I had my first experience of photographing live performers up close without being at a music venue with a constantly changing light show.

Naturally I thought I’d be in for a treat in terms of lighting conditions.

I couldn’t have been more wrong!

With a single spotlight lighting up the talent and shrouding everything else in darkness I really thought I wasn’t going to get any decent shots with the difficulty I had metering and focusing, yet these set of photo’s contain some of my favourite images taken to date.

Embryo at 81 Renshaw Street 2012

Thanks to everyone at

Embryo

and

81 Renshaw Street

as well as the fantastic performers on that evening!

• Robot?
• Gavin Churnin – Compare
• Donna Coleman – Comedian
• Nuala Maguire – Comedian & Poet
• Mimi Amore – Burlesque Artist
• Legion of Doom – Comedy Duo
• Leebo Luby – Comedian & Poet
• Kitty Kimono – Burlesque Artist
• Tom George – Poet
• Steve Garside – Poet
• Cellan Scott – Actor

And a special thanks to the audience and barstaff for creating such a wonderful atmosphere and letting me photograph everything!

Dan is a great Musician but more about that later…

She kindly filled in for some models that let me down for a shoot last year. Her versatility, poise and professionalism more than made up for the lack of models on that shoot.

You can find out more about Mimi on her website or follow her on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Blogger and Twitter!

Mimi Amore: Burlesque performer, model and jazz singer

http://mimiamore.com/

It’s Stacey who introduced me to the great Alternative Rock/Metal band Outreach.

But more about that later…