5 snappers only for the sidestage viewpoint, so a tad tricky but scored enough winners to make the wait well worth it.
Tom Jones at V
What a pro, sidestepped a bottle of piss like he knew it was coming.
V Festival - back again
Wallop. Back for more in Chelmsford. Was looking after a team of 8 snappers and editors, plus shooting loads of live acts so had full days and beery nights but you know what? It was bloody good fun to shoot and the team worked terrifically hard and produced some lovely results. Proud to be there amongst them. More about me and my role here on PocketLint
Eugene McGuinness, looking slick in The Fly
Cool guy, looking cool. http://www.eugenemcguinness.net/
Spector for The Fly
Cool shot of Spector, man. You like that? Fred out front and the fellas falling in line behind. Great feature design in the mag from Russell Moorcroft, have a flick through and judge for yourself but where he gets the ideas from month after month I just don't know.
Animal Collective in MOJO, and toes
Regular features in this blog, those toes. Nice spread with Animal Collective, hiring vintage radios as props cos it works.
Thank you MOJO
Such a privilege, honestly.
Yeasayer in the studio
Bring in the gels, fair studio hand and don't hold back. Last shot these chaps at Electric Ladyland Studios in NYC in their live room, but I gotta tell you it didn't go great - purely down to using an A Head and an S Head in the same pack. They sync at different speeds and therefore inconsistently, thus screwing everything up much to my complete ignorance and frustration - plus only having an hour I could do nothing to sort it. Sorry Yeasayer, I travelled a long way to fail you that day but I hope this addresses that.
Yeasayer Anand in the studio
Yeasayer in the studio. Lots more artists making the shlep to our studio now. It's great for my practice, technique, ideas, control, everything. Better than plonking them against the wall as has been the music editorial practice forever, which I'm still not averse to but trying hard to avoid.
Last Jessie Ware for now
Hard light look for the cover. Hope you like.
Jessie Ware 2
More Jessie, hitting it again.
Been a while huh, so here's Jessie Ware!
Lovely shoot with Jessie Ware, she offered up so many winners that we had a ton of cover options. Here's what we went for anyway.
PiL feature shots go big in MOJO
Regular viewers round here could be a tad tired of seeing Johnny's chops but imagine my delight on viewing this PiL feature in the current issue of MOJO. There's another full page band shot further in but this use of the close up is pretty much exactly how any snapper would like to see their work displayed, especially when of a music legend, and in a serious music title with a dedicated readership. It's what I was hoping for when I shot it, and I feel like I say this a lot, but this is definitely the target. The shoot went off brilliantly, and despite my admitted nerves, we bowled in and nailed it and it's great to see the fruit of that on the page - hence another bloody re-post about it. Sorry.
Niki & The Dove
Just a nice frame from a shoot with a fun loving band. Nothing more. Bring on the dancing girls I say.
Liars in The Fly
Stone cold bonkers this lot. Hilarious too. They made an iPhone movie where they blew me up but I think they did it cos they like me, don't worry.
Twin Shadow in NY for The Fly June 2012
Such a fantastic experience in NYC to shoot the new Fly cover. It was hot hot hot and happily we kicked off on a Monday morning bright and early, me and Tom Bunning on the rooftop of the Ace Hotel. A first rate hotel and location fyi (they keep bees up there you know) and we cracked through a good few options in no time at all. Luckily the Ranger Quadra was up to countering the bright sunlight, George Twin Shadow was every inch the perfect subject and then, when the job was done, we got to flounce about giving it the big one NYC-style like a pair of chubby Kanyes. I think probably, about as good as an international location shoot gets, for me anyway. Until I say that again of course. Thanks 4AD - hugely appreciated and especially Annette Lee.
A huge project with Future Tense. Have shot about 30 bands so far, one minute before their gig and one minute after. Am very excited and honoured to be doing this in conjunction withWar Child. We'll make a splash with it when we've nailed the most exciting bands in music and until then, I will be out most evenings. More here.
Be Here Now.
Joe Goddard of Hot Chip for The Fly Magazine June 2012
Album everywhere, playing live everywhere, in the new Fly mag everywhere soon!
Gaz Coombes looking very handsome
Superquick, in and out, bang pop shoot on the roof of the label with Gaz Coombes. Cool guy of course, you knew this.
Mystery Jets in a knackered old church in Stokey
Heavy location, dusty and dirty and all graf'd up, great to shoot these chaps in a different spot, and as a 3 piece too - which makes for a simpler composition if nothing else.