Yellowman & Dillinger @ Band on the wall, 8th March 2014

March 12, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

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Posted in Bands, Photography Tagged Band on the Wall, Concert, Dance Hall, Dillinger, Gig, Manchester, Music Photography, Reggae, Yellowman |

Bonobo @ The Albert Hall, Manchester, 28th February 2014

March 3, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

As promised, here are my images from Bonobo’s epic gig at Manchester’s Albert Hall. The blog gallery is a little on the small side so if you’d like to view larger versions of the photos you can do so here.

Posted in Bands, Events, Photography Tagged Albert Hall, Bonobo, Event Photography, Manchester, Music Photography, Simon Green, Szjerdene |

Bonobo: A Sneak Peek

March 1, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

Last night I shot Bonobo at the Albert Hall in Manchester. It was an incredible gig – beautiful venue, amazing music, fantastic atmosphere and a truly lovely crowd. I’ve never had so many friendly gig-goers ask me where they’d be able to see my images before so, whilst I’m still editing the bulk of them, here are a couple to whet your appetites…

Posted in Bands, Photography Tagged Albert Hall, bonobo. simon green, Concert, Gig, gig photography, Manchester, Music Photography, Szjerdene |

Favourite Images of 2013

January 14, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

2013 was a great year, full of all the good stuff: music, travel, festivals, friends and family. So here’s a selection of some of my favourite shots from the past 12 months. Here’s looking forward to 2014!

Posted in Bands, Events, Photography, Places Tagged 2013, Band on the Wall, Bear Around Your Neck, Beatherder, Budapest, Chorlton Arts Festival, Festival, Festival of Colour, Holi, Jeffrey Lewis, Lindisfarne, Manchester, Northumberland, Peak District, Peter Stamfel, Pinkunoizu, Pins, Roy Ayers, Snow, The Candle Thieves, The Factory Foundation, Toil Trees, Tunng, Turkey, Ubiquity, Walk, Wedding, winter |

Roy Ayers and Ubiquity @ Band on the Wall, 21st December 2013

December 23, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

Posted in Bands, Photography Tagged Band on the Wall, Concert, Gig, gig photography, Manchester, Music Photography, Roy Ayers, Ubiquity |

Tunng with Pinkunoizu at Band on the Wall, 15th October 2013

October 17, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

Had a fantastic time photographing British electrofolk band Tunng, supported by Pinkunoizu, at Manchester’s Band on the Wall earlier this week. Beautiful, soul-lifting music plus one of the friendliest atmospheres I’ve ever experienced at a gig made for a really special night. Tunng were playing a range of tunes from their new album, Turbines, which I highly recommend you check out and their support act, Danish group Pinkunoizu, are well worth a look too. If you want to catch them live there are still a range of dates left this month at various UK venues (including not-too-distant Liverpool).

Posted in Bands, Photography Tagged Band on the Wall, Concert, Gig, gig photography, Manchester, Music Photography, Pinkunoizu, Tunng |

Rick & Caroline get married at Etrop Grange Hotel

October 15, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

I had the privilege of photographing Rick & Caroline’s beautiful wedding day at Etrop Grange Hotel on 20th September, 2013. You can view a selection of their photographs in the gallery below. Friends and family can also see their full gallery of images by visiting their private gallery.

Posted in Events, Photography, Wedding Photography Tagged Etrop Grange, Marriage, Rick and Caroline, Wedding, wedding photography |

Beatherder Festival 2013

July 25, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

Beatherder is a small but perfectly formed music festival held annually in early July in the Ribble Valley. This year the weather gods were smiling upon us and we got three days of glorious sunshine which made for an incredible weekend of beats and barminess in this normally sleepy corner of Lancashire. Here are some of my favourite shots from the festival. Enjoy and maybe see you there next year? HERD ‘EM UP!

Posted in Bands, Events, Photography, Places Tagged Age of Glass, Beatherder, Booka Shade, Festival, Gideon Conn, Ribble Valley, Stanton Warriors, Toil Trees |

Chorlton Arts Festival

June 2, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

Every year the Chorlton community hosts an amazing two week multi-arts festival, featuring musical performances, comedy, theatre and visual arts.

I always have a great time shooting for Chorlton Arts Fest and this year was no different. I got the chance to photograph some incredible acts for the festival – Heath Common & The Thin Man, The Candle Thieves, Misty’s Big Adventure, The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band, Viv Albertine, Pins and Toy – in some beautiful venues, and met lots of lovely people in the process.

The Candle Thieves gig was probably the highlight for me as it was their swansong, their last gig together as a band. By the end of the night there was barely a dry eye in the house and it was a real privilege to capture such a special performance.

Toy at St Clements Church was a fantastic gig but had some of the most challenging lighting I’ve ever had to work with as a photographer. However, with perseverance a bit of creative thinking I ended up with some great shots, some my favourite of the whole festival.

So, here are a selection of my personal favs. If you’d like to see my full set from Chorlton Arts Festival, you can view them on my Flickr site

Posted in Bands, Events, Photography Tagged Chorlton Arts Festival, Heath Common & The Thin Man, Jeffrey Lewis, Misty's Big Adventure, Peter Stamfel, Pins, The Candle Thieves, Toy, Viv Albertine |

Lindisfarne & The Angel of The North

May 14, 2013 by admin | Comments Off

I got to spend an a lovely night and day bobbing around the Northumberland coast and the island of Lindisfarne (a.k.a. Holy Island) recently. Lindisfarne is a tidal island which gets cut off from the mainland twice a day when the North Sea rises over it’s connecting causeway (if you’re planning a visit be sure to check the tide timetable before setting off to avoid ending up like this). Happily marooned there for half a day I took the opportunity to take some photos around the island, including some long exposures of the rising tide.

I wanted to capture some of the tranquility of this beautiful little island and the coastline that surrounds it. I’ve also included a few shots of Anthony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the North’, which was a quick stop on the way home.