Elleni Toumpas

Day four of Bluesfest saw me shoot Gogol Bordello with a dying camera.

This was the second chance I had to shoot Sydney’s band The Snowdroppers. They were probably the shooting highlight of my festival.

The pit for Crowded House was beyond ridiculous. But I guess that is what to expect from a Bluesfest pit.

Poor Man’s Whiskey played a roving gig around the festival grounds, which was fun to shoot.

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Bela Fleck African Project

Things have been a bit busy in the last few months, but I thought I should try and get the rest of the bluesfest photos up.

Beauna Vista Social Club

On Sunday the Brisbane Powerhouse celebrated their 10th anniversary by playing host to a day long event for the whole family. From the Bananas in Pyjamas to Vulcana Circus Women, it was a free event that brought the crowds out on this cold Autumn day.

I headed down to photograph two sets for Mess and Noise, with Last Dinosaurs billing first, before Brisbane’s much loved Regurgitator brought a packed mixed-aged crowd out to dance to some classic ‘Gurge tracks.

Before Regurgitator’s set, the Last Dinosaur took to the stage. A couple of shots from their set below.

A snapshot of their fanbase.

More shots from both sets below.

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Day Two of Blues and Roots festival sees me shooting my first full day of artists. A big day ensues, shooting 11 acts, including Ozomatli, Matisyahu, Jeff Beck, John Butler Trio, Snowdroppers and more…

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Day One of Bluesfest was a short one for me as I arrived into Byron just in time to catch only two acts, Old Man River and Jack Johnson. As I recalled from previous occaisions, Old Man River was much more fun to shoot on the smaller stage, before Jack Johnon and his rather uninspiring performance took the main stage.

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Last night I photographed Eddy Current Suppression Ring at the Zoo. Ive been meaning to check out their performance for a while. And they surely did not disappoint.

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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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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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