You can check how everything was last year here. Miss the old spot at Mysłowice because Off now seems like a smaller Open’er-kind-of-place. Not the small, venues-scattered-around town, fest anymore. Pitty, but it couldn’t be avoided…

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Also:

- gallery from the first day can be found here.
- for bootlegs from the festival go here.
- for HD quality video recordings from the festival go here.

As usuall, I forgot some things, did more of the Fender tent that I’ve supposed to (because it was just so awesome I couldn’t get out of there:), cried during the Pearl Jam gig (which was the second band I ever shot and the pics I did in Chorzów still scare me to this day so the Open’er gig was like a payback time) and forgot the Kids Zone. But hey – there’s lot’s of going on all around!

Days two, three and four will be put up in the next couple of days. Every entry will be around 100 pics so putting them all into one would make your browser go crazy.

Also:

- for bootlegs from the festival go here.
- for HD quality video recordings from the festival go here.

BlackBoxPhoto‘s Joanna Combik‘s pics can be found on Muzyka.onet.pl.

Big thanks to Emi & Cyp from Front Row Heroes! These guys will rock your socks with the gigs they’re organising. Not only they are very nice people but a huge music and gig lovers that will talk with you about all the awesome things that they’ve listened to and seen live. They’ve been organizing gigs for a half a year now and I must say that they brought a lot of interesting stuff to Warsaw and Kraków. Sooo (a bit of marketing tone and text now) if you see something done by the Front Row Heroes, you can be sure it’s really good. (Ok, the commercial is over;).

Be sure to check The Ruby Suns and HEALTH they’ll be doing this year!

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Totally different setting from the last two – small club scene with the vocalist and two guitarists playing and screaming among the crowd. Amazing experience! The light were better than usual, the merch quantity was poorer than the last time and the number of people was around 60-70 – lots of friends and people I know who made the show even more special. Very little…I hope more bands will play in this club – hardcore shows will be a blast here! Also shooting was pretty dangerous as the guys moved a lot running into the crowd and bumping into each other – but you’ve got the pics or you stand in the back and I don’t mind being hit by a running rocker, it’s also the part of the experience ;) I just hope I’ve managed to catch the concert’s atmosphere…

What lacked during this gig was a fisheye and a wide lens. I think the pics would be a lot more interesting then. Also I tested Women’s Digital Chestvest and I have to recommend it to anybody, who is shooting a lot. My back hurts a little less, and you can move a lot in this thing. I really, really regret not buying it two years ago – very stupid of me! The only two drawbacks are that some may find 4 bags a little less than thay want and for more things you have to buy a different bag. Because the Chestvest itself is pretty pricey (and the hight prices of photo equipment are one of the reasons I don’t think that giving away your pics for free is good – will your signature buy you all the stuff?) and a good bag will cost you some extra cash (a combo of a vest plus a bag from Naneu will be around 800 zł) the whole cost is pretty high. But remember about your back kids – it can be a pain!

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I think that everybody know what happened on the 10th of April. A few days after a decision was made to bury the president’s and the first lady’s bodies in Kraków. Many, many people came, most of them with cameras. Me also – something happened and I had the choice of looking at a blank screen for the whole day, or just do, what I haven’t done in a long time. Shoot some street (if you can call it that). No coffins, no officials, no crying, no other things that you can easily find on news pages.

The day before the ceremony Kraków was like a ghost-town: I’ve never seen anything like this in this city. Pretty strange.

You can see a lot of mistakes on these photos: sometimes there was too much sharpen used, sometimes the frames are really, really bad, and some things are not symmetrical or cut. I am aware of that but have not much to say apart from the fact that I like the photos from the day before the funeral more. If you can even say that you “like” something like photos from such an event.

The pics reminded me of how I love my Fisheye 2 lomo camera that was stolen from me two months ago. If I had a bag of money (and two piles hidden under my bed;) I’d just shoot, shoot, shoot film. With small-toy-thought-removing-frame-capturing cameras. And 2 years ago I laughed and said that “there’s no difference”. There is.

Thanks!

Well, all I wanted to write about the gigs can be found on Muzyka.wp.pl so let’s go to the photos…

The pics were done for Wp.pl. Really, you’ve gotta love one-day festivals!

I won’t put down all the obvious things about him and a great band he had because it’s really pointless. A must see.

Great lights during the second song – wonderful example of how you can lit the scene well and make it atmospheric at the same time. Turning off the light doesn’t make any good – a skilled technician can!

The pics were done for Wp.pl