Category Archives: Bands

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!

Also posted in 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

Also posted in 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).

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

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!

Also posted in 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