Dave has had a news article printed about his recent trip to the Twinwood Vintage Festival, well done Dave. Here’s an article from Dave on his trip.
Twinwood is massive….vintage dress, music, dance, everything really, over a long hot bank holiday weekend. As one of the musicians I have normally restricted my photographic exploits to the stage. This year, feeling somewhat inspired by the Dougie Wallace approach I spent most of my time snapping the audience. Using a wide angle lens and daylight flash I get in close and take the picture before the subject even knows I’m there. I also took some posed shots because they weren’t likely to refuse when dressed to the nines. Using daylight flash really makes the subject pop and it’s well worth learning how to master. Vintage Life Magazine had a stall at the festival but no photographer so they showed a fair bit of interest in my images…..though I was pleasantly surprised when they took eleven of them to publish. Next year I’m going to try to bag a gig as official “festival candid photographer”. The music business ain’t what it used to be and I’ve got my Hunter S Thompson-inspired-washed-out-banana-republic-journalist look all sorted out.
