Conor McDonnell

So, 

It's been a while since my last blog post. I reaaaallllyyyy need to get the hang of posting around the same time of the gig, not a month later!

Back at the end of October I photographed Jessie J at the Liverpool Uni - CLICK HERE 

It was awesome to shoot. I love shooting pop acts, the lighting is always awesome. The below photo is one from the gig, I'm really proud of this one!

 

Next up was Tinie Tempah, I did two dates of this tour. I was supposed to be doing backstage portraits of Tinie, but with the first gig at the Liverpool Echo being the opening night of the tour it was pretty hectic backstage and so there wasn't enough time to do it. I arranged to do them a few days later at the Manchester M.E.N. Arena but with it being his birthday it didn't happen again. Just one of those things! But we're working to sort it out so that we can do them in the near future! Keep an eye out! I bloody love Tinie, it was so awesome to see him owning the arena stage, totally awesome! Click here to see the photos from the Liverpool show - TINIE TEMPAH LIVERPOOL

After Tinie was The Darkness, a band I loved as an early teen and awesome to shoot. Their support Foxy Shazam is probably one of the best support acts I've ever seen, they are mental! If you ever get the chance, check them out! Have to say a big thanks to Ian for this! Click here to see the photos - THE DARKNESS LIVERPOOL





Red Hot Chili Peppers where up next. A band I've loved for as long as I can remember. It was amazing to shoot them. Click here to see the photos - RHCP MANCHESTER



Miles Kane's homecoming Liverpool gig was next up



Next up was James Morrison at the Liverpool Uni. I really enjoyed this shoot. Click here to see the photos - JAMES MORRISON LIVERPOOL UNI



The day after James I was back at the Echo Arena in Liverpool for The Saturdays. I'll say it again, I love shooting Pop acts and I loved shooting this. 





And then it was Aloe Blacc at the 02 Academy Liverpool. I saw Aloe live at Glastonbury and he was one of my highlights, totally awesome live. I was also lucky enough to have access all areas and be able to have a very quick portrait shoot with Aloe himself. It was a tricky portrait shoot as my flashgun completely died on me about 30 seconds in, it didn't help with there not being much light available but I made do and came out with a few photos I'm happy with. Go check out the portraits and Live photos here -
ALOE BLACK PORTRAITS              
ALOE BLACK LIVERPOOL ACADEMY