©DannyNorth
www.dannynorth.co.uk DannyNorth
Artist/Band:Tricky
“EversincemydadtookmetoseeIronMaidenplayliveIjust
knewthatmusicwasgoingtobemy life”
Danny moved up to a Canon 2MP Hehasalsojustpickedupacoveted My pictures were abysmally dull
pointandshootcamera,“Isearched commendation in the elite Lex Van simply because they echoed the
for one with manual settings so I Rossen European Music band’sperformancethatnight.”
could do exactly what I wanted Photographer of the Year Awards; Andlightingcanbeamajorissueat
creatively” – and began shooting hostedtwoexhibitionsandpublished musicgigs.
portraitsofLeeds-basedbandsfora abook.
fanzine. A recent stills highlight was a ExplainsDanny:“It’sdifficultbecause
commission to be on stage with in other photo-disciplines you can
“Iwasn’tmakinganymoneybutIwas Oasis. learn from others about controlled
gettingmyworkseen”hesays.“Then “Iwastherefortwosongs–whata studio lighting and posing, or
theNewMusicalExpress(NME)saw privilege.”Heenthuses. setting up a wedding
my images and gave me a “I was right behind Noel’s amp so I photograph or whatever.
commission. hadtoworryaboutcables;whatthe But in music photography
I remember earning £75 for exposure was like on the crowd; there aren’t really any
photographingagig-andIwaslikea whichlenstouseetc. referencepointsortuition
kidinasweetshop. Youcan’tcartacamerabagonstage you can be given when it
ThereIwasdoingsomethingIloved so you have to work out ahead of comestoshootingalive
andIwasbeingpaidforit. timewhichlensyouwilluse. performance on
I had also spent some time as a Often there are TV camera crews stage.Thereisjust
sound engineer in a working men’s filmingtooandsoyougettooccupy so much to think
club,handlingthesoundforvarious literallytwosquarefeetofspace. about. It can get
bands,butIwouldalsohavetoworry Andsmokemachinesareanightmare reallycomplicated.
about drunks spilling beer on my foranymusicphotographer.Evenif
mixingdeck–sothatwasn’tavery youshootonalowISO,ifyouaretoo
creativeperiodfor me. farawaytheimagesyoushootwillbe
Buttostartworkingatajobyoureally justtoograinyandawful.”
love and feel that you are actually
getting somewhere is just the best AddsDanny:“Butthepay-offishuge.
feelingofall” Whenyouareonstageyoucancraft
pictures no one else will get – and
NowDannyisbecomingwell-known thatiswhatdrivesme.”
in the industry. He is the tour Butthere’snotalwaystheadrenalin
photographer for top band, The rushofworkingwithatopbandlike
Kaiser Chiefs and he’s a major OasisorTheKaiserChiefs.
contributor to Spin Magazine (New He notes: “Two years ago I was on
York)plusmanyothertitles,including stage with a band called The
nationalnewspapersintheUK. SmashingPumpkins.
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