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With English subtitles available.

Rides In ReVellion have just now shared the full music video for the latest release Eternal ~渇望の空~
With English subtitles avalible.
 

Unfortunately in many cases, its not always easy to allow photographers to shoot at lives.
There are many issues and obstacles making it difficult.
Space, fan consideration, etc
 
Another issue is also price as most professional photographers can be kind of pricey and for a lot of the smaller bands, its a additional cost that is not a necessity unlike makeup or merchandise.
Currently I do a good percentage of my live photography and processing as a free service and I have been able to slowly build up a reputation where I am trusted.
Because this also ties into the issue of trust and how important a bands image is to them.
Any band that lets a photographer (paid or free) to take their photos during their live is allowing that photographer to have control over their image, including bad and unflattering images.
I myself will take anywhere around 200 to 300 (sometimes up to 400) photos in a 25 minute set, out of those I will usually process between 10 to 25, then I send them to the band and allow them to select what ones they use and which ones they are ok for me to use.
So the band still has full control over their image.
 
But I hope I can continue to provide live photography here for everyone.
Hopefully more bands will allow photographers over time to shoot live overtime.

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.
there are many challenges when taking live photography, but I am always very happy when I am able to get good photos to share with the fans despite all of the challenges and obstacles involved.
 
I will keep trying my best to keep providing good live photography.

Rides In ReVellion have just now shared the full music video for the latest release Eternal ~渇望の空~
With English subtitles avalible.
 

Both V STAR PROMOTION and Rides In ReVellion are aware that it's very difficult for foreign fans to attend concerts in Japan.
Cost alone is huge issue.
So our aim is to help those who have an interest by helping organise the "small things"

With English subtitles available.

Both V STAR PROMOTION and Rides In ReVellion are aware that it's very difficult for foreign fans to attend concerts in Japan.
Cost alone is huge issue.
So our aim is to help those who have an interest by helping organise the "small things"

Both V STAR PROMOTION and Rides In ReVellion are aware that it's very difficult for foreign fans to attend concerts in Japan.
Cost alone is huge issue.
So our aim is to help those who have an interest by helping organise the "small things"

Both V STAR PROMOTION and Rides In ReVellion are aware that it's very difficult for foreign fans to attend concerts in Japan.
Cost alone is huge issue.
So our aim is to help those who have an interest by helping organise the "small things"

In association with Rides In ReVellion.
V STAR PROMOTION has offered to help anybody who has a interest in attending the Rides In ReVellion's 1 year anniversary one man live on July 28th, with organising accommodation, reserving concert tickets and even entering the venue.
Furthermore a cheki raffle has been announced.
For more information please check the Rides In ReVellion official English Twitter
@rir_eng

Both V STAR PROMOTION and Rides In ReVellion are aware that it's very difficult for foreign fans to attend concerts in Japan.
Cost alone is huge issue.
So our aim is to help those who have an interest by helping organise the "small things"

In association with Rides In ReVellion.
V STAR PROMOTION has offered to help anybody who has a interest in attending the Rides In ReVellion's 1 year anniversary one man live on July 28th, with organising accommodation, reserving concert tickets and even entering the venue.
Furthermore a cheki raffle has been announced.
For more information please check the Rides In ReVellion official English Twitter
@rir_eng

Thank you very much.
I will keep trying to do my best!

In association with Rides In ReVellion.
V STAR PROMOTION has offered to help anybody who has a interest in attending the Rides In ReVellion's 1 year anniversary one man live on July 28th, with organising accommodation, reserving concert tickets and even entering the venue.
Furthermore a cheki raffle has been announced.
For more information please check the Rides In ReVellion official English Twitter
@rir_eng

In association with Rides In ReVellion.
V STAR PROMOTION has offered to help anybody who has a interest in attending the Rides In ReVellion's 1 year anniversary one man live on July 28th, with organising accommodation, reserving concert tickets and even entering the venue.
Furthermore a cheki raffle has been announced.
For more information please check the Rides In ReVellion official English Twitter
@rir_eng

Yesterday, late at night several hours were spent shooting the jacket cover and PV segments for the new release of a currently secret band.
Announcements will be made once the band makes their announcements.
Please look forward to it!

These are great! I know Japanese bands can be very uptight about wanting control over their image, but hopefully with great photographers like you working in the scene they will gradually warm up more to live photography.

Unfortunately in many cases, its not always easy to allow photographers to shoot at lives.
There are many issues and obstacles making it difficult.
Space, fan consideration, etc
 
Another issue is also price as most professional photographers can be kind of pricey and for a lot of the smaller bands, its a additional cost that is not a necessity unlike makeup or merchandise.
Currently I do a good percentage of my live photography and processing as a free service and I have been able to slowly build up a reputation where I am trusted.
Because this also ties into the issue of trust and how important a bands image is to them.
Any band that lets a photographer (paid or free) to take their photos during their live is allowing that photographer to have control over their image, including bad and unflattering images.
I myself will take anywhere around 200 to 300 (sometimes up to 400) photos in a 25 minute set, out of those I will usually process between 10 to 25, then I send them to the band and allow them to select what ones they use and which ones they are ok for me to use.
So the band still has full control over their image.
 
But I hope I can continue to provide live photography here for everyone.
Hopefully more bands will allow photographers over time to shoot live overtime.

Thank you very much.
 
In the future hopefully, Not just RiR but any band connected to V STAR will have their music available for legal digital download purchasing.
 
It is one of the simplest ways to make Visual Kei music more accessible to fans from all around the world.
 
So with that being said, hopefully in the near future, there will be a higher number of bands releasing their music onto international iTunes.
I am currently in discussion with another new but popular band about releasing their next single onto iTunes, so please keep tuned in for announcements.
 
and of course, thank you for supporting RiR.

藍猫 (Ran Mao) - BLAZE 
21st January

All these images are awesome! Keep them coming

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.
there are many challenges when taking live photography, but I am always very happy when I am able to get good photos to share with the fans despite all of the challenges and obstacles involved.
 
I will keep trying my best to keep providing good live photography.

More Japanese bands should allow professional photographers at their lives. The lack of available media of their live shows is sometimes upsetting.

These pictures are really amazing. When I look at visual kei band photos a lot of preparation goes into setting up the clothes, the scenery, positioning the members just right, etc. You take these pictures live and when I look at them I can feel the energy from being right there. Keep these coming!