mikesaid: May 2012

Friday, May 25, 2012

Miss Sharah

A nun!

We were trying to nut out some ideas for a nun shoot and the idea of a nana sort-of setting was raised. Ben said he had a place in mind, I asked him if it was nana, his reply "It's as nana as fuck". And he was right....
Another shoot down for Horror Sleaze and Trash. This time with the lovely Miss Sharah, and she was a pleasure to take photos of. Asking Ben to get in the photo is like saying WALKIES to a dog (in the nicest possible way, Ben)

So I'll let the photos do the talking I guess?

Do photos talk?

I dunno.

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Ainslie Wills

I received an email asking if any of the shooters wanted to cover Ainslie Wills' gig at the Workers Club. She was releasing her single Fighting Kind (see video below) with a full band. I am trying to recall what I thought of all three acts, but I'm drawing a blank... that's not to say they were bad, I think I was just concentrating on taking photos. That hasn't happened in a while.

See the AU review review here.

Shot for the AU review.

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Gold Bloom (c) Michael James Christian 2012

Ainslie Wills (c) Michael James Christian 2012

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Cupcakes II

As a nice deviation from shooting bands, I occasionally shoot for a friends website called Horror Sleaze and Trash. It's like the drinking basement of a 5 star establishment... and I love it.

I had shot Cupcakes before and we had been talking about another shoot for some time so it was nice to dust off the flash (read: freak out about not knowing how to use it) and finally get it done. I felt like MacGyver, I had a gas mask, a horse head mask and a HST t-shirt and I had to make something sexy from it.

d d d d d d duh do de duh d d d d duh do DE daa (I'm sure you know how it goes... no need to thank me for planting THAT song in your heard for the rest of the day)

So anyway, I had some ideas, which of course fell by the wayside. We had use of a strip club for a few hours so the setting was great.. the manager even offered to clean the hand prints off the mirrors. No chance that was going to happen...

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A big thanks to Cupcakes for hanging out, not wearing much and letting me take photos.
Also to Serena for letting use that fucking sexy 85mm f1.2

Monday, May 7, 2012

Steve Poltz

Steve Poltz. I hadn't heard of him till someone told me he was coming to Melbourne and I should go and see him play. A quick Google and I found out that he co-wrote You Were Meant For Me by Jewel (and Steve Poltz), which I am sure is about as interesting to mention to him as it is to remind Dave Grohl he was in Nirvana. But above that - this guy and fucking funny. Fucking funny and he can write a great song. He wrote a song with Jewel, did you know?

So I got there to find out there were free cupcakes on the door. Not knowing if they were laced with drugs I only took one so I could still take photos.

Alas, it was just chocolate.

Steve came on about 9ish, it was fucking freezing outside which could be the reason the crowd was a bit light on it. Or maybe this guy is just too overthehipster head? We were treated to a night of laughs, great songs, bar dancing, nipple drumming and campfire singing. Where the fuck were you?

huh?

Shot for the AU review

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