A Night With Colin James
Colin Freakin' James!
Colin was brought to Woodstock last year for the Cowapalooza Festival in Woodstock Ontario, Canada, but sadly.. he never made it on stage because mother nature decided to flood the park with a torrential down pour. Summer 2017, Colin James was asked to come back and come back he did! With clear skies, a beauty summers night, stars out and all, Colin hit the stage with powerful guitar solos, deep bass lines, technical drumming, some outstanding keyboard work and of course some powerful, strong vocals that blew me away.
With no media pass (which wasn't required anyways because it was a FREE, yes.. FREE concert in a public park ) I had to shoot from the crowd which was fine at first.. but pretty much after the first song everyone moved up and it got tight quick. Bobbing around peoples melons Colin made it pretty easy to get the shots using up all areas of the stage to put on an amazing performance. If you haven't seen Colin James, haven't heard of him even.. get out to a show, you won't be disappointed at all. - Shutter Click.
Colin James
Cowapalooza Festival 2017
Woodstock On, Canada.
Jack Richardson Music Awards 2017
2017 Jack Richardson Music Awards In London Ontario Canada in London Music Hall.
London Music Week happens in London Ontario, Canada and it's a week long event all over the city celebrating and honouring musicians/bands from London Ontario. This event is also known as the Jack Richardson Music Awards, as there is an award ceremony at the end of the week with different categories for bands to win under.
This year Kevin Vyse Photography had the pleasure of being brought in, by Cory Crossman of London Music Office who connected me to the Jack Richardson Music Awards founder Mario Circelli to photograph some of these concerts taking place during this week of music. For 2 nights during the week I would be in London Ontario, with an all access media pass at the edge of the stage photographing live music as it unfolded. I would have liked to be able to photograph more, but the full time work schedule tends to get in the way of photography quite often.
Night one (Monday, April 3rd) was the opening show, kicking off the week. Upon arrival, I was met by Mario Circelli at the doors who treated me like gold and took me into the London Music Hall to get my media pass. Through the night of shooting Mario was very accommodating, constantly making sure I had everything I needed and was getting the access I required to get the best shots I could.
Night one was: Taylor Holden and The Law Of Averages, The Weathered and Ivory Hours.
Taylor Holden and the Law Of Averages:
The Weathered:
Night Two (Thursday April 6th) was a big night as the Canadian Icon Rockers HELIX was headlinging the night along with bands After The Lounge and Bobnoxious.
HELIX:
BOBNOXIOUS:
IVORY HOURS:
AFTER THE LOUNGE:
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