My Journey Into Live Music Photography!

​My love of music started around 12 years old, as my older brother played a lot of music that he was into. Then I had a class in year nine, at high school, of photography which I fell in love with.
 
Then around 2015 I started a course at uni, that was a Bachelor’s in Entertainment Management. I then completed that & found out that my uni, had just announced a Bachelor’s in Photography. So, I applied & I was accepted into the course.
 
I think it was in trimester three, when I went to photograph a band live, at the Gaso Hotel in Collingwood. The band was Bentham’s Hed, it was a heavy metal gig. I was then hooked on live music photography & I then started to go to more & more gigs with my camera. The more gig’s that I have been to, has made me hooked on photographing live music. As I love live music & I love photography as well, you could say that I have at long last found my dream job.
 
I have now graduated from Entertainment Management, but I now have just finished my Photography course. So now I have started my own business, as a live music photographer & my business name is Kaz-Marie Photography. I specialised in live music photography only, but I would also love to try to get into album art as well.
 
I would have a very hard job if I had to decide, which gig was my favourite live gig. As I have so many happy memories, of each gig. But if I had to brick it down, then there are only three gigs. Which would have to be Ashers To Ashers, The Midnight Devils & Sisters Doll (sorry) but I can not brick it down anymore. As those three gigs was a lot of fun, not only for me, but the band’s & crowd as well, as those three gigs kicked ass.
 
Also, I would love to develop my style & photos to a point that I can have an exhibition of my live music photography. So, to develop my photography to that leave, means that I will need to get to work as many gigs as possible.
When I have a gig coming up, I first check that all my batteries are fully charged & that all my SD cards are all empty. Then I make sure that my camera settings are set to the right setting for a live music gig at night. I would love to be the photographer for the Foo Fighters tour. Just get some experience working with an international band. So, when I can get overseas, I will have experience working with the big bands.
Then I just do not know where live music photography will take me, but it is a journey that I will enjoy!