festival ∙ Rock the Shores 2013 · Victoria BC

In photography by webmeister Bud

And now, one shot from every act performing at this year’s Rock the Shores.

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70 mm · 1/250 s · f/4.5 · ISO 100

Anyone here play Animal Crossing? Find the unintentional pitfall seed in this photo of Rivers Cuomo from Weezer. I’ve no idea how that happened.

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100 mm · 1/320 s · f/5 · ISO 100

Sam Roberts.

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95 mm · 1/500 s · f/4 · ISO 100

Mother Mother.

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10 mm · 1/400 s · f/4.5 · ISO 100

AWOLNATION.

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185 mm · 1/800 s · f/4 · ISO 100

I missed Vince Vaccaro‘s set. It’s actually the first time I’ve been to a festival with Vince in it and not had the chance to shoot his show.

It’s a real shame, ’cause it sounded amazing from backstage. But, backstage is where I was, taking photos of an AWOLNATION interview.

So, lucky me, I caught Vince immediately after his performance, and he gave me this post-performance salute.

20130716 - Rock the Shores-0006Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
105 mm · 1/400 s · f/4 · ISO 100

I missed Reignwolf at Rifflandia last year, and EVERYONE I talked to was just going the frick off about his performance.

So, I knew I had to catch him at Rock the Shores, and holy crikey . . . he did NOT disappoint.

Jordan Cook (the slightly less menacing name of the performer Reignwolf) gives and gives and gives.

He’s intense, he’s raw, and he can play a guitar and a drumset simultaneously.

This was a rare moment of stillness from him (while no less intense than usual), and the eye contact and reflection of the sun off his guitar made this shot the winner for his set.

20130716 - Rock the Shores-0007Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
200 mm · 1/250 s · f/4 · ISO 320

City and Colour.

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10 mm · 1/125 s · f/7 · ISO 100

The Matthew Good Band.

20130716 - Rock the Shores-0009Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6
93 mm · 1/250 s · f/4 · ISO 400

The Sheepdogs.

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70 mm · 1/500 s · f/4.5 · ISO 100

54·40.

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70 mm · 1/320 s · f/4.5 · ISO 100

Jimmy Eat World.

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78 mm · 1/100 s · f/4.5 · ISO 100

Acres of Lions.

I really didn’t mean to make this a showcase of festival hair.

Really.

=)