Lowlight: Soundchecks always run late and Reggae Artists even later, so the cumulative effect could mean we'll be there for the concert anyway.
Fill in: By some amazing quirk in the time space continuum and some obscure law where the off beat reggae rhythms collide with the Bermuda Triangle that is the Barbican layout the soundcheck is only an hour late. A minor miracle.
The Guardian were after a shot from the gig but who they wanted exactly was anyone's guess so I had to shoot them all as I didn't know who the journalist was or what their did it for them when it came to British Reggae - Red Red Wine or just a Nite Club? As it was the soundcheck we could shoot pretty much from anywhere so it was a 50mm and 85mm F2 lenses (so I could make the most of the light) and a lot of sitting around.
Click here for The Guardian review
Tech Spec: Nikon D700 - ISO 6400, Aperture F2.8 (Basically the light was hard so needed all the help I could get to keep shutter speed up). WB - daylight/tungsten (the lights changed for each artist). No flash allowed. Shutter 1/125 (as I said - light was hard. I'd ideally like to be on 1/250 to completely freeze action). Lighting was very uneven so had to wait for artists to be looking in right direction to get good lighting,
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