08 July 2010 – A few weeks back I shot a few portraits with the amazingly talented Dallas Green for an interview on he was doing on his solo project, City and Colour.

Dallas is one of my favourite artists and is also a big part of Alexisonfire so I was really excited to sit down with him for a bit and work with him. He was super nice and we spoke about skateboarding and it was a really big pleasure for me to work with him.

The portraits I shot were purposely kept simple because of the nature of this project and I really think that they came out the way I hoped they would. These are 3 of my favourites.

Make sure to check out his work.

14 June 2010 – Tonight I photographed City And Colour at The Forum and it was one of those shows that I feel I have been waiting YEARS for and after the long wait it was all worth it.

Dallas Green basically is City And Colour and over the years he has become one of my favourite musicians and I feel strongly connected to both his solo stuff as well as his work with Alexisonfire but I have never had the chance to see / work with his solo project so this was really exciting and I was really eager to see how he would take his beautiful work to stage in front of a crowd with over 2000 people. I knew it would be good but I had no idea it would be as good as it was. Dallas is one of the most humble people I have ever met and this came across on stage as he played alone to a very-eager-to-listen crowd. He was also joined on stage with a few of his close friends to play along and really make the songs bigger … love it.

This was an incredible show and I have even more of an appreciation for Dallas’s work. If you get the chance to see him play in any of his projects make sure to grab the opportunity, especially for this one.

I shot a few portraits with Dallas before the show but I will post these once they have been published.

Setlist: Comin Home, Waiting, Murderer, Death Of Me, Sam Malone, Silver And Gold, Day Old Hate, Body In A Box, Sister, Constant Knot, The Girl, Sometimes, As Much, Against The Grain, Scissors, Sleeping Sickness

11 June 2009 – Alexisonfire played three really intimate and small shows at The Borderline in Soho and tonight was the last night of the 3 shows.

I went along to watch one of the best shows of my life but for different reasons to normal. These guys had almost too much energy for this small venue and the crowd went crazy in response to the show that they put on. I remember shooting with these guys just over two years ago and then I didn’t really enjoy the show much so I wasn’t expecting anything this time but they blew my perception right out of the water. This time they were incredible and I really felt what they were doing.

Their new album (Old Crows / Young Cardinals) comes out on 23 June 2009 and from what I have heard so far it is going to be a definite album to look out for. They have been given a lot of bad press because it’s been said that they have lost their screamo style but I find their new stuff a lot easier for me to relate to and I really like it. I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy as it hits shelves.

Anyway, the venue was insane, PACKED full, REALLY low and SUPER dark and it was impossible to move around and I didn’t want to get trapped so I shot some photographs standing on a table to stage right. Luckily I had the use of my D3 because I could push the ISO level up allowing me to actually get some photographs.

UPDATE – You can read the review I shot for and see a few more photographs on Clink Music Magazine