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Susanna

2012-01-24T10:12:00.000-08:00

Portrait of Susanna. my friend, who recently finished an internship at the luxury fashion boutique Browns,

She is amongst the 2.68 million currently unemployed in the UK and searching for a job.

This image was taken early one morning after a night out, she had lost her phone and wasn't feeling great...although, the sunlight was beautiful and not to be missed so I asked her if I could take her picture to capture her mood.

What I like most about this picture is the white bleached light coming in through the window spilling onto her blond hair and white t shirt.

When I was taking photos Susanna found this note folded up in her pocket, the note is a list of designer items she was responsible to gather the previous day for the Stylist. I took a picture of it to compliment the portrait.

adventures with Mum.

2012-01-22T06:31:00.000-08:00

Mrs Hatfield

-Earl's Hill, The Shropshire Hills.

Rob and Robin

2012-01-17T11:58:00.000-08:00

the past few weeks I've been experimenting with daylight and different ways to work with it within portraiture, I've been exploring London with the aim of finding some subjects to shoot and generally just seeing what happens.

Here's a few images from a recent wonder. These were shot with my digital camera, I shot some frames on film too and will hopefully get them processed soon* It was fun meeting strangers and a challenge to deal with the unpredictable nature of some...Rob and Robin were sound, I saw them playing football on the fields and waited until they were finished to ask if I could take their picture, once i'd done a few kick-ups to show them I could play football they said yes. I just had my camera with me and nothing else only daylight as my light source, the sun was fading fast and so I asked them both separately to step into the sunlight, I really like the clear blue sky and the way the warm sharp light is hitting their faces. Looking forward to seeing what I find next...

portrait

2012-01-15T05:32:00.000-08:00

Nickque - little venice.

Adam in the woods...

2012-01-13T12:34:00.000-08:00

Finland.

blues skies and fisherman

2012-01-05T14:41:00.000-08:00

the island of Agkistri.

Greece,Athens

Jane and MJ.

2012-01-04T10:41:00.000-08:00

A few photographs from a surf trip to the coast of Devon. The top image is a portrait of my Best Friend, Jane with her dog MJ. I really like the way the dropping sunlight and reflection of the water has highlighted her figure on the beach which prompted me to ask if I could take her portrait.

MJ wasn't allowed to run on the beach, we had to conceal her under a jumper so the beach patrol couldn't see her!

I shot a few more rolls from this trip and from a more recent surf trip too so hopefully I get them developed over the next few weeks and I'll post some more when I have them.

Finland

2012-01-03T12:38:00.000-08:00

A few photos from a recent runaway getaway to the gorgeous Finland... we were only there for a few days yet I couldn't help but get my camera out and shoot a few rolls through it. The landscape was surprisingly flat and slightly barren at times, although continuous lakes and technicolor forests surrounded us wherever we turned...The colours of the trees were absolutely beautiful and the sky was crystal clear. I wish I could get lost more often...

thanks guys for an awesome trip.

'Look of the Christmas week'

2011-12-20T09:59:00.000-08:00

This week's 'Look of the week' image for Browns and as it's Christmas a few behind the scenes images from the shoot too...

This shoot was absolutely freezinggg probably the coldest of the whole year!, but as it was my suggestion that Hyde Park was going to be the location for the shoot, I had to stick to my guns, stay positive and get the shots we needed...thanks to Adam and Amy we got shot in no time!

Dreamer no33

2011-12-18T10:53:00.001-08:00

Daily Bless Magazine

2011-12-14T07:45:00.000-08:00

Click 'Bless' to view my latest collaboration 'The Audition' published on-line.

Daily Bless Magazine

The Lampshades

2011-12-10T06:27:00.000-08:00

A few images from a recent promo shoot with 'The Lampshades' aka Lulu and the Lampshades.

The idea for the shoot originated from a photograph the band found entitled 'Psycho magnetic curves' , The image came from Colonel Dinshah P Ghadiali who in 1920 invented the Spectro-Chrome. The Spectro-Chrome was a simple aluminium colour projector, its creator claimed it had a miraculous power. It was believed that by focusing a specific colour on a particular part of the body at an exact time of day – which he catalogued in a series of regional astrological timetables - you could cure almost any malady...

