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  • Keynestock 2009

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    [Note: also check out photos from Keynestock 2008 and Keynestock 2007.]
    Keynestock has by now become part of my yearly routine at the University of Kent and it’s become one of the defining events of the summer term for me. The Keynes Student Committee once again organized a well-rounded mini-festival with a great atmosphere. My personal favourites of the day were Andy Jeffs and Inertia. At every Keynestock a judges panel determines an overall winner who can then go on to play at Artsfest (which will be on the 13th June here at the UKC) and become the lead act for Keynestock the following year. The winners this time were Bardo Thodol, followed by Harvey Hyde & the Hecklers and Corduroy Fashion Threat. For some reactions to the judges’ decision head over and read the comments in the inQuireLive review.
    Also check out the video from Keynestock 2009 on the University of Kent youtube channel:

    Here’s the lineup of this year’s event. If you want to have a link to your bands website included drop me a message.
    2pm – Budgie & Durex (Kent Factor 2009 winners)
    2.30 – Kieran McGrath
    3 – Andy Jeffs
    3.30 – Firefly
    4 – Bardo Thodol
    4.30 – Harvey Hyde & the Hecklers
    5 – Corduroy Fashion Threat
    5.30 – Joel Williamson
    6 – TECH BREAK – with music from Kent Tech
    6.30 – History of The Trade
    7 – Katy & the Thundercats
    7.30 – Inertia
    8 – Arundhati Riff
    8.30 – Black Sun Down
    9 – The Legacy
    9.30 – Half A Crown (Keynestock 2008 winners)

  • Canterbury photolocations

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    One of the last meetings I organized as photography president of the University of Kent Photography and Modelling Society was an exploration of the places in Canterbury that would be best suited, from my point of view, for photographers to shoot, be it because they are worthwile in their own right or because they offer themselves as nice backdrops for photoshootings with models. First we went up to the Westgate panorama tower which is part of the Westgate Museum, as most participants had not yet been up there and it’s only around 75p for students to go. Then we made our way to Greyfriars, a former monastry which has its nondescript entrance in Stour Street. Some of the monastry’s walls still stand and it’s a nice park-like place to hang out and just read too. From there we went to Canterbury Castle, or the remains of it rather. It was used by a gas company decades ago and they knocked through some of the walls to get their pipelines installed.
    While we were there the rainclouds which are inevitable when I organize a phototrip caught up with us and we returned to town centre to take shelter in Starbucks. — What? Which one of the three? :)

  • Fashion Shoot: Unique

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    For this week’s edition of inQuire’s fashion section we photographed clothes from Kent Union’s clothes outlet, Unique, situated on the University of Kent campus. Since the clothes are intrinsically linked to the student experience here at Kent campus itself seemed a suitable location for the shoot. We were lucky to have sunshine and tolerable temperatures for our outdoor shoot.
    In technical terms, one comes closer to the limitations of flash photography with these bright conditions though. I wanted to shoot with a wide open aperture, but if I wanted to use flash without moving into Canon’s HSS system, in which a good deal of flash power is lost, I had to stick to the 1/250th sync speed of my 40D. Solution: I popped a .9 ND filter onto my lens. That way I could shoot wide open without having to reduce the shutter speed beyond the x-sync.
    For some of the photos I also used a single reflector as a fill light source instead of flashes. Since we were shooting with more than one model, one of the others could easily hold the reflector for me.