Leeds Festival 2017 with Festival Republic
Leeds Festival 2017 and this year I was working for Festival Republic who run the whole show. It was great being part of the team; genuinely nice people – accommodating, co-operative, supportive. Everyone got on well and it was just a really positive experience. We all had our own, set schedule but were asked if there […]
From Filth to Municipal Waste – Bloodstock 2017
Just back from my second Bloodstock Open Air which was really great. Good to see some familiar faces and it’s a fantastic festival to work – really relaxed. Plus this year was a welly free weekend and no rain is always a bonus! Weekend tickets were completely sold out but people could still turn […]
Arcade Fire in this month’s Q magazine
Scunthorpe – not necessarily top of my list of desirable destinations but here we are and after all, it is for Arcade Fire. I arrived early and found a few people I knew in the queue including Richard Hawley so had a quick catch up before I headed upstairs to the balcony. For the packed […]
Manchester Crowd in Q magazine and Download Festival
So – last weekend we were back for another heavy duty dose of Download and for once, the sun was actually shining. Perhaps it was the influence of this year’s impactful centrepiece, the Download Dog, created by show design specialists New Substance. He looked amazing but I steered clear of those killer gnashers.. My first Slayer gig was […]
Planet Rock Magazine launches with The Who + Everything Everything in Q magazine
So – after all this time I’ve finally got to photograph The Who and I have to say it was worth the wait..although the cameraman filming at Birmingham’s Barclaycard Arena had bagged the best spot…always the way! Still we did get our money’s worth as three tracks from a band like The Who are often […]
Lauren Laverne at Empowering women event
I spent a day last week at Empowering Women with Tech, an event designed to “break down misconceptions about women in technology and inspire more women to become tech creators.”; the premise being that “great innovation, disruption and creativity are the result of diversity”. A strong panel of speakers included appearances from broadcasters like Lauren […]
Glass Animals in Q Magazine
A shoot for Q is always good news and a quirky location makes the experience all the more interesting. My session with Oxford indie rock band Glass Animals was spent exploring the back rooms of Manchester’s Albert Hall which offered plenty of scope in terms of backdrops, perspectives and textures. First in the corner lead Dave […]
Hello Operator, Hello Olly.
Q magazine introduced me to Hello Operator and I photographed the York band at last year’s Leeds Festival. At the time, I mentioned my studio at Sunny Bank Mill and finally, they’ve been over to have a look. I’d done a test shoot the week before and really liked the effect so this was a […]
All American – no idiots..
Green Day at the First Direct Arena – always a sellout and always worthy of it…I could tell, even from the two songs we were allowed in for. It would have been useful to stick around for number three to get some variation in shots and clearly I would have loved to be there all […]
Courteeners and Slaves – 2 for Q
Towards the end of last year two commissions from Q came through in quick succession. One was for the Courteeners who I’ve shot for the magazine before and we’d really got on well so I was looking forward to it. They were playing the First Direct Arena in Leeds which gave us a lovely […]