The Rescu - Beautiful Life

I get so pumped when I see friends from the days gone by really delivering such amazing quality - a result of relentlessly hard work and perseverance as well as amazing talent.  I thoroughly enjoyed this music video and the band's thought provoking lyrics.  The view of the beautiful Cape in the background most certainly made it for pleasurable viewing too.  

Awesome work guys, keep delivering the quality and message.

Weekend Happenings… Rock ‘n Roll and all that…

I’ve been so busy this weekend!  Friday was wedding day, a great day, an awesome couple so in love, makes life easy for me the photographer.  Saturday, Sunday and Monday were spent volunteering for a charity called OPEN DOORS who were given the massive responsibility of running a tea tent at “The Big Church Day Out” which was a one day music festival held over three days at two locations.  Some massive acts such as SWITCHFOOT, ISRAEL HOUGHTON with NEW BREED (btw – New Breed’s bassist is off the hook), TOBY MAC, BRENTON BROWN, TIM HUGHES, LZ7 and HILLSONG UNITED.  We were so busy!!! I don’t think I have ever seen so many people wanting tea at the same time as I did over the last three days!  In between all the craziness of making tea/coffee/lattés/cappuccinos/mochas and hot chocolate I managed to sneak out and see some shows.

I got asked to set up the coffee and snack stands for the VIP and staff tent backstage and after a good chunk of hard graft I got offered a press pass to get up close and personal to the performances to photograph them.  It was incredible.  Here are some of a legendary band who have really been massive in the last 10 years of life and continue to be so now. Switchfoot have just launched a great new album – Hello Hurricane which is absolutely BANGING!  I’m also a massive fan of Jon Foreman’s (lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band) personal work, the lyrics are just so vulnerable, deep and challenging.

Anyway, here are a few images.  More of some other acts to follow soon…

If you liked what you saw here and you’re in a band or know of anyone keen, drop me an email and we can talk, I’d love to photograph some live shows and do some portraiture of the band.