Every so often you hear about an event that is so completely beyond the realm of normality that the only thing to do is dive in with both feet, commit wholeheartedly and enjoy the ride…
Saturday night was one such occasion. As part of the the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival taking part throughout October, I was invited to photograph the UK premiere of All About Evil – showing in glorious 4D… The film is the full directorial debut of Joshua Grannell, or rather his drag alter ego Peaches Christ
All I was told about the occasion is that demonstrations were expected outside from “concerned groups” and that when the film kicked off I should get an aisle seat… I turned up camera in hand not really knowing what to expect, the photos will probably speak for themselves…
Suffice to say that the event held at The Cornerhouse in Manchester proved an eye opening experience! If you want to read more on the event check out Bren O’Callaghans site, he was instrumental in setting up the whole event, and even stepped in as a monster at the last minute! Real dedication!
A few words on the photography aspect of the whole thing as that I what I do! It was a real baptism of fire, I arrived and immediately started shooting with my flash powered up and diffuser firmly attached, after a number of pretty good shots were rattled off I realised to my horror that the flash setting were wrong and that all the potentially good shots i’d taken were far too dark… I quickly had to readjust and fumbled around for a few minutes, worried I was missing all the action! Luckily the action just got more intense and I was able to calm myself down enough to get more involved, barking instruction at some of the cast so as to get them into the best positions for the shots! Not like me at all!
A bit of post processing was involved in Lightroom 3, lots was involved for some photos! And the fill light slider produced some incredibly vibrant, almost HDR like images of the protesting librarians! I just hope that the pictures do justice to the awesome costumes and all the people that were involved in making the night the resounding success that it was!
I couldn’t possibly finish without saying a MASSIVE thank you to my good friend Esther who got me the gig in the first place, if you’re into the arts at all in Manchester then you probably already know her! But for those who haven’t check out her site, Planet Esther
Keep it Evil guys!
NS
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