Performer photographed on stage in London

DevantayJ ✶ Live music

Gigs ✶ club nights ✶ festivals ✶ tours

One take,
no second chance

A show gives you whatever the lighting designer decided, from wherever you are standing. No flash, no requests, no going again. Everything that makes a set of live pictures good happens in a specific window, which is why it is a completely different job from photographing a party.

Next dayfirst frames
5 daysfull gallery
24 hoursto a reply
Check a date What gets covered
Who books it

Three people
hire this

They want three different things from the same night, so it is worth saying which one you are when you get in touch.

01The artist, or their management Frames that make the act look like the act. Press shots, cover art, something that holds up as a grid post rather than proof of attendance. Usually wants a handful fast and the full gallery properly edited.
02The promoter The night sold back to the people who missed it, in time to sell the next one. Crowd, room, atmosphere, the headline moment, turned around while it is still being talked about.
03The venue A library that works all year. The space full and lit, acts you can name, and enough variety to carry a website and a listings feed without repeating the same picture.
Gallery

On stage

Every frame at the same height, whatever shape it is. Click one to see it full size.

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What gets covered

A night,
end to end

Tell me which of these actually matter and the night gets built around them.

  1. 01Load in, soundcheck, the empty room
  2. 02Support acts, properly, not as an afterthought
  3. 03The headline set, wide and close
  4. 04Crowd, from the front and from the back
  5. 05Detail: hands, pedals, the rig, the setlist
  6. 06Backstage and green room, if you want it
  7. 07Portraits before doors or after the set
  8. 08The last song, and what happens after it
Three hours is the usual shape ✶ full nights and tours quoted separately
Performer photographed on stage, cut out of the background
What lands in your inbox

Deliverables

First frames
Next day
Full gallery
5 working days
Files
High res, colour graded
Delivery
Private gallery
Licence
Agreed before the night
Deposit
50 percent to hold

Rates are agreed per project ✶ a single set, a full night, a festival day and a tour are all different jobs

Before you ask

Questions

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Book it

Tell me the date

The date, the venue, who is playing, and whether you are the artist, the promoter or the room. I come back within 24 hours.

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