Back at Leeds fest for N-Photo.
Hot off the press, the latest edition of N-photo magazine. This month’s ‘On Assignment’ features my return to Leeds Reading festival. In some ways, it was like we’d never been away. Still, it was slightly surreal to be back in the midst of all that tightly packed mayhem. It’s always a busy one but with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fat white family for Mojo Magazine.
Hi, happy new year and thanks to Mojo for this Fat White Family commission. As I headed off to Cumbria I was quite excited. Beyond performance, I hadn’t photographed the band before and shooting in Kendal was also a first. A slightly quirky Arts Centre in the heart of the Lake District wasn’t somewhere you might […]
Sam Fender & Fat White Family
Sam Fender is the star of our final blog for 2019. I’d been asked to go see this rising singer songwriter in Manchester but had too much on so caught him in Leeds instead. At just 25, Sam has clocked up acting roles in big TV dramas included Vera, got signed to Universal label Polydor, launched […]
On the campaign trail for Armley Trees.
There’s no doubt that trees contribute a huge amount to our environmental health and sense of wellbeing. And with the climate change agenda ramping up, cutting down any healthy tree is a controversial business. In Leeds, campaigners are currently protesting against Network Rail’s proposed cull of trees in the Armley Park Road area. Their efforts […]
Guest judge for N Photo Photographer of the Year.
Pick up your copy of the latest N Photo and you’ll find me in there as a guest judge for the magazine’s Photographer of the Year competition. This month it’s the live performance category and the top 10 images submitted are all featured. The prize is a mirrorless Nikon Z6, perfect for capturing live action. Having […]
Alan Mcgee on tour.
Thanks to my mates Rachel Brown (my N-Photo Apprentice) and author/broadcaster Rob Fiddaman, I recently found myself at Opium-No 10, an “indie cocktail bar”, photographing the Barnsley leg of Alan McGee’s ongoing UK tour. Alan is widely credited as the architect of the Manchester music scene, the man behind Creation Records, Oasis and Primal Scream. […]