Elleni Toumpas

After photographing Amanda Palmer’s impromptu ninja gig this afternoon, I headed down to the Zoo for Amanda’s more ‘promptu’ gig (as stated by support act Mikelangelo).

Amanda was supported by Mikelangelo, a guest also who was along for the ride on her Ninja show. Mikelangelo sang an interesting early Tex Perkin’s cover with lyrics along the lines of “I like men with erections”. Entertaining.

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This afternoon I went along and photographed the first half of Amanda Palmer’s roving Ninja gig. At 4pm she started at Voodoo Lulu in the Valley.  Unfortunately I couldn’t stick around, but at 5pm her and the audience were parading up to IMA for the second half of the gig (which will be finishing any second now).

I’m off to photograph her tonight at The Zoo for Rave magazine. Should be a fun gig.

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Montpelier launched their new self-titled EP on Friday night to a virtually sold out show. The energy was high, people were singing along, the boys looked humble and blown away on stage.

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In October I photographed behind-the-scenes at the Queensland Brides Design Awards. Some of the photos are below.

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Photos taken for Mess and Noise

First up was support band Leader Cheeter, with a rather photogenic guitarist.

Then Cloud Control took to the stage in a rather sweltering and packed out Troubador. I was able to shoot for only the first half of the set as after that the crowd became too raucous, dancing around with the floor of the Troubadour bouncing too much to shoot at my 1/50 sec.

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Last week I photographed the launch of the Young People Creating Queensland book and website. It was the first formal event Ive been to at The Fort. It was a great night with some interesting live performances.

Some of you who follow photographers such as Jeremy Cowarth, Chase Jarvis and Vincent Laforet may already know about Help Portrait. For those that don’t then here is a little info:

Initiated by a call-out by American photographer, Jeremy Cowarth, Brisbane’s collective of Help Portrait photographers hope to establish an ongoing community of hobbyist to professional photographers interested in not just the act of ‘taking’ but also in ‘giving photos’.

Five local Brisbane photographers, Mark Lobo, Adam West, Toby Scott, Ian Henderson and Elleni Toumpas are participating in Help Portrait, a global movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday season.

On 12th December 2009, these five Brisbane photographers will unite to participate by sharing the gift of photography with kids of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and their families. On the 12th December the Brisbane Help-Portrait collective will spend a whole day with families at the Royal Children’s Hospital through the collaboration with the Starlight Foundation, roaming and providing free portraits to patients and their families.

But we need your help. Through donations collected by the public we hope to also provide professional printing on site to give back the photos to the children and their families.

DONATE NOW

Do you want to do your part in sharing the gift of an image by donating to this project? Visit  http://helpportrait.chipin.com/help-portrait-brisbane or use the widget below. All donations will go towards providing printing, canvasing or framing options for the families that receive the free Help Portrait photos. Any donation large or small is appreciated.

ABOUT THE STARLIGHT CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION

The Starlight Children’s Foundation provides positive distraction and entertainment for seriously, chronically or terminally ill and hospitalised children, to take their mind off the pain, stress and isolation caused by their illness and treatment. Starlight provides an opportunity for them to simply be kids, have fun and connect with other children. Starlight does this through entertainment programs within and outside the hospital environment.

For more information on the global Help Portrait movement visit www.help-portrait.com. To find out about the Starlight Children’s Foundation visit www.starlight.org.au

I had a lot of fun shooting John Steel Singers on Saturday night. It was the first time I had been inside, let alone shot a gig at Old Museum. I last saw John Steel Singers perform at Fire and Flood, and damn they keep getting better. I had had a big day at home and was only really meant to shoot the first few songs but their performance was so captivating that I found myself shooting right up until the last song.

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A few months ago I was asked to shoot a multi-page jewellery spread for Queensland Brides magazine. After spend a week coming up with the concept, with two trips to Confectionary Warehouse, almost two days practising set ups in the studio and then a full day shoot for the real thing, here are the shots.

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Montpelier is a band I have worked with recently in shooting some promo shots. They had their single launch on Thursday at the Zoo and I went along and took some snaps.

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