Ross Halfin

When Ross Halfin used to  go to see bands he would take his camera and shoot some photos in black and white. After a while He sent some of his photos to  London music papers such as Sounds Melody maker and NME. They All started to publish his photos just as the punk scene happened he started to shoot group such as the Sex pistols , The Jam and Blondie. But Ross Rather would like to take photos of  Bands that do light shows.

One day someone called Geoff Barton had the idea to start a magazine called Kerrang! He came upto Ross asking what colour pictures he had taken recently
he had pictures of the band AC/DC  which became the first cover for the magazine and because of him shooting covers for Geoff he became a rock band photographer.

He works mainly freelance and now shoots tours for clients and worldwide photography and Also works for travel and film .Ross Halfin has a book called “Travels” that comes in three editions, the normal "Collectors" edition, a more expensive "Deluxe" edition of 250 copies only and the ultra-rare "Writer's" edition of which there are only 60 copies. This edition is signed by all five main contributors including Jimmy Page of Led Zep and these books sold out within 7 days of going on sale. Proceeds from the Writer's Edition are to aid relief in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami at the time. Haflin is mostly based around the world but  is mainly based in London here is a list of the equipment he uses 

Medium format:

Mamiya RZ67 body / 50mm, 90mm, 140mm, 180mm, 250mm lenses.

35mm:

Nikon D2XS, Nikon F5 body / 16mm, 18mm, 28mm, 35mm, 85mm, 135mm, 180mm, 300mm lenses.

Film:

Fuji Provia 100 and 400asa (pushed a stop for live photos to 800asa).
Kodak EPP, cross processed through C41.
Black and white, Ilford XP2 and HP5 400asa.
Ilford FP4 120, 100asa.

This photo of Alex Turner
Is a cool photo There isn't really any effects on this shot but the lighting is pretty nice and the whole thing just  works.

The  picture of Eminem  is a pretty good photo the  black and white effect works  well it makes him stand out   since his clothes are white also the lights are shining at the top which gives it a really good effect that he is on the stage.

The Picture of kiss is the picture I favour most out of all of Ross Halfins pictures the whole thing is just amazing the combination of lights and confetti and the hands of the crowd creates a fantastic image

The picture of Bob Marley is a picture of him playing live.
Its a good shot which has been further edited with a black and white effect with tone and saturation levels tweaked giving it an effective look. I believe that the light levels on this picture wouldnt work in other pictures but it does with this picture it makes eveything stand out more.




The picture of the guitarist slash is picture that has had some colour levels mildly tweaked but I personally think that this effect work pretty well making the clothes and skin of slash sort of blend in together

The picture of Jimmy Page and steven tyler is a picture which hasnt really got any effects added onto it but what Ross done for this is that he captured the best moment he could for the picture