My friend Alice Edy is an amazing illustrator / artist and an all round general nice person. She worked on a live illustration in an amazing underground venue the other night and I joined her for a bit just to say hi and enjoy the scene. It was candle lit with wall projectors and surrounded by vintage wall mirrors underneath the railways in an old tunnel. Amazing.
I shot a few photos of Alice doing her thing. Always so crazy to witness her talent.
The guys from After the Ordeal have just finished up their EP and their printed final copies have just arrived ready to go on sale. I am so happy with the way they came out and really proud of the guys because I know how much hard work and effort they have put into this and it really shows.
They used a photo from our last photo shoot together on the inside of the cover and that was a really fun shoot to work on and I had my first “LAME” experience of a “kebab” that night. Haha. Good times.
Check these guys out as they go on tour in a few days and purchase their EP because its one worth adding to your collection and they offering it for cheap to just cover costs.
Good guys.
I worked with the guys from, the Bristol based band, Hope Remains Lost towards the end of April and it was another good time together. Their style is described as a metal / hardcore sound but I think it has a slight influence of rockabilly and I really like that about them because it’s different.
Anyway, the guys just launched their new Myspace with a good collection of photos from our shoot together and I love how it has come out.
Check these guys out if you into the harder sounds. They do it well and they are growing fast.
I’ve worked with the guys from Just Me Again and it’s always a good time. The guys have just had their Myspace properly designed and they used a few photographs from our last shoot together and I think it looks really good and presents the guys quite well.
The guys are really young still but amazingly talented with more dedication than most bands older and more experienced than them. I have a strong feeling that these guys are going to go really far with this project …. and even if they don’t, they will have the best time of their lives either way.
A few weeks back I had a photo shoot with the guys of Scrapbook Heroes down in Milton Keynes for their new promo material as they continue stepping it up as a band. The shoot was super fun and I really enjoyed working with these guys and listening to their stories and honestly wish them the best for them just because I know this is what they really want to do and they really are giving it their all.
The guys have just launched their new Myspace with a few of the photographs that I shot with them and I really love the way that it came out. They are also currently in studio working on the final bits recording their EP which is definitely going to be a good one. I thought I would post this up because I like the way it looks but make sure to check out their stuff especially their track up “This isn’t Hollywood” which is catchy as hell and try see them live if they playing anywhere near you. I know you’ll have a super time.
At the end of last year I had a photo shoot with the boys of Zebra and Giraffe while I was out in South Africa and it was really good working with them and hearing stories of their progress.
They have just had 5 of their tracks remixed by Cenzo Townshend which they are currently releasing as an EP in the USA and the UK. Check these guys out, they are one of the most exciting bands I know because they are so dedicated and I’ve heard a few of the demo’s they are working on for their next album and its going to be a killer one.
They used a few photos for the EP and the marketing of it.
A few weeks ago I photographed portraits with the the boys from After The Ordeal which was a really good time as always working with the guys.
Today they released their new Myspace layout using a few of my photographs and it came out really nicely so this is the reason for this post. They have also just finished their EP which releases on 12 July 2010. It is a great listen and it’s definitely worth checking out so show them some support.
Below is a screen grab of the header and then of their profiles.
I haven’t posted on her properly in a while because I have been super busy and this is a good excuse. Haha.
I was contacted a while ago by a really cool couple that are getting married later this year. Trina’s family following tradition wanted to show photos of the two of them on their wedding day so we met up for a shoot in the beautiful Morden Hall Park on a really warm day out.
At the time I was being assisted by two very helpful and fun ladies (Maya and Robin) that were out in London on a work experience placement from Holland. It was great working with them and sadly they have gone back to finish off their studies.
Anyway, this is a photo or Trina and James sitting on a park bench in the full sunlight and then the next photo I took a little further back so you can see Maya and Robin supporting a Profoto light with a big softbox to break the couple out from the killer sun. I thought I would share and use this to wish Trina and James all the best with their journey forward together. Getting married is a fun time.
I also liked these scenes so posting a few more.
Today I spent an amazing day with a bunch of special friends in Hyde Park just relaxing and hanging out. Nothing nicer than having a picnic and speaking crap with people close to you. I waited all day to shoot portraits of us but it started getting dark near the end and as I set up it was basically too late and we got cut short with rain. The light changed so quick and I had to keep adjusting so these are very different in terms of lighting but I like them so much. Special friends making special memories.
Hope you are all well. Happy Bank Holiday weekend.
It was my birthday this week and my misses got me the Diana F+ Lens Adaptor for my Baby along with the Diana+ 38mm Plastic Lens which is super cool because I have wanted the kit for ages.
Today I ran out to meet her for a quick lunch and decided to give it the first test although the sky was super boring so I only really took a few shots. I battle to shoot if it just looks crap. Haha. This is one that I kind of like of Southwark Cathedral. I found it quite difficult to see if the image was in focus or not but I guess that is the joys of shooting with plastic. The aperture for the lens is locked on F3.5 and this images was taken at 1/1000th at ISO800 to give it a bit of grain although you cannot really see that in this low res photo.
The image is straight from my camera without processing or editing and just a quick resize and watermark. Cannot wait to use this on a sunny day and experiment with some Profoto Lighting.
