Ouch My Face at The Tote

Ouch My Face at The Tote

Been a while since i posted some pics up here! I’ve been busy on other projects. That’s not to say i haven’t been taking photos! I’ve been having fun shooting some bands and im hoping to shoot some more in the next couple of months.

This shot was taken for Ouch My Face at The Tote. I took some other shots of them at Noise Bar for Summer Noise (I’ll try post up some photos of that soon too) and they asked me to come along and take some more at The Tote. I was flattered and battled through Melbourne’s heat wave to get some good shots. It was 40 degrees (c) outside! I had a flick through my manual before heading out and checked the operating temperature, it was 40. I figured it would be hotter inside, but those numbers are probably on the safer side of things.

So the camera worked, but i made the mistake of not scouting the venue first… i was still waiting on my 430ex (i now have it and it’s great!) and was relying on bouncing my flash off the roof. Wll the roof was black and the flash i had has 1 setting and it’s blinding! So convinced a confused group of the finer sex to give me a hair tie and used my cleaning cloth as a diffuser! I ended up getting some interesting shots and the lighting was kinda cool once i got used to it.