Here’s some pictures i did back in January with The Fabulous Chandeliers.

They’re a quartet of all singing, all dancing ladies who perform hit songs of the sixties.

We did some shots in the studio as well as on location at Madame Fling Flong. They were such good fun to shoot.

You can check them out in person this Saturday at The Ruby Revue.

For a peek behind the illusion - here's the girls and me at the end of the shoot after they'd changed.

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Here’s some photos from the Sydney premiere of Bruno at the State Theatre plus the after party hosted by Time Out Sydney at Zeta Bar in the Hilton.

Shooting these things is simultaneously exciting and mind numbingly dull. Photographers queue for hours beforehand, trying to nab a plum spot in the media pen. Then it’s waiting, waiting, waiting until the talent arrives. Then it’s pandemonium.

This instance was even more hectic as all the photographers and camera crews escaped from their pens to swarm around Bruno as he swanned around the street with his white horse and greeted fans.

Richard Wilkins in an ecstatic mood

Bruno with Time Out Sydney Editor Dan Rookwood

Rose Byrne and Brendan Cowell

After the premiere, Time Out hosted an after-party round the corner at The Hilton. Sasha Baron Cohen was in attendance but i wasn’t allowed anywhere near him. While he laps up the attention in character as Bruno, he’s very private as Sasha and shuns the spotlight.

Apocalypstik and Destiny Hazzarrived

See more at Time Out Sydney and Pedestrian.

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Palace of Fire

Here’s some photos from the FBi Radio fundraiser gig last Saturday night at The Metro.

Muscles

Muscles still commands a dedicated youthful following

Midnight Juggernauts

bluejuice hype the crowd

After the bluejuice show: a completely spent Jake backstage

You can see more pictures in the gallery at Mess and Noise or below.

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Double page spread in Famous Magazine

Here’s some pictures of Little Birdy at MTV’s The Lair from April.

The pictures ran as a “backstage with Little Birdy” feature in Famous Magazine.

The cliched backstage photo

The band warm up

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The cover of this weeks Brag

That FBi photo i took runs on the cover of Brag Magazine this week, including a double page spread inside.

As well as the remaining fundraising gigs (listed below) there’s also an art auction next Wednesday at the MCA.

THUR 25 JUNE – THE GAELIC THEATRE

Ivy League Presents: A League Of Their Own

The Mess Hall
Red Riders
Cloud Control
Cabins
Aidan Roberts & Liam Judson (The Maple Trail + Belles Will Ring)

8PM START

Tickets $18 + BF available from www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix Outlet.
$20 on the door if available

THUR 25 JUNE – theclub

Frankie Magazine, Popfrenzy and INCU Clothing Present…

Cheap drinks, late nights, BBQ, great DJs.

DJs Berko (FBi)
Blake Thompson (FBi)
Jinx
Red Peugeot
Animal Chin and Kick Me + more special guests

33 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross. $5 on the door

FRI 26 JUNE – MANNING BAR

Stolen Records Gala Ball

Sydney City News
Urthboy
Def Wish Cast
Hau (Koolism)
Hermitude
Last Kinection
Spit Syndicate
Killa Queenz
Horrorshow
That’s Them
Nikkita
DJs: Stolen Records Skrillionaires

8PM START Tickets $30 + BF available from Manning Bar www.manningbar.com or www.moshtix.com.au
$35 on the door if available

FRI 26 JUNE – MUM, SYDNEY

Mum and The World Bar Present: Over 3 levels…

The Paper Scissors – JUST ANNOUNCED!
Shady Lane
Parades
We Say Bamboulee
The Merchants
Fait Accompli
Zeahorse
Shakin Howls
Megastick Fanfare
Sherlock’s Daughter
Richard In Your Mind
One Glove
The Laurels
and more special guests to be announced

8PM til late

Tickets $15 on sale at the door

$1 from every Red Bull sold goes to FBi

SAT 27 JUNE – METRO THEATRE (NOTE, NEW VENUE)

Midnight Juggernauts (JUST ANNOUNCED! EARLY SET!)
MUSCLES (EARLY SET!)
Dappled Cities
bluejuice (JUST ANNOUNCED!)
Decoder Ring
Grafton Primary
AIH DJs
Pivot DJs
Spod (JUST ANNOUNCED!)
Cassette Kids
The Jezabels
Palace Of Fire
Ernest Ellis
No Art (JUST ANNOUNCED!)
PhDJ
HOOPS
Bad Wives
Tha Fizz
P*A*S*H
Ro Sham Bo
Wax Motif
and more special guests

