The Vampirates @ Fowlers

[BJWOK]

I have been meaning to check these guys out since I shot the singer for the cover of Rip It Up at the beginning of the year. The last gig I was at and ready to shoot was the fiasco that was Live At The Zoo. The band was on stage, I had just taken a publicity shot and then the event organiser casually announced that they would not be playing!

Fastforward to tonight at Fowlers and I got my first taste of The Vampirates. Damn fine stuff indeed. True to form, Fowlers dished up woeful lighting that left me with a lot of work ahead to bring these images into something worthy. I thought with the temporary closure of the venue earlier this year the return would include better stage lights?

It didn't.

01. http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/thevampirates/thevampirates01.jpg

02. http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/thevampirates/thevampirates02.jpg

03. http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/thevampirates/thevampirates03.jpg

04. http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/thevampirates/thevampirates04.jpg

05. http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/thevampirates/thevampirates05.jpg

06. http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/thevampirates/thevampirates06.jpg

07. http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/thevampirates/thevampirates07.jpg

08. http://www.bjwok.com/photos/event/thevampirates/thevampirates08.jpg

[René Damkot]

I like #5.

Some crops are a bit awkward.