The band liked the image and asked if we could do something based on it for the shoot... After a chat over a roast dinner it was decided we'd try and replicate the image through projection to create individual portraits and version of themselves. It was a fun and relaxed day shooting in the studio, experimenting with different ideas and lighting, this the result.

The Lampshades are currently recording some new material, looking forward to hearing the new sounds in the new year...

The Lampshades

Daughter&Friends Christmas show

2011-12-08T13:42:00.000-08:00

A few photos from the Daughter&Friends Christmas show lastnight in London.

The line-up was a feast with Jamie Lay, Lindsay West, Kyla La Grange and Bear's Den also playing...The venue was the cosy and atmospheric st Giles in the fields Church with Christmas trees and fairy lights surrounding the stage. We had the pleasure of watching them perform a bunch of old and new songs, Elena's mesmeric voice was backed up by an awesome production creating some incredibly epic sounds, at times you could have heard a pin drop, chillingly beautiful.

I got there just in time to catch Bear's Den and Daughter play, here's a few photos from the night.

'Love' was probably my favourite from the evening!

Daughter

ho ho ho!

2011-12-04T14:42:00.000-08:00

'Designers makers' Christmas pop up shop looks good.

They're selling a big mixture of handcrafted products from UK designers, perfect festival gifts, including my brothers 'Christmas Tree Sledge' made from christmas trees found on the streets of London...

Designersmakers

Mr Christopher Raeburn

2011-11-28T14:56:00.000-08:00

A few photos from a recent editorial adventure...

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to visit fashion designer Christopher Raeburn at his studios in East London for an editorial feature for Browns. I've admired his collections for sometime so it was a pleasure to visit the place of creation...Upon arrival we were told Christopher was running late and we had a maximum of 15 minutes with him, which meant along with pressure and an interview also happening I had around 5 minutes to photograph him. True to form I did only have a few minutes with him to get the images for the feature. Nevertheless, he was a charm and a pleasure to photograph, these are a few photos from those 5-minutes.

Christopher Ræburn has become known for his utilisation of re-appropriated military fabrics to create garments that are functional, intelligent and meticulously crafted. Ræburn’s collections are highlighted for their intelligent design, high quality and extreme attention to detail....

Read the full feature here

back to the future

2011-11-27T09:23:00.000-08:00

sneak peek at a recent fashion collaboration with the marvellous Lewis Chong,
Inspired by the forties, texture and war time love.
These images are two looks out of the eight we shot on the day...more to come.

Dreamer no32

2011-11-24T13:14:00.000-08:00

11.11.11

2011-11-13T02:10:00.000-08:00

what a day !

a picture from one of the shoot locations I was at on friday for the 1day6cities project...

Mens winter wardrobe

2011-11-01T10:37:00.000-07:00

...another 'Look of the week' image for Browns

inspiration for my next shoot!

2011-10-31T14:43:00.000-07:00

---- lines ----

Fish

2011-10-24T14:24:00.000-07:00

Ionian Sea2011

11.11.11

2011-10-22T06:38:00.000-07:00

19 DAYS, 10 HOURS, 30 MINUTES to go...

tomboy trend

2011-10-17T14:35:00.000-07:00

...one of the latest 'Look of the week' images created for Browns...

Panos

2011-10-08T04:58:00.000-07:00

Lefkada2011

b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l

2011-10-05T13:52:00.000-07:00

melbles.com

Daughter portrait.

2011-10-03T14:16:00.000-07:00

another image from the promo shoot with Elena Tonra aka Daughter, it's being used to part promote more of their latest mesmeric sounds...goodstuff.

Listen to 'home' from their latest EP here

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2011-09-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

alittle black dog in the ocean.

Meganisi 2011

blood sweat + lipgloss

2011-09-24T09:26:00.000-07:00

Behind the scenes snap from a music video I was working on a few weeks ago...

I'm always up for learning new things so it was a pleasure to be asked to Assist the stills Photographer on this shoot, it was such an interesting insight into capturing moving image...

In between set-ups, I found time to peer over the shoulders of some of the video guys and politely badgered and asked some 'techy' questions about some of the amazing cameras and kit they had... The HD super slow motion camera was my favourite!

