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21 Apr 2018

Taite Music Prize 2018

I had huge amounts of fun on Tuesday night photoing the Taite Music Prize for the organisers.  I love live music and the creativity of New Zealand musicians so it was great to be able to capture the celebrations! Here are a few of my shots from the evening

20 Apr 2018

Halsey and Kehlani live in Auckland

I photoed Halsey with support from Kehlani for Getty Images this week.  Halsey’s stage show was really dramatic during the first few songs, but  due to the lighting and smoke, and the fact we were shooting from the sound desk near the back of the stadium, photoing was a challenge! Here are some of the photos with additional edits.  

13 Apr 2018

Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge live in Auckland

Much fun shooting Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge for Getty Images on Monday night.  You can see my photos on Getty Images here   The ones below have been edited

13 Apr 2018
Gibbs Farm Ruru - Dave Simpson Photography

Gibbs Farm

I recently got to photo at Gibbs Farm for a fundraising event.  Gibbs Farm is an amazing private farm which is littered with sculptures – all of which are massive!  The fundraiser was for a school choir trip to Italy and the choirs sang by a wall sculpture just as the rains moved in!  Luckily it was only a passing shower and the clouds during the day gave the photos a bit of atmosphere and provided interesting shadows on the […]

13 Apr 2018

James Blunt live at Spark Arena

James Blunt brought fun and music to Spark Arena recently.  I was lucky enough to photo the show for Getty Images

18 Mar 2018
Grace Jones - Dave Simpson Photography

Auckland City Limits

I had great fun at the Auckland City Limits festival earlier this month. Tons of bands and a great atmosphere.   You can see the full set of images over at Getty Images here Here are a few shots from the day !

23 Feb 2018

Robbie Williams live at Spark Arena

I had the massive pleasure of photoing Robbie Williams at Spark Arena.  Robbie was my first arena concert a couple of year’s back so i knew it would be a fun concert to shoot.  And, as expected, Robbie didn’t disappoint.   It was the usual first three songs, no flash, but during this time Robbie was being Robbie all over the stage, hugging members of the audience, dancing with his dancers, posing for the photographers etc. These photos were taken for […]

17 Feb 2018
Jacinda Ardern - Dave Simpson Photography

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Arden held a press conference at Laneway music festival and later introduced the band D D Dumbo on stage.  These photos were taken for Getty Images (hence the watermarks!)

17 Feb 2018

Laneway Festival 2018

I had great fun photoing the Laneway Festival on Auckland’s anniversary day in January.  Here are a few of my favourites:

24 Jan 2018

Roger Waters live at Spark Arena, Auckland

I was lucky enough to get to photo the legendary Pink Floyd founder member, Roger Waters at Spark Arena for Getty Images as part of his Us + Them tour.  It was quite an epic performance and a joy to photo!   You can see the full set of images over at Getty Images here