’s Bar Le Ritz PDB last night, in support of their Ivy Tripp album. As it typically is, the indie music venue was packed from front to back, even for the openers The Muscadettes and Girlpool. As a show photographer, it… Continue reading Waxahatchee | Bar Le Ritz PDB | Montreal Concert Photographer
Gateway Drugs | Theatre Fairmount | Montreal Concert Photographer
No, this isn’t about the theory where using soft drugs will lead to hard drugs (sorry, just finished watching Big Bang Theory, so my brain is in geek mode). The LA based drug pop group (seriously, labels are just getting weirder) Gateway Drugs has been getting some decent airplay on local rock station CHOM 97.7,… Continue reading Gateway Drugs | Theatre Fairmount | Montreal Concert Photographer
Swervedriver – colour vs black and white | Theatre Fairmount | Montreal Concert Photographer
I’m a huge fan of colour in my concert images. I rarely go black and white as I feel that the lights, typically chosen by the artist, not only add to the show for the fans, but if played off of well, can add a great deal to my photos. Maybe it’s the photo journalist… Continue reading Swervedriver – colour vs black and white | Theatre Fairmount | Montreal Concert Photographer
Sufjan Stevens | Place des arts | Montreal Concert Photographer
It was a last minute assignment for the Sufjan Stevens show, but one I jumped on when I saw the email go by a little before 1pm. I have seen images and videos of live performances and I was always blown away by the artist. Bright colours, angel wings… very visual. I was psyched for… Continue reading Sufjan Stevens | Place des arts | Montreal Concert Photographer
Grand Lark – Promos and live shoot | Montreal Concert Photographer
There are two things when you do concert photography that go hand in hand… live shots and promotional shots. You often don’t have much time to get your promo shots done, and are often stuck with shooting in or around the venue. So taking advantage of what you see and acting quickly is key.… Continue reading Grand Lark – Promos and live shoot | Montreal Concert Photographer
The 2015 Osheaga line up … what we know so far | Montreal Photographer
Osheaga, one of Canada’s premiere indie rock festivals, is celebrating their 10th anniversary in 2015. So you know the line up should be pretty interesting. I’ve been going to the festival for the last 5 years and it’s really fun to see how it has grown in terms of bands, stages and renown. Promoter Evenko… Continue reading The 2015 Osheaga line up … what we know so far | Montreal Photographer
Father John Misty | Theatre Corona | Montreal Concert Photographer
Known as Father John Misty since 2012, Joshua Tillman seems to have a special relationship with Montrealers. He seems to play here once or twice a year, and it has already been announced that he will be back in 6 months to play Osheaga in 2015. His current tour is in support of his I love… Continue reading Father John Misty | Theatre Corona | Montreal Concert Photographer
The rush of Osheaga 2014 | Montreal Concert Photographer
Covering a festival as a media photographer is a hell of a lot of work. You are bouncing from stage to stage, trying to keep up with what your journalists are covering. If you are lucky, your media got more than one photo pass. If you are not, you are flying solo. Covering one of… Continue reading The rush of Osheaga 2014 | Montreal Concert Photographer
Osheaga 2014 | Music and Arts Festival
One of Canada’s top music festivals hits Parc Jean-Drapeau for 3 days every August. I have been to the last 4 editions, usually covering for various medias. This year’s edition is a bit different as I’m hired on to cover 2 of the stages and provide the festival’s official images of all artists on these… Continue reading Osheaga 2014 | Music and Arts Festival
Phoenix | Metropolis
After their bus broke down on their way to Montreal on Sunday afternoon, and rescheduling their show to Monday, french alternative rockers Phoenix took to the stage of the Metropolis in front of a pretty pumped crowd. Having missed them at Osheaga last year, I was pretty excited to finally get a chance to photograph… Continue reading Phoenix | Metropolis
City and Colour | Bell Centre
There are some shows you have to shoot and some shows you want to shoot. City and Colour is a show I wanted to shoot. Not because the band is ultra energetic on stage, to the contrary, Dallas Green is very static right behind his mic, but because I’ve shot them before and haven’t be… Continue reading City and Colour | Bell Centre
James Vincent McMorrow | Club Soda | Montreal Concert Photographer
Irish folk sensation James Vincent McMorrow was in town last night in front of a very sold out Club Soda. By very sold out I mean people were on the Facebook event all day asking for tickets and even standing in front asking if anyone had extra tickets… even the scalpers got to go home… Continue reading James Vincent McMorrow | Club Soda | Montreal Concert Photographer
Broken Bells | Metropolis | Montreal Show Photographer
Indie rockers Broken Bells (The Shins James Mercer and Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton) were at Montreal’s Metropolis tonight. The crowd was nicely spaced (ie, about 3/4 full) and the duo put on a pretty mellow set (for the first three songs at least). Photography wise: the show had most of the elements of a slow… Continue reading Broken Bells | Metropolis | Montreal Show Photographer
Jake Bugg | Metropolis | Montreal Concert Photographer
About time I get the new year started with some shows! Jake Bugg was on stage at the Metropolis tonight.
Charli XCX | Sala Rossa | Montreal Concert Photographer
Tuesday night was a double bill for me with Charli XCX. After opening for Coldplay back in 2012 and Marina and the Diamonds in 2013, the brit singer was back headlining her own show at Sala Rossa. I was scheduled to shoot the show for a local media La Bible Urbaine and was contacted the same… Continue reading Charli XCX | Sala Rossa | Montreal Concert Photographer