Rob and Lauren Blog

Last night we were lucky enough to attend an amazing concert with our friend, and fellow photographer, Bruce Clarke. He and his wife Sarah are two of the most vibrant people I know, and hanging out with them is always a great time. So, even though we had never heard of either musician we were going to see, we jumped at the chance!

Lucky for us, Bruce and Sarah have incredible taste in music. The concert featured WiL and Matt Andersen, two Canadian artists with unbelievable passion and energy. Watching them perform filled both of us up with excitement about our own art, and renewed belief that one should pursue what they love, and give all that they can. These two guys are clearly doing that, and the result is incredible music.

We were extra lucky in that Bruce was able to get permission for us to shoot the concert! Super cool. Music photography isn’t something we’ve ever really done, and it’s certainly tricky, but we had a blast, and got a few neat shots to share with you!

Rob really enjoyed the concept of shooting the people watching the concert. And it made for some neat shots! Can you spot anyone familiar in this one?

 Matt Andersen. He absolutely blew us away. His voice is just incredible. I mean, incredible. And that boy can rock out on his acoustic guitar! Such a thoroughly enjoyable performance. 

 And WiL. To put it succinctly, I’m now obsessed with his music. Been listening to it repeatedly ever since the concert. You should really check out his stuff, it’s on iTunes. 

Lauren :)

If you’ve been following us for a while, you probably know that we really really like trying new types of photography. So when Skye gave us a shout asking if we could do some press shots for his band, we were pumped. We’ve never done anything like this before, and knew it would be crazy fun.

Now, we were on a short timeline, since these kids were getting written up in both Vue Weekly and the Edmonton Journal, and needed the photos fast. That meant that we got to shoot in the blistering cold. Like, really really cold. But I think it added this kinda neat feeling to the images. Like, these guys were cold :)

Anyways, if you’re bored tonight, I highly highly recommend you check out their CD release party. We’ve been lucky enough to go see them once, and it was honestly the most energetic, entertaining show I’ve seen in a long long time. True story. Here are the deets: