Total gigs/one day festivals shot – 47
Total (individual) bands shot – 137
Best shoots
Big Weekend, Cardiff – Biggest ever event I’ve done, huge acts, great lighting, fantastic day
The Music, Cardiff University – amazing feeling alone in a pit with a fantastic band
TheSprout.co.uk Battle of the Bands – meeting tons of new young bands, awesome
Innerpartysystem at Barfly – intense, with great support acts
The Red Festival + Battle – fantastic, huge events
The Academy Is… at Clwb Ifor Bach – so much fun!
Worst shoots
Anything in 10 Feet Tall – atrocious lighting
Spending hours in Barfly + Clwb – nearly collapsing under hopelessness
Best music
Dashboard Confessional
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
The Music
Attack! Attack!
Jubilee
Caesars Rome
Johnny Foreigner
Vessels
Stray Borders
Nix Olympica
Worst music
The Maine
The Clay
The Automatic
MirrorView
Jizzwagon (as bad as they sound)
Some atrocious young bands who I won’t name
