Saturday 16 July 2011

Flaming Lips / Dinosaur Jr / Deerhoof 1 July 2011

A couple of weeks ago I found myself in the pit at Alexandra Palace photographing ATP's 'Don't Look Back' with Deerhoof performing 'Milkman' Dinosaur Jr playing 'Bug' & The Flaming Lips doing 'The Soft Bulletin' in their entirety.

I was particularly excited about the prospect of photographing the now legendary Flaming Lips live show. I've honestly never had more fun shooting in such crazy conditions... copious amounts of dry ice, back lit stage, strobe lighting, confetti shot out of cannons & giant balloons in the pit. All while 20 or so photographers are trying to bat the balloons out of the way, get the best spot, track lead man Wayne Coyne (he doesn't stop moving even when he's standing still) and not trip over each other or the extra security in the pit with us. Pure brilliant madness & I loved every second, even though several shots took about 5 attempts to get as another giant green balloon bounced off my lens... 

So, in order of appearance, Deerhoof, Dinosaur Jr & The Flaming Lips...














For the full photo set on RaggedWords click here & for Michael James Halls excellent review, click here...



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