Manic Monday

One thing that I love to do with drummer photos is to make them super colourful. When that isn't possible, I often make them black & white. As I've said before, drummers are the hardest band member to photograph, mainly because of the lack of light. This lack of light means that you need to turn down your shutter speed, but slowing it down means that the subject needs to be more still for the image not to be blurry. That, of course, is nearly impossible for a drummer. Usually what happens when there isn't decent lighting, one of the best ways to make the photo look good is to make it black and white.

Manic Monday

Happy holidays! I hope that everyone enjoyed their solstice. For those of you counting, there are only two days left until Christmas! Back to business, there are not many venues in Vancouver that are actually good for drummer photos. Tom Lee is one of the few. I believe that drummers should get a lot more praise than they do. If a drummer makes one mistake, everyone can hear it. If the drummer falls out of time by even a fraction of a second, everyone can hear it. The precision needed to be a top quality drummer is ridiculous, and yet, they are rarely seen, and even less often do they have the spot light; or any light at all. You would be surprised as to how often drummers are left in the dark. That is why I dedicated Monday to drummers, because they deserve to be at the beginning of the week.

Manic Monday

One of my favourite drummers of Vancouver is Jay Deachman. He is currently playing for the band Danha, but has played for many awesome Vancouver bands in the past such as Theory of a Deadman. He is truely the best pure drummer that I have had the pleasure of meeting. That, and he is pretty hilarious after a few drinks.

Manic Monday

Drummers are, by far, the hardest members of a band to photograph. Not only because of the fact that they are at the back of the stage, but also because they are constantly moving their arms, blocking their face, and genuinely making sour expressions. That is why a good drummer photo impresses people more often.

Manic Mondays

One of the most impressive things that a musician can do is play their instrument while singing. This is almost triple as difficult for a drummer. I have only seen three drummers who can actually sing while performing. This is the drummer of Alleyway Saints. He is one of those three. After hearing this band perform, you would think there were four, or possibly even five members, because of the interesting and difficult instrumentals, as well as an awesome singer. Well, you'd be wrong. There are only three members in this band, and it is pretty amazing. I would definitely recommend checking out this good young band!

Manic Mondays

First off, I would like to apologize for the tardiness of my post today. As you may have noticed by the post title, Mondays are going to be a bit more crazy. Excluding next week of course, where I will do a remenberance day blog. So, other than next week, I will be sharing with everyone a photo of the band member who is constantly flailing their arms and legs in a somewhat controlled manner. That's right, the drummer! 

Who better to start off my Monday series of drummers than Danny Craig! He is the drummer from Default, and has worked very closely with bands such as Nickleback, Theory Of A Deadman, and many more. This was taken on the first night that I had my shiny new 70-200mm lens, as he joined Danha on stage to perform a cover song.