No Rest on Friday

I had intended to spend most of today editing my pictures for my upcoming project and exhibition. Instead fate had a much more exciting day planned for me. First off was a shoot with the bassist and guitarist(s) from DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN. The band played an intense set that afternoon and I managed to survive about half of the set(the good news is so did my camera). The evening was a lot more mellow seeing NEBULA play, and it was interesting to see what the new drummer (from Hot Hot Heat) was able to bring to their live show.

Hellfire and other Updates.

I've been a bit slack with updating this blog over the last two weeks... sorry about that. I have a good excuse. Really. Honest I do. Actually I've been working on the planning for a new project that I'm quite excited about and I've already got the results from the first shoot, which were way above the standard I was expecting to achieve for it. When I sent through the tearsheet I got a phone call a few minutes later expressing how pleased they were. Getting a call like that makes for a good start to the working day.

Some of the things I have been working on I'm not allowed to show until after they have been published, so to make up for it I'm including some photos from a recent performance I shot at the Hockney Gallery @ RCA. The pieces were performed by Leah Capaldi, Mylen Eliot and Andi Walker.

HKTDC World Boutique

The world is full of surprises, so it was nice to get an email from a client showing me how they are still getting value out of photos from an old session we did. This link took me to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Website, and the above image is a screen-grab from the front page (click to see the site). My image is the one on the right (next to the Vivienne Westwood and MANGO images), selected to represent the boutique's expansion to cover companies that add 'an exciting new dimension' to fashion. It just goes to show that among a flurry of tweets, status updates and viral marketing tools, people still notice when a strong image comes their way.

Last post of 2009

It was a tough decision as to which photo would be the last one I post in 2009. So I ended up going with this shot ; One taken of DARK FORTRESS at recent show in London, infact the last gig I attended in . After Christmas I'm off to celebrate New Years with some friends in Aberdeen, so I'll take this moment to wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope you have a great New Years!javascript:void(0)

Tweakbird

As everyone braves the cold and the snow for the last shopping weekend before Christmas I figured I'd take a moment to warm you up with some pictures of TWEAKBIRD, who hail from the sunny USA. You can almost feel the heat ;)

Photographer of the Year 2009

Today I am more excitable than usual. Last night received 1st place in 'Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2009' competition for my entry into the category : "This is Britain". As you'd imagine I'm really pleased with this result. I recommend you visit the links at the bottom of this post to see the other category winners and see the mind blowing overall winner's image taken by Bragi J. Ingibergsson. I spoke to him last night and he looked a bit shell-shocked. Unsuprisingly I think he found it a little hard to comprehend that he had just won £10,000 and the top place! When you see his image I'm pretty sure you will be blown-away too.

If you want to see the top images in each category and the commended images please make the time to visit the Mall Galleries in Central London before the exhibition closes in a week.

Truck Fighters

Were supporting ATOMIC BITCHWAX at the end of last week, here a couple of shots from the show.If you haven't already checked out these guys and you enjoy Desert Rock (i.e. Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork, etc.) then you really are missing out.

Ghoulmore Wedding - Night of the Living Wed.

Ash and Michelle Ghoulmore (who own and run Kreepsville 666 Clothing line and the Retro Rebels store ) got married last weekend and had a horror themed Wedding (hence the title). I was there and had a great time. I was happy with how I chose to light the group shots; it reflected the horror theme with theatrical shadows and punchy high-contrast. These are some of the results that they let me share with you.