Nickelback Live at the Odyssey Arena Belfast Friday 12th September 2008

This was the first gig i have seen in the Odyssey arena and let me tell you...It gets really warm haha. We were mauybe 2 metres away from the stage and within touching distance of when Chad Kroeger and TIMMY came down the ramp. The show started off with support coming from Staind. The were amazing! Great sound and great atmosphere. My intention was going to see Nickelback because of Staind but i had no idea what i was in for. Nickelback came on and opened up with Animals. Such a great song to start with. With all the pyrotechnics it really added the incentive on the atmosphere. Another great feature of the show was when they introduced TIMMY! He is one of Nickelbacks roadies. He came on for a couple of songs playing acoustic guitar and piano. The crowd loved him! The band took a break for a few minutes while the roadies came out and shot t-shirts out of a "merch cannon" and also threw beer out aswell. I liked that bit the best as me and my friend Aaron were contesting with the rest of the crowd for a beer. Good times! Nickelback also did their rendition of Elton Johns hit Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting which i thought was awesome. The also played hits such as Far Away, Someday, Too Bad, Photograph and the very popular Rockstar. All in all a very good gig and the only problem was finding my way home at the end of the night!

Surf Photography

It takes a courageous person to make it in the world of surfing photography. First you have to accept that equipment will be expensive and the returns will be small, at least until you are established. Then there are the physical obstacles, swimming over sharp reefs which could be home to sharks, and putting yourself close to surfers riding huge waves. And of course there are the rip-currents that can sweep you out to sea. This is all in a days work for Lucia griggi, Mickey Smith, Paudie Scanlon and Will Bailey. The picture to left was taken by Mickey Smith who is probably the most successful irish surf photographer. He works for magazines such as "Carve" and "Wave Length". He is very very talented. Lucia Griggi is another very talented photographer who has made it in the male dominated profession. She is a freelance photographer from Cornwall with her work featuring in publications such as "Carve", "Surfgirl", "Wavelength" and also does work for Ripcurl. The picture below is courtesy of Luciadaniellagriggi.com. Click to view her website.

If you like what you see also have a look at http://www.intouchphotography.co.uk/. This photographer is very talented. Be sure to look out for his work in magazines soon!