DJ Fabio, co-host of BBC Radio 1's "Fabio and Grooverider", manager of Creative Source, and pioneer of the liquid funk style of drum n bass, played a beautiful set of drum n bass to a very intimate crowd of devoted dnb fans at Club Sound.
Labels: club sound, dj, dnb, fabio, jungle, konkrete jungle, nightlife, party
My computer died! My heart skipped a beat. I thought, "Oh no! My Luv2k photos were not backed up! They could be gone forever!" Heat was the problem. My CPU cooler just hasn't been working lately, and things got a little too hot. Way too hot. I got a blue screen of death, and then when I tried to reboot, I realized that the computer froze in the middle of saving photos. Hard disks stopped dead while they were trying to write. Normally, this would result in file corruption, but since I have redundancy provided by my RAID 5, no photos were harmed!
I spent the afternoon yesterday repairing my computer, and then I pulled an all-nighter to get these files uploaded for the client. I've made them wait too long already... I wasn't about to let computer trouble put it off any longer!
So here they are, at long last, and a brush with oblivion... photos from one of Utah's longest running annual parties -- the infamous "first rave" rave... Luv2k!
Quivver, DJ Hardware, Circle of 5ths, Loki, Diggabeatz, Steez, Psyonix, and a host of other great locals gathered for the annual Luv2k rave at The Great Saltair... brought to you by Raytraced Productions.
Labels: luv2k, nightlife, party, rave, salt lake city, saltair, slc, the great saltair
So you've seen some of my nightlife photos, and think they're good, but you're still not convinced it's worth the money... You want to know, why should you hire me?
Promotion
As I write this, in the last two weeks, my photos have been viewed about 24,380 times on Flickr. Average views per month are hovering around 50,000. Many of these views come from loyal fans of my work. About 120,000 unique visitors have enjoyed my photos in the last year. About 14% of those (over 17,000) were returning fans looking for new updates.
Dilvie.com gets about 30,000 pageviews monthly, with periodic spikes in the hundreds of thousands or more. One day in late 2007, one of my updates was featured on the homepage of Digg.com. That day, Dilvie.com was overwhelmed with nearly a million pageviews. Hundreds of new fans discovered my photography, and explored my archive of photos.
Make More MoneyAs you can see, my loyal fanbase numbers in the the tens of thousands. Many EDM fans watch my schedule of upcoming events (and frequently ask me which shows I'll be shooting) in order to plan their nightlife around the possibility of appearing in my photographs.
My fee for shooting a nightlife event is only $250 (not including travel expenses). At a show charging $40/head, if my fanbase accounts for only 20 fans, the immediate net benefit of hiring me to shoot amounts to about $550. Who wouldn't spend $250 to net $550? Of course, I can't guarantee that I'll pull 20 heads to every show I shoot, but if your show is attractive to my core fan base, and located in Salt Lake City, or any major metropolitan area with a thriving EDM community, chances are I'll pull enough heads to cover my shooting fee. I have a substantial number of fans in Salt Lake City, New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Denver, and Austin.
Of course, this benefit only applies to established nightlife photographers who have done a good job of building a fanbase, and keeping that fanbase informed of upcoming events. I have a list of fans who are notified in a variety of ways about upcoming gigs, including cell phone text messages, MySpace bulletins, and an electronic event calendar that lets fans download my gig listings directly to their PDA's. Working with a well established nightlife photographer can be like adding another act to your lineup. In other words, it can be to your benefit to list your nightlife photographer on your event flyers, and if you list me on your flyer, I offer a discount.
Strengthen Your BrandWhen I shoot your event, two things are virtually guaranteed to happen. First, the performers get some pretty spectacular images for their MySpace Pages. After I've shot an event, many performers (such as the Future Sound of Breaks Tour, DJ Craze, Claudia Cazacu, etc...) post the images to their MySpace and Facebook profiles. The performers remember where the images were shot, and often share that information with their fans, other performers, promoters and booking agents. Your event earns a little spot in history. The artists remember you, their fans remember you, and you have a lasting, visual record of the magic that you created.
The same benefit extends the loyal core group who attend most of the big EDM nightlife events. They are the trend setters and the tastemakers. The crowds follow them, and when other people on MySpace and Facebook see these people having a good time, they want to get in on the action, too.
Create a Visual IdentityDifferent clubs and promoters have different visual styles. If you've spent tens of thousands on an amazing stage, what better way is there to show it off, and remind your fans about the lengths you go to create an engaging party atmosphere?
Stock Photography for Future PublicityThey say a picture is worth a thousand words -- when you're designing your next flyer, or your promotion company is being featured in a local newspaper article, or you need photographs for your online event listings, wouldn't you like some high-quality photographs in your archive to get your message across?
Granted, there are probably hundreds of people at your shows with point and shoot cameras. There may even be professional photographers willing to shoot for free... but ask yourself honestly, are they getting shots like these?
Book your event now. (801) 735-9606.
Labels: nightlife photographer, nightlife photography, sales
Labels: afterparties, afterparty, fun, nightlife, parties, party, photography, photos, pictures, rave, sexy, sundance film festival
BT was scheduled to play this event at the Sundance Closing Weekend Music Festival in Salt Lake City's Hotel / Elevate (a KickAss Entertainment production). Unfortunately, he was forced to cancel, so KickAss brought in Second Sun to play a live concert full of electro house floor smashers.
It turned out to be a great party, after all.
Labels: afterparty, club, elevate, film festival, hotel elevate, night club, nightclub, nightlife, party, rave, salt lake city, second sun, sundance, sundance film festival, utah
Bunny (Rabbit in the Moon) played an electro house dj set during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT. Even without the costumes and props he uses in the Rabbit in the Moon
Labels: bunny, club, dj, film festival, night club, nightlife, rabbit in the moon, sundance, sundance film festival
