Weller Photography

Our friend and client Jake Maiuri has formed a band – and hired us at the end of August to do up a fun promotional photo shoot of him and his band (along with their lovely groupies)!  The shoot was to be called “Love Struck Photo Shoot” – based around young love and the love of music.

We met with everyone at the scenic Oakes Gardens in Niagara Falls – where we all had a blast through the afternoon.

Jake needed to put together some promotional material for some upcoming releases – and is now very excited about the photos from our shoot!  We look forward to seeing more of & from Jake Maiuri & his Band in the near-future!

Here are a few of our selected epic highlights:

We met with our musician client and good friend Paul Federici in August for a promotional photo shoot. Paul had requested the shoot for press release photos as well as photos for the promotion of his music.

The shoot took place at the truly awesome Catherine North Studios, which is a beautiful and unique recording studio in an old church space, tucked away in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. We wish to thank  Michel Chambers for providing us with a fantastic experience at Catherine North!

Huge thanks and Special Shout Out goes out to Paul, who has created his website using many of the awesome photos from our shoot… Such a fun shoot it was!  We look forward to working with Paul again in the near-future.

Here are some of our very favourite highlights:

If you haven’t had the chance as of yet to check out the Niagara-based band “CRUTCH” – you must do so!  They have a strong industry sound, with a beautiful blend of original feel to their music – even when playing covers, many feel compelled to still watch and listen to these guys – they are absolutely fantastic!

And not to mention, they also won the 2011 Niagara Music & Arts Expo Battle of the Bands, and were nominated for Best Rock Group of the Year at the Niagara Music Awards!!

I’ve had the opportunity to work with and get to know the guys from the band – and they are awesome to chat with, as well and equally awesome to hear. The guys put on a CD Release Part at Rockford’s House of Rock in St. Catharines on June 18, 2011 – and also invited along NMA Female Vocalist of the Year Nominee Danica Bucci, The Roper Show, and Citizen – who all put on amazing performances throughout the evening! (unfortunately we could not attend the Citizen show – will catch you next time guys!)

Here are the highlights from the CRUTCH CD RELEASE PARTY – and thanks to everyone for a really fun & awesome event!

DANICA BUCCI

 

THE ROPER SHOW

CRUTCH

 

 

Our friends & clients Kathy & Hans from The Kathy G Project – a blues band from the Niagara area – had hired our musically-driven artistic eyes this spring – to capture some really awesome images for the promotion & cover of their upcoming CD!

And so we all met up one day – had a great amount of fun – and ended it off with a small jam session!

Here are the highlights from the shoot – and be sure to Check out the awesome music from the Kathy G Project at:

http://www.reverbnation.com/thekathygproject

http://www.reverbnation.com/thekathygproject

 

Gonz Productions & Renaissance Salon hosted an amazing show at Barracuda Pretty on March 23rd!

THESE KIDS WEAR CROWNS put on one kickin’ show, and were the second band to play, along with an opening performance from  I Got the Girl, and the headliner for the evening Fefe Dobson – An all-around amazing line-up!

Here are the fun highlights from These Kids wear Crowns!

(be sure to check out the cool capture of Fefe Dobson’s entrance at the very end of this blog entry)

Following the show, our friends Danny & Kyle Lamb from “Mrs. Johnston” stopped by for a few pics.

And then Fefe Dobson gave an Epic Entrance!

Niagara-based pop-punk band I GOT THE GIRL opened up for These Kids Wear Crowns & Fefe Dobson at Barracuda Pretty in St. Catharines on March 23.

We’ve worked with I Got the Girl a few times already – and always have a blast with them each time.  Feel free to check out other IGTG shows we have photographed with these links:

Opened for The Roxwells – Barracuda Pretty

Opened for Marianas Trench – CAW Hall

2011 Niagara Music & Arts Expo – Junior Battle of the Bands

Here are the highlights from their show on March 23rd at Barracuda Pretty:

Canadian rocker/pop sensation Fefe Dobson put on a solid performance at Barracuda Pretty in St. Catharines on March 23, 2011.

We were invited by Gonz Productions & Renaissance Salon to photograph the show – and here are the awesome highlights:

Barracuda Pretty and 97.7 HTZ-FM put on a solid show on January 27th with totally awesome performances by The Years, Grand Analog , as well as headlining stars “Bedouin Soundclash”, who made a stop in St. Catharines for their “Light the Horizon” Tour.

Thanks to everyone for an awesome night – here are the exciting highlights from the Bedouin Soundclash performance.   Be sure to check out their website at: www.bedouinsoundclash.com !!

Barracuda Pretty and 97.7 HTZ-FM put on a solid show on January 27th with totally awesome performances by Grand Analog, The Years, as well as headlining stars “Bedouin Soundclash”.

Thanks to everyone for an awesome night – here are some of the highlights from the “Grand Analog” performance.   Be sure to check out their website at:  www.myspace.com/grandanalog !!

Barracuda Pretty and 97.7 HTZ-FM put on a solid show on January 27th – with St. Catharines own “The Years” starting out one awesome night of amazing bands and musicians, with totally awesome performances by The Years, Grand Analog as well as headlining stars “Bedouin Soundclash”.

Thanks to everyone for an awesome night – here are some of the highlights from “The Years” performance.   Be sure to check out The Years website at:  www.theyearsband.com !!

We were invited to be the Official Photographers for Honeymoon Suite – for their performance at The Rose Theatre in Brampton, Ontario on November 19, 2010.

With the allowance of full access to photograph the solid performance  from all respectful angles, we certainly took advantage of this awesome opportunity, and had a great time with the band throughout the entire evening.  What a fantastic night!  

