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    Wednesday 2 April 2008

    Shine A Light Film Premiere and Gogol Bordello Gig

    We were treated to a Stones soundtrack as we waited for their arrival at one of the busiest premieres I'd been to in London. Keith Richards looked predictably out of it, as the Stones disjointedly posed together for a group shot, while Mick Jagger seemed a characture of himself as he strutted around Leicester square.
    I've decided that for a venue of its size Brixton Academy actually has terrible light for photographing concerts. As a place of similar size, the Hammersmith Apollo seems to be constantly better. Gogol Bordello certainly showed this to be the case at Brixton tonight. They're one of most fun groups to photograph, especially with their wacky lead singer moving all over the place and pulling comical poses all the time, but there was not enough light on him to capture this without using flash, something they were very strict on not using.
    So I came away from the concert a little disapointed, thinking of the shots that were there to be had. I'll certainly be trying to catch them again, probably at one of the festivals.
    One of the PA photographers, Yui, caught me in action (bottom picture), as he tried to shoot wide angle shot of the band.







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