From a photographers point of view it's a pretty good day, the lighting is always excellent, and there is plenty of room to move in the pit out the front of the stage. Bjork placed restrictions which meant we had to shoot from the side of the pit, but we all still managed to get decent shots of her.
Arcade Fire was my highlight, but how to take a shot that can encapsulate the ten-piece Montreal band was beyond me. The stage at the BDO is just too big to get them all in the shot. I made time to see most of their set, and it blew me away.
My one journey to the boiler room was to take a few frames of UK star Dizzee Rascal. Note to Big Day Out organisers - can I have some light please!! I never ventured back in because it was just too dark to get decent shots; I was shooting on 1600 ISO almost the whole time, and underexposing just to get something that wasn't blurred.
It was pretty good to see RATM, and with no restrictions on photography got a good chance to move around and get something worth framing. As a side note, the mosh pit seemed pretty calm considering who was on stage, normally by the headliners the photographers are getting pushed and kicked as crowd surfers come flying over the top.
Silverchair performed up to their usual standard.
Last, but not least, I should mention the patriotism. Why does the Big Day Out bring out the nationalism in so many people? Yellow and Green, and Aussie flags everywhere. Maybe one day we'll be parochial enough to support an Australian band headlining...
That's probably enough of that. Heading to the Port Adelaide community camp next week for GSP Images, so will update then.
