GIVEthemHORNS's avatar
Woah, they give awards for music stuff too? I wonder how you enter. Naaah, not always. Like, at Ajattara it definitely doesn't. Or at Raised Fist. Or at Entombed ;)
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Well yeah, 'cuz it was a photo-reportage anyway. I dunno, I guess it's for professionals who work for the biggest newspapers and magazines in Finland or something, 'cuz if I remember right, it's some kind of Journalistic Photograph of the Year -thing or something.

Oh, Entombed is so awesome :D I've shooted 'em twice this year, it's always so much fun. But maybe it's just when the band gets bigger the players don't pay that much attention to it anymore, or something. I dunno, just guessing :D
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Well I do work for a pretty big one. and the boss does pass word to the photogs about any photo contests every now and then... not this one. Strange, will have to google this.

Naaah, I am never going to their gig again. They're crazy. Their fans are crazy. I saw a guy break a forehead on the stage edge headbanging. So unless I buy me a shark cage, I pass.
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Oh, hey, you're from Finland, too :D Gosh, should have checked it out earlier. But anyway, here's the last years nominees and winners. I guess the site's in English, too, I dunno.

Hmm, that's strange. I've shooted 'em twice at Rytmikorjaamo, and there was no unusual action during the gig. So maybe it's about the audience, dunno.
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Thanks for the link! Wonder why there's no info about 2009 whatsoever, but oh well. I'll keep my eyes open.

Maybe it is luck... I tried to shoot them twice - not possible, you get away in one piece and you're lucky. Haha, maybe it's about if they play on weekend or weekday ;)
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No problem^^ I was wishing I could go to see an exhibition of those winners in Kuopio, but unfortunately I haven't got time. I sure hope it's still there, I'm so jealous to my darling who went to see it from school! :D

Perhaps ;) If I remember right, both gigs I've shooted from 'em have been on Saturday. Or maybe it's about the place, who knows :D Anyway, it's really good to shoot at Rytmikorjaamo, there's a lot of space between the stage and the fence.
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Kuopio? Pretty far. Why would they not do it in Hel?

Awww, there's never enough space where I shoot. Well, except Jaahalli but they stuff the pit full of securities there.

Btw, what city are you in?
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I dunno, I guess it's been in Helsinki earlier.

Oh, you should come to Rytmikorjaamo sometimes, it's just a fabulous place to shoot^^ There's a huge space in front of the stage, and usually it's good to shoot even drummers, too, which is quite important to me. And since the stage ain't that big, there's security guys only in the ends. I totally love the place^^

I'm currently living in three places, in Sukeva, which is between Iisalmi and Kajaani, and in Seinäjoki, where I shoot most of the gigs, and I spend my weeks in Kälviä (part of Kokkola nowadays) studying audiovisual communications. Quite complicated :D