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On entry we were freezing our butts off, luckily the party was going to take place inside a big tent. Outside the tent I noticed a banner that seemed very firmiliar to me, then I realised it was the WiSH Outdoor banner with one of my photo’s. Pretty cool! If you guys read this, can I have one of those?

Then me and my friends entered the tent, which looked stunning. There was a big stage surrounded by light, LED screens and speakers. All the ingredients for a great party were there, now we just had to wait for the crowd to enter. The visitors of Rebirth Festival are fairly young since the minimum age is 16. Sometimes I hear some complaining about this, but personally it doesn’t bother me. I wish we had parties like this when I was 16!

There was a great atmosphere from the beginning, everyone seemed to have a positive mindset about what was to come. From the first moment the dj’s started playing, people were waving their hands in the air. The occasional “Heart Sign” was no exception today, love was in the air at Rebirth, love for music. From all the sets that I heard I think Frontliner stuck most with me, that guy just blew the place apart with his uplifting melodies! Meanwhile I tried to find my way through the crowd for some photo’s. And that sounds a lot easier than it actually is… because the average visitor wasn’t standing still (which is a good thing).

Needless to say I enjoyed to photograph all the artists that were performing today. Each and everyone of them were very energetic, there were plenty of moments that the dj’s grabbed a mic or were dancing in front of the crowd. It looks great but it’s a lot harder to capture in a single photo. Especially Mr. Headhunterz who never stands still. But in the end I think I’ve managed to capture the essence of this party, and I felt reborn when it was finally over.

Checkout some of the photo’s I’ve made throughout the day:

MC Villain the host of the day.

AudioFreQ & Scope DJ

Frontliner

Probably one of the most magical moments of the day during Frontliner’s set.

I wasn’t the only photographer that day

Frontliner with his loooooong arms!

DJ Alphaverb

<3 for music

Hands up in the air!

MC Villain doing his classic jump move!

Headhunterz in Trance

The young crowd of Rebirth Festival, respect!

DJ Zatox

Headhunterz doing his thing!

There we go…

Checkout the full photoshoot by clicking HERE

For more info on Zolderaap visit Zolderaap.nl and like them on facebook!

You can watch the entire broadcast here (in Dutch):

Zolderaap Studio Podcast #10 Michel van Rossum, Frank van Roosmalen, Ernst from ZolderAap on Vimeo.

When I arrived the doors had not opened for the visitors yet, so we got a little tour around the stadium to get our bearings. My first impression was “Holy SHIT!” This place was huge, and the stage b2s had built was just off the hook. Meanwhile they were testing some of the lighting, which was also very impressive. Lasers, fireworks, LED screens and much more were all over the place. Then we went to take a look on stage, I could hardly imagine what the performing DJ’s of this night must experience when being up there. Well I was about to find out…

At 22:00 sharp Hard Bass started and thousands of people starting pooring in. I have to admit I was a bit nervous beforehand, having to work in front of 30.000 people is no joke and you don’t want to be the one to accidently hit a switch or button. So off I went, onstage for the first time to photograph the first act of the night. Nerves quickly made way for adrenaline, it was just an awesome view from up there! The crowd was going nutts and the DJ’s were loving it, and my job to capture it all. FYI: I also loved it

The whole night went by in a flash and it was one of the best experiences I’ve had so far. Also the feedback on twitter and facebook has been wonderfull.

Check out the photo’s of Hard Bass by clicking HERE

And the aftermovie HERE

For the photographers who read this: I’ve used a Canon EOS 7D, 17-55mm f/2.8 and a tripod.

And also a little bit of software: Photomatix, Photoshop CS5, Noiseware Professional and Color Efex 3.0

Right… enough with the technical chatter, here is the result.

It was a really nice small trance party, and I”ve had a lot of fun while shooting.

Click HERE to watch the entire photoshoot on the PT Events website!

Enjoy!

Event informatie:

Op 21 januari is het zover! Dan staat de Grotesque Newyear Special weer garant voor jouw ultieme avond uit. Het succes van Grotesque wordt wederom bevestigd, de kaartverkoop gaat erg goed, de PT tickets zijn bijna uitverkocht en Grotesque lijkt voor de 3e editie op rij al haar kaarten te gaan verkopen.

De Central Studios in Utrecht zal het nieuwe decor worden voor deze Grotesque Newyear Special. De organisatie heeft gekozen voor de kleine zaal en wil met een max van 800 bezoekers de intieme sfeer op het beste niveau houden, zoals men dit gewend is van Grotesque. De zaal wordt ingericht met een indrukwekkende stage, spectaculaire licht- en lasershows en op het balkon wordt een heerlijke lounge gemaakt waar jij jezelf even kan terugtrekken en uit kan kijken over de dansende menigte.“De kracht van deze locatie is voor ons zeer belangrijk! Wij kunnen ons hier met Grotesque helemaal uitleven, de zaal is lekker hoog en leent zich uitermate goed voor een mooie show“, aldus de heren van PT Events.

PT’s Huisspecialiteit!
Qua line-up presenteert PT Events op 21 januari een aantal waanzinnige namen uit de rijke historie van de Elektronische Dans Muziek! Met Ummet Ozcan, Ernesto vs Bastian, Cor Fijneman, RAM, Artento Divini en Angelique! vs Miss Legacee presenteert PT Events jou haar huisspecialiteit: een onvergetelijke avond uit met muzikaal vermaak van de bovenste plank. De avond wordt gehost door Mc Da Silva.