ALL AGES EVENT

New playing times: Doors open 6:30pm – 1:30am

MAIN ROOM

DJ 6.30PM-7PM – LORNA
7PM-7.30PM – THE JEZABELS
DJ 7.30PM-7.50PM THA FIZZ
7.50PM-8.20PM – PALACE OF FIRE
DJ 8.20PM-8.40PM – HOOPS
8.40PM-9.10PM – MUSCLES
DJ 9.10PM-9.40PM – AIH DJs
9.40PM-10.10PM – MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
DJ 10.10PM-10.30PM – RO SHAM BO
10.30PM-11PM – BLUEJUICE
DJ 11PM-11.20PM – RO SHAM BO
11.20PM-11.50PM – DECODER RING
DJ 11.50PM-12.10AM – PIVOT DJs
12.10AM-12.40AM –DAPPLED CITIES
DJ 12.40AM-1AM – PhDJ
1AM-1.30AM – GRAFTON PRIMARY

THE LAIR

DJ 6.30-7.20 – TYSON KOH
7.20PM-7.50PM – NO ART
DJ 7.50-8.20 – BAD WIVES
8.20PM -8.50PM – SPOD
DJ 8.50-9.10 – ALEX PYE
9.10PM-9.40PM – ERNEST ELLIS
DJ 9.40-10.20 – WAX MOTIF
DJ 10.20-10.50 – MAXAM & MCINNES
10.50PM-11.20PM – CASSETTE KIDS
DJ 11.20PM-12AM – 16 TACOS
DJ 12AM-12.30AM – ROSS ELDRIDGE
DJ 12.30AM-1AM – SHAG
DJ 1AM-1.30AM – ANDREW RHODES & VICTORIA ZAMORA

Tickets $40+bf available from www.moshtix.com.au or www.metrotheatre.com.au or $45 if available on the door.

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Pilobolus dancers at Sydney Theatre

Here’s some photos from performances i’ve shot at Sydney Theatre in the past couple of months.

Shooting this sort of thing is a refreshing way to use the skills i’ve learned from concert photography for other sorts of performance.

Soledad Barrio performs with Noche Flamenca at Sydney Theatre

Shooting dance is especially rewarding, freezing those split second moments that pass too quick for the human eye.

Metamorphoses at Sydney Theatre

The performances were Metamorphoses, Pilobolus and Noche Flamenca. All have passed except the flamenco performance which continues till 27th June.

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The MCA in live music venue mode

The three week run of Creative Sydney came to an end on Friday night with a performance of Sydney Songs at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Many Sydney muso’s performed songs about Sydney backed by the Alan Dale Allstars, lead by Lindsay McDougal.

Peter Head performing with his daughter Loene Carmen and Grandaughter Holiday Sidewinder

Creative Sydneysiders

Spod performing his ode to Ashfield, 2131

The evening began with a panel discussion on the topic "The Future of Art and Technology" which included Nick Robertson who worked with Brian Eno on his 77 Million Paintings artwork

Dave from Dappled Cities performed an unexpectedly touching version of 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda'

Dave Graney closed the night

Creative Sydney was a fantastic initiative, focusing attention on the often unacknowledged or unknown creative communities in Sydney.

It was humbling for me to play some small part in it by appearing on their list of Creative Catalysts.

I look forward to seeing it happen again in 2010.

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With news of Peter Costello’s retirement from politics i was reminded of these snaps i took of him that i never published on Boudist.

They were hastily taken in the foyer of the ABC where he was interviewed for Time Out Sydney around the release of his memoirs.

Peter was in a good mood, i think it was refreshing for him to be talking about his memoirs and life, not politics and questions of party leadership.

I snapped some frames of him just standing there with his notorious grimace/smirk. They were lacking energy so i asked him to be more gestural and mimed some actions. He was happily obliging.

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Following the trend for pop up shops, the Artisan Guild and Curiosity Shop has just opened on Oxford St Darlinghurst.

Running till the end of July it’s curated by the local mens shoe label Marsu Homme and selling the wares of many of Sydney’s finest artisans including St Augustine Academy, Matt Weston, Elke Kramer, Izrock Pressings, Luke Storrier, All of Our Lives and many more.

I know diddly about fashion, but i was at the shop snapping pictures of all those that do on the opening night last Thursday.

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Here’s some snaps of comedian Wil Anderson taken for a feature in the latest Time Out Sydney.

In the tradition of naming his standup shows with a pun on his name, Wil’s latest show is called Wilosophy.

Which is why we thought it’d be fun to dress him up as a philosopher.

So i hired a toga, grabbed a fake book off my bookshelf and voila, instant Greek philosopher.

Dan: "So you're ready to change into the toga?" Wil: "Hahaha" Dan: "... no, i'm serious"

Wil's quite notorious for wearing thongs all the time, so it made sense to keep them for this look.

A step back to reveal the floorboards

Cybele stands in as a test subject before Wil arrives

For those curious about the lighting, it was one gridded softbox up high on camera left, and a smaller softbox on the floor camera right. I also used polyboards to shape the light hitting the background.

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