Callum Broom

As with many of the photographers whose work I love, I found the work of Melbourne based music photographer Callum Broom on his social media site, but only recently. Following his work on Instagram initially, I found a lot of his work was music based, but not restricted to rock music like other photographers I follow.
Broom photographs a lot of artist shots during their performances as well as artist and audience interaction shots, which (as I have said before) I really love.

Justin Timberlake ©Callum Broom Photography *

The shot above is so simple yet really captured the artist engaging with the crowd. A lot of Brooms images really grasp the energy of the show and the passion of the artist on stage through their movements and facial expressions.
As I have said, this is something I would truly love to be able to capture in such a standard as some of these photographers, especially interaction with the crowd. I think that as it is such a spur of the moment act, you have to be quick or very skilled to be able to capture it well, something that Broom has. This inspires me to be a little more patient with the shots that I take and really take in the atmosphere of the show the attempt to focus more on the show as a whole and not just the artists performing.

I have also seen Broom post the occasional landscape shot or shots of himself at various locations and it is really lovely to see. They not only announce to his followers that he is at the remarkable sites but also that he wants to share the experience with his us. I see them, much like with Joo's landscape shots, as an artistic postcard.

To see more of Callum Broom's work, you can visit his webite at http://www.chasinglight.com.au or on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CallumBroomPhotography

*image courtesy of Callum Broom