Black Shadow Photography was set up by Richard Sharman, an Australian photographer based in Melbourne.

Richard has years of experience photographing local and international music acts.

As well as music photography Richard does commercial photography, portraits and weddings.

More can be seen at

www.blackshadow.com.au , My Online Gallery, myspace or facebook

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

Hunter S Thompson

Copyright Notice.

All images displayed by Black Shadow Photography on this web site are protected by copyright in Australia under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth of Australia) and, through international treaties, in other countries.

You must not republish any of the images specified above either on another web site, or in any other medium, print, electronic or otherwise, or as part of any commercial service.

Subject to the Copyright Act 1968 all such use may only be authorised in writing by the copyright owner.

My Equipment:

Cameras

Canon 5D Mark III

Canon 1D Mark III

Canon EOS 3 35mm film camera

Fujifilm X-100

Lenses

Canon 16-35mm f2.8L II

Canon 35mm f1.4L

Canon 24-70mm f2.8L

Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II

Other stuff

Canon Speedlite 580EX II

Canon Speedlite 580EX

Canon Speedlite 550EX

PocketWizard Flex TT5 radio triggers

BlackRapid Dual camera strap (greatest accessory ever)

Canon OC-E3 Off Camera Cord

Canon ST-E2

Canon M80 Storage Device

Manfrotto 055X PRO Tripod

Manfrotto 488RC2 Midi Ball Head

Manfrotto 679B Monopod

Manfrotto 233 Flash Bracket

Manfrotto Nano light stand

Bowens 90cm Silver/White Umbrella

Softbox

Think Tank Airport Acceleration V2.0 back pack

Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home

Think Tank Skins Set + Pro Speed Belt + Pixel Racing Harness

100 GB of assorted memory cards (favourites are Lexar and Sandisk 16GB 600x CF cards)

Digital Darkroom

Custom built desktop windows 7 PC

Asus laptop

Adobe Lightroom 4

Adobe Photoshop CS5

RAID storage device for data backup