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Tuska 2024
Experience the pulse of metal at TUSKA Festival 2024 in Helsinki, Finland, where iconic bands like Opeth and Parkway Drive delivered unforgettable performances. From Finnish favourites like Amorphis and Turmion Kätilöt to international acts such as HEALTH and Bury Tomorrow, the festival showcased ...
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Professional Band Photos, Do Musicians REALLY Need Them?
https://samaelcreative.com/tips-for-getting-quality-consert-photos-that-get-you-noticed/...
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Tips For Getting Quality Consert Photos That Get You Noticed
As a photographer, capturing the essence of a live concert can be a challenging yet rewarding task. Bands, artists, stage crew, and especially the light technicians can significantly influence the quality of their concert photos by following a few simple tips. These pointers will help photographers ...
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How much does it cost to hire a consert photographer?
Hiring a professional concert photographer can vary widely in cost depending on several factors. Here’s a breakdown to help bands, labels, and band management understand what to expect: Understanding these factors will help you budget effectively and choose a photographer who aligns with your visi...
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Event & Music Photography

Deathchain at Hellsinki Metal Festival 2024
Link to a full photo folder below I wasn't able to see the whole show, but at least I got to take a couple shots from these guys....
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Assemble the Chariots "Unyielding Night" album release party at On the Rocks, Helsinki
Link to a full photo folder below ASSEMBLE THE CHARIOTS celebrated their album “Unyielding Night” release at On the Rocks on July 27, 2024. Released via Seek & Strike on July 22nd, “Unyielding Night” has already begun making waves in the metal community, and the band’s release s...
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IA at On the Rocks, Helsinki
Link to full photo album below ASSEMBLE THE CHARIOTS celebrated their album “Unyielding Night” release at On the Rocks on July 27, 2024. Released via Seek & Strike on July 22nd, “Unyielding Night” has already begun making waves in the metal community, and the band’s release show...
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Lightbearer at On the Rocks, Helsinki
Link to full photo album below ASSEMBLE THE CHARIOTS celebrated their album “Unyielding Night” release at On the Rocks on July 27, 2024. Released via Seek & Strike on July 22nd, “Unyielding Night” has already begun making waves in the metal community, and the band’s release show...
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Priest at On the Rocks
PRIEST, a band I’ve seen evolve significantly over the past few years. Their debut album was heavily influenced by synthwave, but their subsequent releases have incorporated more industrial and darkwave elements, much to my delight. PRIEST continues to be a unique and intriguing presence in the ...
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Ambassador21 at On the Rocks, Helsinki
AMBASSADOR21, a duo I first saw live at the last Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023 when they replaced a canceled show from V2A, who are now in the 2025 lineup. Their high-energy performance left a lasting impression, and I’m thrilled to see them returning to Helsinki. This time, the duo manage...
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Tuska 2024
Experience the pulse of metal at TUSKA Festival 2024 in Helsinki, Finland, where iconic bands like Opeth and Parkway Drive delivered unforgettable performances. From Finnish favourites like Amorphis and Turmion Kätilöt to international acts such as HEALTH and Bury Tomorrow, the festival showcased ...
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Behind the Lens Part 1: How I got into photography?
I started writing this as an introduction to what my day looks like as a concert photographer, but my introduction part kind of got off the rails, so let's make this a series instead. Here in the first part, I'll go over a "short" introduction of how I got into photography, which evolved into a [&he...
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Professional Band Photos, Do Musicians REALLY Need Them?
https://samaelcreative.com/tips-for-getting-quality-consert-photos-that-get-you-noticed/...
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Tips For Getting Quality Consert Photos That Get You Noticed
As a photographer, capturing the essence of a live concert can be a challenging yet rewarding task. Bands, artists, stage crew, and especially the light technicians can significantly influence the quality of their concert photos by following a few simple tips. These pointers will help photographers ...
Read More
How much does it cost to hire a consert photographer?
Hiring a professional concert photographer can vary widely in cost depending on several factors. Here’s a breakdown to help bands, labels, and band management understand what to expect: Understanding these factors will help you budget effectively and choose a photographer who aligns with your visi...
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What type of photography license types are there?
To those outside the industry, all the license terms used to supply stock photography can be a little confusing! Here's a little help: A license is an agreement that a photographer or agency provides and that the image buyer or user agrees to when they buy or download an image for use - even if [&he...
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Photoshoots

Kate in a cute boudoir shoot
Inspired by the shoot with Tia X earlier I had another photoshoot this time with Kate who was in front of my lens the first time. During this shoot, I really felt like I had found my niche as I really love playing with colored light on my shoots. It's a bit more challenging to […]...
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Leather, latex and Kata Kombi
This was now my third time shooting with Kata and like always we had a really fun time taking photos. I definitely took some of my favorite shots ever during this set. The whole plan began with the leather jacket and the colored lights. Eventually, we end up shooting exactly as long as my strobe [&h...
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Cyberpunk photoshoot with Susanie Endowed
I've only heard about the cool new metro station in Espoo, but never actually visited there. But when Susanie had this cool cyberpunk-looking costume, I immediately wanted to shoot it at the new metro station because I had seen pictures of all those cool ceiling lights at the stations. The first one...
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Creative professional portrait shoot with Yolan
I shoot basic portraits and passport photos rarely, but I had taken a few pics for Yolan a while ago. Now he wanted something more creative looking, but professional. Something to use anywhere from LinkedIn, resume, or company website. My idea was to shoot some low-key photos with red color fill ins...
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Frosty photoshoot with Anni Dohlen
Dark fusion dancer Anni wanted to shoot some photos outdoors while there still was some snow on the ground. This was actually my first photoshoot during the day in winter time making it a bit new experience. Most of my photos are fairly dark and this was the complete opposite. Because Anni lives nea...
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Colorful photoshoot with Tia X
Tia has taken a long break from modeling and for a good reason. And because of that I was really excited to shoot with my long-time friend whom I've known almost as long as I've been photographing, but still, we have never collaborated even once. This was only my second time trying to squeeze a [&he...
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