Thanks to Honeymoon Suite, and to their Fans for a really awesome show!

Here are the highlights from the performance.  All photographs below are being used with permission and are under Copyright of Honeymoon Suite. Duplicating, reprinting, and/or editing without the permission of Honeymoon Suite is prohibited. Please forward all photo requests to myhms@honeymoonsuite.com

97.7 HTZ-FM and Barracuda Pretty in St. Catharines hosted a Rockstar Thursdays Event on November 18th, 2010. The night was a blast, with three great bands and a full evening of kickass music from - Time Giant and 2010 RockSearch winners THE ROXWELLS – complete with a stellar Rock show by the  headliners: “HELIX” – well known for their 80′s Hits “Rock You” and “Heavy Metal Love“.

Here are the highlights from HELIX!

97.7 HTZ-FM and Barracuda Pretty in St. Catharines hosted a Rockstar Thursdays Event on November 18th, 2010. The night was a blast, with three great bands and a full evening of kickass music from - Time Giant and 2010 RockSearch winners THE ROXWELLS – complete with a stellar Rock show by the  headliners: “HELIX” – well known for their 80′s Hit “Rock You” and “Heavy Metal Love“.

Here are the highlights from THE ROXWELLS

 

97.7 HTZ-FM and Barracuda Pretty in St. Catharines hosted a Rockstar Thursdays Event on November 18th, 2010. The night was a blast, with three great bands and a full evening of kickass music from - Time Giant and 2010 RockSearch winners THE ROXWELLS – complete with a stellar Rock show by the  headliners: “HELIX” – well known for their 80′s Hit “Rock You” and “Heavy Metal Love“.

Here are the highlights from the opening band:  TIME GIANT

 

Weller Photography was invited by Honeymoon Suite management to be the “Official” photographers for the band on November 7th at The Air Canada Centre.
The Hockey Hall of Fame was hosting it’s annual Inductee Ceremony culminating with a Legends of Hockey game.
Honeymoon Suite headlined the show for an opening ceremony performance, As well as a half time performance with special guest Alan Frew performing his highly acclaimed song “Believe”.

Here are the highlights from the performance.  All photographs below are being used with permission and are under Copyright of Honeymoon Suite. Duplicating, reprinting, and/or editing without the permission of Honeymoon Suite is prohibited. Please forward all photo requests to myhms@honeymoonsuite.com

Photo by Steve Alek

THE KINGS put on an awesome performance at the Hard Rock Cafe Niagara Falls on October 28th!  The Kings are best known for their platinum album “The Kings are Here” and more with the billboard top 100 single hit “This Beat Goes On / Switching to Glide”.

This special concert was part of the “PINKTOBER Breast Cancer 2010 Campaign” – which marks the 11th year anniversary of Hard Rock International’s support of search for a cure for breast cancer.

The concert was awesome, and it was great to hang out with the band afterwards at the “Hard Rock Backdrop” -  thanks to David, Mister Zero, Peter, and Todd – you guys Rock!

Here are the highlights from the show:

Our friends THE JOYS were in St. Catharines on the night of October 23rd to play a show at The Street Tap and Eatery. This was a bittersweet night, as this was the last JOYS show for the band’s guitarist,  Mike McKyes.  Our good friend Mike has decided to leave the band to begin a career in sound engineering.

The Joys put on their usual kickass show – which was extra special – and went for a few extra songs – just so we could all see Mike rock out one more time with his awesome bandmates.

The Joys have brought in a new guitarist for their upcoming shows, and will be continuing on.  We will all miss Mike very much, but are happy to see him making some big and positive changes in his career path and we wish him all the very best!

Here are the highlights from the show, and three cheers to The Joys – and to Mike!

We had an awesome evening on October 16th at the Mansion House in St. Catharines! A kickin’ night of great music by The Gas Station Junkies, The Mike Cameron Band, and famed UK Band “TURBOGEIST” – known as well for it’s guitarist/singer Jimmy Jagger, the son of the legendary Rolling Stones main man Mick Jagger.

We arrived just in time for the Mike Cameron band show, then a quick hangout and fun portraits with Chris Jensen from the Gas Station Junkies – and ended the night with a kick ass performance by Turbogeist!

Here are the highlights:

JIMMY JAGGER

The Gas Station Junkies, The Mike Cameron Band, and Turbogeist

We teamed up again with GONZ Productions and Renaissance Salon on September 18, 2010 to photograph one amazing night of awesome performances at the CAW Hall in St. Catharines.

MARIANAS TRENCH headlined the amazing evening and their show was utterly fantastic!

Here are the highlights!:

(Please note that these photos are not to be cropped or edited in any way. If you wish to save and add to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or anywhere else online, please be mindful and do not delete or crop the watermark stating “Weller Photography”.  All images are under protected copyright of Thomas Weller of Weller Photography…for high resolution/reprinting information, please contact us at bookings@wellerphotography.com)

We teamed up again with GONZ Productions and Renaissance Salon on September 18, 2010 to photograph one amazing night of awesome performances at the CAW Hall in St. Catharines.

THE ZOLAS continued the night of great music, following I Got the Girl, and they really got the crowd excited for the rest of the evening.

Here are the highlights from their show!:

(Please note that these photos are not to be cropped or edited in any way. If you wish to save and add to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or anywhere else online, please be mindful and do not delete or crop the watermark stating “Weller Photography”.  All images are under protected copyright of Thomas Weller of Weller Photography…for high resolution/reprinting information, please contact us at bookings@wellerphotography.com)