Oppikoppi gets cold at night… But like really, really cold. So the fact that I spent Friday night sweating in my bed made me rather concerned… Yup, the flu finally got me, and it made the rest of my weekend a living hell.
I honestly don’t remember shooting a lot of these images let alone the actual performances…so here’s a look at how I zombied my way through Saturday at Oppikoppi 2016 on autopilot…
It’s taken me longer than it should have to post about Oppikoppi. The truth is that I fell in love with the fest last year (my first time) and couldn’t wait to go back, but sadly this year was a write-off for me because I spent the weekend very sick.
Working a festival is hard at the best if times, but trying to negotiate one on the scale of Koppi while you’re running a fever and struggling to walk is straight up hell.
When I got back home I was sick for the rest of the month. I haven’t had a flu that horrendous… Well, ever. By the time I finally recovered, at the beginning of September, I’d lost so much work that I didn’t have time to actually reflect on Koppi at all let alone post my hundreds of shots.
Now, nearly 3 months later, I’ve finally got a minute to do this. So here goes – here’s day one of Oppikoppi 2016 (or, the decent day before my immune system crashed).
I had the opportunity to shoot something a bit gritty for a change when I did a press shoot with metal band Bulletscript on heritage day. We found a great (well, in terms of the vibe we were looking for) location in Woodstock in the form of a gutted building and in spite of having to wade through literal piles of rubbish it was a really fun shoot.
Here are some of my favourite shots from the day.
I love Club Med, it’s just a great venue (especially for heavier bands) and gigs there are always loads of fun. Last Saturday was no exception, with a great show courtesy of Infanteria, Peasant and Ohgod. Here are some shots from the night.
It was a really quiet night unfortunately but in spite of that the bands all put on great shows and the intimacy of the small crowd actually made everything feel pretty casual and relaxed and jokes and smiles abounded.
Here are some shots of Dustland Express, Past Haunts and Atlantic South at Mercury at the end of August.
