*Jess Baumung | Toronto Music Photography

Friday, December 19th - Lacerda

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:56:23 -0500

Here is a photo I took a few weeks ago of Lacerda. If you have the chance, head over to their myspace by clicking HERE and check them out. They were in AP a couple months ago as a band to look out for and I totally know why.

I havent been posting all that much this past few weeks but I have been shooting a few new things that Im excited to post soon.

I did portraits for my friend Scott Hammell a few days ago which he is going to be using as promo when his new website launches in the new year. I also went with Alexisonfire to their jam space in St Catherines to take photos of them in the space writing songs for the new album (I heard the demos and it sounds amazing!). I also did promo photos for DJ Whoo Kid last month right before I left on tour with Means so those photos are coming soon as well. Keep checking back. I am flying home to Manitoba tomorrow night and I plan on processing and posting these things while Im home.

December 9th - The Girl

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:04:18 -0500

Check out the new City and Colour video for "The Girl". If you look closely you can see me in the video a few times.

Vanessa was there to take behind the scenes photos and they asked me to be an extra for a few little walk on parts, so of course I brought my camera anyway and I took a few photos throughout the day as well.

The other day I went to St Catherines and hung out at Alexisonfire's jam space while they wrote and recorded demos for some new songs. I will have some photos from that to post sometime in the near future. Maybe even before the end of the year!

Monday, December 8th - Alexisonfire

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:56:29 -0500

It feels really weird to be typing December in the title. This year flew by so fast.

I wanted to share a link to the Alternative Press website where you can check out a photo I took of Alexisonfire. I posted an outtake from the shoot last month. Originally the photo was supposed to be used in this months Most Anticipated issue of Alternative Press, but I guess there were too many bands and AP had to make some cuts and decided to put a few of the bands online only. So although this isnt as cool as it would have been if they actually printed it, here is a link.

CLICK HERE

Thursday, December 4th - Means Final Show

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:37:58 -0500

I keep getting tons of emails asking when I will be posting the photos from Means final show in Regina so I wanted to post one or two in the hopes that it will tide you over until I can get the rest of them processed.

I took over 30 Gigs of photos in the week I was with Means, 8 of which were just from the final day in Regina. It takes a lot of time to weed through and process that many photos and I am hoping to have all of them done really soon.

For now check out a few of my favorites from Regina.

December 3rd - The Girl

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:48:30 -0500

Check out the new City and Colour video for "The Girl". If you look closely you can see me in the video a few times.

Vanessa was there to take behind the scenes photos and they asked me to be an extra for a few little walk on parts, so of course I brought my camera anyway and I took a few photos throughout the day as well.

While I am at it, also check out this video I made during the shoot of Dallas playing a song while on a break from filming the video. The beginning is Kenny making my dog Leonard dance.

Thursday, November 27th - In Calgary

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:12:36 -0500

So far I havent done too many updates on the status of the tour since internet, and time to actually process photos has been limited. Once I get home from tour I am planning on doing a big update with photos from the whole thing.

In my last post I mentioned that Means was just about to go on in Edmonton, so here is a photo I took about 5 minutes after posting that.

Means has been on tour with this awesome band from BC called Horizons and we have all been having totally sweet times hanging out. We had a 10 hour drive from Lethbridge to Kelowna, and after about five hours of solid driving, we stopped in a small town called Golden to get some Tim Hortons. We were all pretty stoked to see the Horizons crew hanging outside of their van. I decided it would be the perfect time to get a photo of everyone who has been on the tour this week with the mountains in the background. We continued on to Lethbridge for the show, went out for Boston Pizza after, and then drove to Calgary that same night to stay at Jameson's house and sleep in till noon. The show tonight is in Calgary, then we drive to Regina for the final show tomorrow.

I should probably write these updates in some kind of order so it makes sense.

In this photo are:
Top Row - Dan Don, Cole, Matt Kelly, Matt Goud, Dustin, Aaron
Middle Row - Todd, Dylan, Damian, Nick
Bottom Row - Tyler, Tin (Soon to be Tinggggggggg), and Me. Its a pretty solid crew to be hanging out with every night.

Sunday, November 23rd - Means In Edmonton

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:04:43 -0500

Hey I am in Edmonton right now with Means and its going so good. They are going on stage in 2 minutes so I gotta make this fast. Here is a photo from last night in Saskatoon. Tour has been sweet so far. We are driving to Calgary tomorrow and we have a day off so Aaron is going to get a tattoo by a guy named Ryan Gagne. (Update: I also got a tattoo by Ryan and its totally sweet. I will post photos soon.) Wednesday we are in Kelowna, then Lethbridge, Calgary, then the final show in Regina. Keep posted.

Thursday, November 20th - Currents Magazine/Means

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:10:23 -0500

I have been meaning to post this for a while now and I keep forgetting. A photo I took of Means is on the cover of the latest issue of Currents Magazine.

I have mentioned Means many times on this blog as they have been really close friends of mine for many years. I met Aaron when we were in grade 9 back home in Manitoba and we have been friends ever since.

The reason I bring this up is because due to some unforeseen circumstances, Means have decided to call it quits and they are currently on their final tour across Canada. They asked me to fly out to Saskatoon to meet up with them for their last week of shows which will end in their hometown of Regina Saskatchewan. It will be really sad to see such a great band come to an end. I am happy knowing that I will have seen Means play their very first show at The Old Firehall in Dauphin Manitoba, as well as their final show in Regina.

Look forward to many updates throughout the week I am with them since I will be taking tons of photos.

Friday, November 14th - Sondre Lerche

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:39:57 -0500

Tonight I had the pleasure of photographing the Sondre Lerche show at The Mod Club. You may have heard of Sondre Lerche if you have seen the movie Dan In Real Life since he did the whole soundtrack. His music is really amazing and I really enjoyed the show. He has this really funny way of speaking on stage and you really feel like hes talking directly to you.

Thursday, November 13th - Lexington

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:20:53 -0500

This past Saturday I did photos for a band called Lexington from Toronto. Here is one of them.