Time Table
22.00-23.15 Cor Fijneman
23.15-00.30 Artento Divini
00.30-01.45 Ummet Ozcan
01.45-03.00 RAM
03.00-04.15 Ernesto vs Bastian
04.15-05.30 Angelique! vs Miss Legacee

Friends Party Package
Wie nog gebruik wil maken van PT’s ‘Friends Party Package’ moet snel in actie komen. Je koopt dan als member op de PT site, 8 kaarten voor € 25 per stuk en krijgt er als koper nog eens 2 gastenlijst plaatsen voor een volgend PT event bij cadeau. Het aanbod, dat ontstaan is als Nieuwjaarspresentje naar PT-members, werd zo goed ontvangen dat PT de laatste pakketten deze week de deur uit doet. Resterende kaarten kunnen dan gekocht worden via Easyticket.­nl.

1. 

This is without a doubt my favorite photo of 2011, it just has to be this one! I’ve made this at Tomorrowland over the summer, it was just a fantastic party. But this is also the photo that got over 1.000 likes on facebook and helped me win a contest.

2. 

I love this photo for all the energy it has. Decibel Outdoor 2011 was a very special party for me, I had never gone up a stage this big before. There were at least standing 10.000 people down there and it was really overwhelming working in such an atmosphere. But in the end it felt great and I hope I get the opportunity to do it again.

3.

WiSH Outdoor 2011, it was a great party in many ways. The stage they had build over there was out of this world. This photo was taken in the middle of the end show. It also got used on many of the media of the organisation.

4.

If you know me a little bit, you know that I love Trance Music. I’m a big Armin van Buuren fan, so getting the chance to go on stage and capturing my favorite dj at work was priceless!

5.

During the year I’ve seen so many great lightshows, but the one at Energy The Network was one of the best. This photo came out perfectly in my opinion, I was standing exactly in the middle and everything came together.

6.

At Rebirth Festival dj Crypsis was playing an awesome liveset. I got up on a wobbly box behind the dj to capture everything from a good angle. Later the photo made a local newspaper, which was a first for me!

7.

One of the most intense close-ups from 2011. I saw a few party people with these lenses in their eyes and I just had to get it. Much respect for not blinking while I was flashing in your eye

8.

Carnaval 2011 in Udenhout. An entire square filled with partying people, it was just magic to see…

9.

We all know this symbol, I love the way the colours came out.

10.

Also at WiSH Outdoor, I got the chance to get up above the festival and capture everything from above. I actually have a small fear of heights, so getting up in a small box and being lifted up by a crane is a big deal for me. But somehow I forgot all about the height while photographing the sunset.

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BLACK in Hasselt Belgium. I didn’t expect much from the party to be honest, but the lighting over there just blew me away. Mobile phones, lasers, fire, crowds… thats what I want to see in this kind of photography.

12.

DJ Zany at Dominator, I like it when dj’s put a lot of energy into their sets, and it shows on the photo.

13.

Speaking of dj’s who are energetic, how about these guys at XXlerator. The Theracords allstars ripping it up!

14.

The Qontinent, lot’s of fire and great colours in this photo. Also the stage looked very cool.

15.

Once again a photo from WiSH Outdoor. Radical Redemption giving away his first performance while the sun was setting. We are gonna hear a lot from this guy!

16.

The Pussy Lounge stage at sunset during Decibel Outdoor. This photo illustrates everything a festival is about.

17.

This photo was a bit of a lucky shot, a spotlight flashed brightly just when the dj was lifting his hand.

18.

The atmosphere during Ran-D’s performance at The Qontinent was absolutely electric! The whole tent was packed and Ran-D gave away a hell of a set!

19.

Over the last year I really tried to capture the atmosphere from within the audience. It’s often not easy because people don’t stand still and tap you on the shoulder all the time. But the result speaks for itself. There is nothing more satisfying then capturing moments like this. This was taken at Fusion.

20.

Every year thousands of people look forward to this one event: Defqon 1. Festival. I happen to have a necklace with the logo, it came out really good in the grass.

Having said that, this year I went with my camera! Because I wanted to capture some HDR images in the dark for the first time.
Once we arrived the hording could begin! Busloads of people with expensive camera’s tried to capture something of Glow 2011, most of them used flash…
Some dude looked at me, than he noticed I was capturing a photo with a very long shutter time… so he decided to walk right through my shot and then smirked at me with a very evil look.

At some point it really felt like everyone was doing their best to ruin my shot, but in the end I managed to capture some interesting views:

Van Abbe Museum

The Station in Eindhoven

Statue at Eindhoven CS

The Station Square with a big light dome on it

More info about Glow: http://www.gloweindhoven.nl/

It was a very atmospheric party with a very young hardstyle crowd. But nevertheless this crowd got what it came for, and that is an epic party.
For a photographer like me, it turned out to be a succes too. Got some big shots from the dj’s, lasers and crowd.

I’m not really good at explaining how cool something is with words… so here are the photo’s

Click HERE to watch the entire set!

Enjoy!

Deepack at Work

Lovely Crowd!

D-Block & S-te-Fan

MC Apster