Author’s preface: My colleague, Kyle, has already given his partially lucid account of Synergy Live, 2009. So I thought I would let our staff photographer, Cameron, tell you his story. He doesn’t talk much, but he takes pretty good pictures. These are some of them.
They are just a few of the hundreds of images he took over the course of the weekend. When he could remember which way to hold his camera. Most of these are shown as-shot, with little or no alteration.
This will (hopefully) be part one of a two-part series of images taken by extremely talented friends of mine. We hope you enjoy them.
If you’d like to see more of Cameron’s art, you can find him at http://cameronrichards.com, or you can visit his page on facebook.
The Hogs Live at Synergy
Our crew was there to see Hogs, if we missed anything else. And despite any incapacitation or hallucinations, we trooped down to the stage to jam to our heroes. Check out Kyle’s post to get a feel for what the pit was like.
If you weren't there, you can't understand
Being in that crowd, when you know the words and your friends are around you, is what everyone there came for. And we got it for three days solid.
The Rudimentals put on a jamming set. Which I sadly missed, because it was 40 degrees Celsius and we were all passed out under the gazebo farm. Fortunately one of us was there to capture it.
Fokofpolisiekar were one of the most exciting bands of the weekend. Unfortunately they swapped their set with the band before them, and we got there late. But at least we saw most of it. Francois seemed to put just about everything into that performance, and the effect on the crowd was awesome to see.
It might seem like we’re romanticising it, but we’re not. It was every bit as cool as it looks and if you missed it, you missed out.
And finally, the shot which I feel pretty much sums it up. Two crazy characters, as happy as you can imagine, streaked with sweat and dirt, popping up in front of the camera just before the shot was taken. This is exactly how it came out, and if you want to know in an image how Synergy Live 2009 was, here it is.
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