Author Archives: Joel Pilotte
Three Days with August Burns Red
Being in my third year of college, it makes it really hard to photograph as much as I would like too, but I do get some odd concerts and sometimes it works out that I can hop on tour for a few days with a band. That’s exactly what I did with my friends in […]
Tour with Texas In July Part Two: Newmarket, Toronto
In this blog write-up, I will be posting photos that were taken during my time in the cities of Newmarket and also Toronto while out with my friends in Texas In July. Newmarket, ON We arrived at the venue in Newmarket at about 3 p.m. which was about an hour or so before load-in. The guys […]
Tour with Texas In July Part One: London, Kitchener
I recently had the opportunity to hop on tour with my good friends who play in a band called Texas In July on their Canadian run with Intervals, Northlane and Structures. I met the guys in TIJ almost four years ago when they came to Canada to play a few shows and I ended up […]
Structures, Texas In July, Northlane & Intervals Tour
I am very happy to announce that tomorrow I will be hitting the road for a few days with my good friends in Texas In July. The other bands on the tour are Structures, Northlane and Intervals. I am also friends with the guys in Structures, but I look forward to meeting the Northlane and […]
Gear Review: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG
I have never done a review on any piece of photography equipment before, but this lens is too good not to promote it. I had been shopping around for a new prime lens for quite some time. I saw that Sigma would be releasing a new 35mm lens for Nikon cameras, so I saved up […]
SXSW 2013: Day Four
I luckily didn’t have to wake up until 11 a.m. or so today, which was a relief. I had been patiently waiting for Saturday for one reason, Rachel Ray‘s Feedback showcase. Although she had daytime showcases running all week, Saturday is always the closing show and Rachel herself even comes out to enjoy the music […]
SXSW 2013: Day Three
Today was going to be a hectic day with a LOT of walking and shooting involved, so I woke up around 7 a.m. in order to get a head start on the day. I spent a few hours editing pictures from the day before because throughout the week, I had to send a company called […]
SXSW 2013: Day Two
I was happy that I wouldn’t have to wake up as early today as yesterday because I didn’t have to go and get my pass again. Also, I didn’t have as many artists to photograph as the previous day, so I spent a lot more time taking photos of the atmosphere around the various venues […]
SXSW 2013: Day One
I woke up on Wednesday morning at around 8 a.m because I wanted to get a head start on the day. We left the hotel as a group and went to a local breakfast burrito place to get food and plan how the rest of the day would go. I heard there may be lineups at […]
SXSW 2013: Preview
If you would have told me 2 years ago that I would have the opportunity to photograph a festival like SXSW some day, I would have said you were crazy. Myself, as well as 4 other staff members from Blare Magazine based out of Toronto, all made the trip down to Austin,TX and jammed ourselves […]
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