Loud and proud.
The worlds of photography and rock music have been historically male dominated, but since they are the two things I have really loved in life, I’ve chosen to ignore that and carry on regardless. Fortunately, other women have done the same, sticking to their guns and driving a create wedge into these industries. And in […]
Music – rocking and rolling in 2020.
There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a tough year for the music business. My life as a music photographer clearly reflects that. For a start, we had to contend with a lack of live music. No festivals, a handful of gigs and just a continuous stream of cancellations and postponements. With little of that […]
A fresh-faced Christmas at BBC Radio 1.
From Boxing Day to New Years day, a whole bunch of new faces will be taking over at BBC Radio One. Presenter applications were invited in September and needless to say, they arrived in their thousands! From this, a shortlist of the brightest and best emerged and Loftus Media asked me to photograph four of […]
The stroboscopic project – happy accidents.
Regular readers will be aware that, in partnership with drummer Rich Westley, I’ve been developing a project around stroboscopic imagery. The main body of work emerging from the project is turning into something really substantial. But I also wanted to share some of the imagery that you might call accidental – those pictures that you […]
Stroboscopic beats II: Featuring Dean Honer and the Theramin.
So, having entered the world of stroboscopic photography with drummer Rich Westley, we were keen to delve a bit further, exploring other areas of music, other instruments and what stroboscopic imagery reveals about the process of making music. Cue, the Theremin…if the name isn’t familiar to you the sound of this particular instrument almost certainly […]
Big Fat Big and more for Loftus Media.
Finally, I’m back photographing bands again! In fact, thanks to Loftus Media, this month’s blog is a bumper, two for the price of one. Of course under normal circumstances, we’d be reflecting back on highlights of another festival season. Sadly this year, we were scuppered from the start. Much as we’d hoped that things would […]
Previously undisclosed.
In the absence of any live music and in the spirit of reflection, I thought you might enjoy a sneaky peak into the Tracey Welch back catalogue. With any commissioned work, only a small fraction of the images make it into publication. These pictures were taken on two of my shoots for Q. Sleaford Mods […]
Q Magazine ? I’ll Miss You
This week, will see the last ever edition of Q magazine hitting the newsagent shelves. For me, as a photographer and music fan this is just heart-breaking. When I started out as a professional, this was the magazine I aspired to work for. I kept trying and trying and finally, three picture editors in and […]
Stroboscopic beats.
I’ve known Rich Westley for around a decade now. Rich is one of the founder members of Reverend and the Makers. He was drummer with the band from 2005 to 2008, and we were both part of that ‘small world Sheffield’ scene. Since then, Rich has always followed my work and we’ve kept in touch. […]
Eccentronic and adult at Hebden Bridge Trades’ club.
I’ve been to the Hebden Bridge Trades club a few times now. It’s a quirky venue with a really interesting performance programme which often includes one of my favourite Sheffield bands, International Teachers of Pop. On this occasion Maxine Peak and the Eccentronic Research Council were heading the line-up, supported by Adult Entertainment and Sister […]