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09 Sep 2018

Unknown Mortal Orchestra live in Auckland

Any Unknown Mortal Orchestra is special. Last time i saw them was New Year’s eve at the beginning of this year as part of the Wondergarden festival. The time before that was during the temporary reopening of the St James theatre. Last night was at the Auckland Town hall and was a family affair as frontman Ruban Neilson’s brother Kodi is now in the band on drums.  Also appearing on stage this evening was Ruban and Kodi’s dad.  And later in […]

08 Sep 2018

P!NK live in Auckland

Pink played 6 nights in Auckland this week as part of her Beautiful Trauma tour.  It was great fun to shoot as P!NK zooms around the stage (and above it) and there’s so much going on at the same time, it was difficult to know what to focus on!   You can license these images via Getty Images here

22 Aug 2018

Katy Perry live at Spark Arena

Katy Perry put on an amazing show at Spark Arena on Monday night as her Witness tour drew to a close with two nights in Auckland.  I was there shooting for Getty Images from the crowd.  The photos below have had additional edits, but you can see the original set here

14 Aug 2018

Celine Dion live in Auckland

i had the pleasure of photoing the legendary Celine Dion at Spark Arena, Auckland on Saturday night.  We were only able to photo the first song and she was on stage for three minutes and twenty seconds.  But that short time was plenty enough to get some nice photos from the back of the arena using my new long lens.   By all accounts it was a magical show with multiple shows in Auckland. These photos were taken for Getty Images […]

14 Aug 2018

Véronic DiCaire live in Auckland

Véronic DiCaire was the opening act for Celine Dion on her recent visit to New Zealand.  She’s a fantastic musical mimic and had the whole arena in the palm of her hand.  Quite incredible really for someone who walked on to the stage unknown!   A great performer! The images below were taken for Getty.  They have been re-edited slightly here but you can see the original set over on the Getty Website

08 Aug 2018

Tami Neilson live at Auckland Town Hall

Tami Neilson is amazing.  i can say no more!   My Getty Images below.  scroll down for some bonus extras and your bonus items:  

08 Aug 2018

The Miltones live at Auckland Town Hall

I love The Miltones.  They play uplifting and upbeat americana and seem to be totally enjoying themselves when playing live.  I’ve seen them a few times and they never disappoint.  They were the perfect support for Tami Neilson at her recent concert at the Auckland Town Hall. Here are the photos i took for getty images (see here).  scroll down for a few bonus extras! and here are the bonus extras:

26 Jul 2018

Tash Sultana live at Auckland Town Hall

Australian multi-tracking, multi-instrumentalist Tash Sultana played in Auckland’s Town Hall on Tuesday night and i was lucky enough to get to photo her for Getty Images.  Here are some of my shots and a couple of extra bonus items !

17 Jul 2018

Reb Fountain live at the Tuning Fork

New Zealand has more than its fair share of amazing musicians and Reb Fountain is up there amongst the best.   it was just her and a guitar, but that was plenty!  I caught hints of PJ Harvey in her singing at one point.   Check out her album Hopeful and Hopeless on spotify etc for some beautiful listening I was shooting the show Joshua Hedley for Getty Images.  You can see those below as well as a few bonus images !

16 Jul 2018

Joshua Hedley live in Auckland

here are my photos of Joshua Hedley on his Mr Jukebox tour (with thanks to Getty Images).  Support was from the magical Reb Fountain