This was special for me.

In 2008 at the Rio Tinto Dragon Boat Festival, The Trews played a free outdoor concert by Science World.  It was the first concert I had ever been to.  It was pretty amazing for a first concert.  I went out there by myself but I took my camera with me and took as many photos as possible.  Through this experience I realized how much I love concert photography.  There’s so much raw passion on stage that draws people in.  I wanted to be able to capture that on my camera.  So I associate The Trews with the beginnings of my love of concert photography.  Plus I like the band.

So to be able to see them again a year and a half later was something else.  I was on cloud 9 when I found out I was allowed to take some media shots for them.  They played at the Rio Theatre on November 27th, 2009.  It was an accoustic concert, something very different from what I heard at the dragon boat festival, but they were just as energetic and solid.  I loved every moment of it.  It was almost like my experiences with photography and music was coming full circle.  I had gained more knowledge on photography by then and I had definitely gone to a lot more concerts since my first Trews concert.