Music Photographers

Nick Pickles
http://www.music-photographer.co.uk/

Nick Pickles is a London-based freelance photographer who travels across the country to cover gigs, festivals and events for a wide range of clients. He is currently working as the house music photographer at Wembley Arena and in the past year has been commissioned by clients including Red Bull, the BBC, EMI, Disney, The Fly and more. In 2011, he won the Rock Archive Glastonbury photo competition. In his previous roles, he has been a house photographer at the O2 Academy Leeds for two years. He contributed to several major agencies, including Getty Images, WireImage, Retna and WENN. Pickles work has been used in a host national and international publications, by bands for artwork and marketing materials and also for private exhibitions. While he does specialise in live music, he likes to do a whole range of work, for example, portraiture, reportage and commercial photography.

Nicks work is all based on live concerts, I think this captures more feel and excitement towards the bands. So when you look for them, you can see them in action. I think he uses some really nice angles which some of them you can see their faces to show their passion for what they're doing. Also some nice angles from behind to show silhouettes and see the crowds reaction.












Todd Owyoung
http://www.toddowyoung.com/

Todd Owyoung is an internationally published photographer who specialises in live music, lifestyle and portrait photography. He graduated from Washington University in St.Louis on which he received a Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Visual Communications. Throughout the year, he photographs around six bands a week. His work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, the New York Times, SPIN, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Alternative Press, The Wallstreet Journal, The Boston Globe, The Village Voice and Harper’s Bazaar. He has also had a big range of clients such as, American Express, Wrangler Jeans, Fuse TV, Atlantic Records, Universal Music Group, Live Nation, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, JH Audio, and Dave Matthews Band.

Todd's work has a bit more variety,  he concentrates on the bands but also the crowds  He takes photos of them performing live but also shoots them while posing in a studio or set for their albums. He gets some really nice shots of the crowds to show their excitement and enthusiasm for the band. He seems to like his low angles for the live shows, to show that they're the ones above everyone at that point and to show the angle from the crowds perspective.