Doctor Lodder and Inclusion in The Royal Photographic Society Exhibition 2011-2012

I'm excited to be able to announce that the above image has been selected by the judges at the Royal Photographic Society to be included in their biennial touring exhibition. It is an honour to have had my image selected to represent the work of the RPS for the next two years as the exhibition tours. Also, since the above image was taken Matt was awarded his Doctorate in Art History (specifically studying tattoo culture and art) and is now Doctor Lodder. He was recently invited to give a talk on his research in New York City to his peers.


The first showing of this Exhibition will take place at Smethwick Photographic Society HQ, The Old Scholl House, Oldbury, W Midlands B69 2AS, from 3 – 27 February 2011 ( www.smethwickphotographic.co.uk ).
The Exhibition will be officially opened by RPS President, Rosemary Wilman Hon.FRPS at 7pm on Thursday 10^th February.



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'Smoking Hearts' tour poster

In the course of my work I get to meet a lot of bands that I haven't heard before. Last year Smoking Hearts were supporting when I shot the infamous Andrew WK show that made it into Rock Sounds' Top ten gigs of the year.
They later contacted me to shoot their promo pictures for the new line-up and stronger sound. Finally, the record is ready and the tour is booked so I am able to share with you the tour poster. you can check out some of the band's songs by clicking on the link in the below image.

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A Good Start to 2011 and a Challenge to YOU

The above photograph is of Mike Cooper, a 'Vans Clothing' sponsored BMXer, goofing off in-between takes on a shoot back in summer. The weather now as I look outside of my window couldn't be much different.

Welcome to 2011, I hope you all had a good break over the festive period.
I was thinking about to do a 'highlights of 2010' post, but decided you have probably read enough of them already.I was blessed with good fortune last year, and had many opportunities that I thought no longer existed, such as being flown to the USA to do magazine shoots. I've been lucky enough to have loyal clients who I continue to enjoy working with. I've also met, and worked with, a range of famous names and not come across a single ego that got in the way of making good photographs. Had several magazine covers and got far more press attention than I could have predicted (all of it good I must add).

I'm currently in the process of finished off some new concept shoots and this is why I won't be updating the content of this site until Feb.

As a nice end to 2010, The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) contacted me to tell me that the judges selected one of my images to be part of their touring showcase exhibition. Clearly this is an honour as they only select 100 images for this two year exhibition. It believe it opens in about 8 weeks time, and when I have more information I will be posting more here.

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As a kick-start to the new year, I challenge you to tell me what your favourite image that you took in 2010 is, and why? If you are feeling brave, and it is online, link to it too. Just for fun.
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Feature on Tattooed Art Historian Matt Lodder

The gentleman in the above magazine spread is Matt Lodder. He has been getting a lot of attention in academia, not because of his tattoos, but because he is one of the few people who has been writing about tattoos from an art perspective and has first hand knowledge of the culture. Having just been awarded his doctorate for examining and challenging the role of tattoos and the tattooist in history and art, I had an interview lined up with him. For the mood and styling of the photo-session we took inspiration from 1950's police files.

Tattoo Revolution, a new non-profit tattoo lifestyle magazine, just ran this as a 5 page feature and we are both really pleased with how it came out.

If you find out more about the magazine, and buy a digital or print copy, so you can read the article just click this link tattoorevolutionmagazine.


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Terrorizer Cover Shoot in Texas Revealed.

One morning I got a phone call asking me if I wanted to do a cover shoot with metal band 'Evile', I said, "Sure, where is it?", they said, "Texas". So a week later I packed my gear into shipping cases, took my i-visa and my sleepy self down to the airport and flew to the USA for another work based adventure.

I spent several days with the band and managed to get a variety of great shots despite the band's reputation for bad luck. Even before we met up with them in Texas they had already worn out one van and were halfway through another. To see more photos and read about them almost getting arrested at the Alamo click the link  here.

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County Wedding Magazine - featured work

This morning I received a copy of the latest County Wedding Magazine, which had a four page spread on one of my weddings from earlier in the year. I'm really pleased with how the magazine laid my images out and the general content of the magazine. If you are a Bride-to-be, this is a magazine worth checking out !

Thanks again to Craig and Michelle for being interviewed for the magazine and for inviting me to shoot their day.

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Ozzy Osbourne - Rock Sound Magazine

Last month Rock Sound sent me to Ozzfest in London, I was also one of the lucky photographers to be approved and accredited to shoot the Prince of Darkness himself. When shooting I had no idea the magazine wanted to run the image as a double page spread, so it was a nice surprise to see the above image jump out at me when I opened the magazine. I'm also pretty happy with the inserts they used.

I'm now back from my shooting in the States and Canada, so expect to see updates from this when the magazines are out.

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New Kreepsville 666 campaign.

The above poster is the first of a series I recently shot with horror-inspired cult brand Kreepsville 666 (you might have seen their "I [anatomical heart] monsters" tote bags being carried around by everyone from stylish rockers through to kitsch fashionistas). As ever, they chose us a great location (and old castle in Aberdeen) and brought in great models.

You can check out the new range at their website.  Or visit the fashion section of my portfolio to check out some of the photographs I took of their new 'rest in peace' jewellery range.

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