Their monster kit dwarfed my little film camera nevertheless it was awesome to witness the creation and effort involved in this production.

*hats off to the video peeps.

testing.testing

2011-09-22T01:58:00.000-07:00

More test images from 'Look of the week' for Brownsfashion.

...getting there.

Browns

Daughter

2011-09-19T12:56:00.000-07:00

Last month I did a promo shoot with the lovely 'Daughter' aka Elena Tonra...

today sees the release of some of their new musical delights and they've kindly used one of my photographs within the press material.

brilliant.

Listen to 'Love' from the new EP here

2011-09-18T10:38:00.000-07:00

- Happy Birthday -

Jordanna

2011-09-15T14:45:00.000-07:00

Images from a recent test shoot for a potential regular feature for Brownsfashion.

Within the build up of London fashion week I've been photographing for Browns a l o t recently and the other day I was asked to produce/shoot 'a look of the week' type thing and given no brief although full reigns on creating one - awesome. but told one thing 'make it good' -great,

There were of course the usual limitations and restrictions mainly surrounding time, sourcing location and efficiently to produce a sucessful set of the images. Although, through inspiration from Garance Dore I knew and know the type of shots and colours I'm after.... I think.

I quite like these although, I'm looking forward to hopefully shooting more and experimenting abit.

Dreamer no31

2011-09-14T15:18:00.000-07:00

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2011-09-13T14:28:00.000-07:00

' more thoughts' - London

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2011-09-12T12:58:00.000-07:00

Lydia

Leftkada2011

Dimitris Loukoumas

2011-09-01T16:12:00.000-07:00

I admit. I may have neglected this space alittle recently... a combination of not being near a computer nor in the country and having fun has been a distraction - a poor excuse.

Although,

thought I'd share some portraits from a recent trip, these photographs are of a friend I met in the Greek Islands called 'Dimitris', as soon as I saw him I knew I had to take his portrait...We spent a few days hanging out together in what felt like paradise and throughout I had plenty of time to ask him for a picture although, in true holiday mode I forgot and I only managed to steal these shots minutes before I had to jump on a boat to leave the island, as we were swimming back ashore he was kind enough to let me take this simple portrait. I love the colour of the water.

thankyou Dimitris!

more to come.

S is for Summer.

2011-08-22T15:59:00.000-07:00

Summer Fruit -Time lapse, Hampstead Heath.

London2011

Daughter.

2011-08-11T14:41:00.000-07:00

A sneak peek at a few images from a recent Press shoot with 'Daughter' aka Elena Tonra, In the midst of the beastly London riots this week we pulled together a shoot with this lovely pair.

I'm a big fan of Daughter so it was a pleasure to have the opportunity to spend the day taking photos with the band...

Looking forward to editing the final images over the next few days...watch this space.

Daughter are touring with Benjamin Francis Leftwich on his up and coming tour, catch her if you can !

Daughter

S is for Summer.

2011-08-07T14:55:00.000-07:00

Summer Fruit no3

make it colourful

2011-08-03T14:20:00.000-07:00

Click on the image above to view a fashion feature video I recently created with the team at brownsfashion.com

Tiny temper

2011-07-28T14:40:00.000-07:00

tantrum.

C.Islands 2010

♥

2011-07-22T06:23:00.000-07:00

My Great Grandad aged 98 and a 1/4.

Shropshire2011

Dreamer no30

2011-07-21T15:39:00.000-07:00

all white?

2011-07-19T15:51:00.000-07:00

...a week or two ago it was my day of Birth and inspired by our joint admiration for photographer Chrisse White, a friend very kindly made me this wonderful wall plaque.how nice. In celebration and attempt of the 'chrissewhitestyle' thought I'd show it off a bit on my wall...

*thank you friend.

2011-07-17T03:52:00.000-07:00

- Sunday friends -

Vogue.com

2011-07-14T14:14:00.000-07:00

Following in the footsteps of some others including Margherita Missoni, Alexa Chung and Lilly Allen, this month sees Browns founder Mrs Burstein's turn to share her fashion and style choices on Vogue.com's 'Today I'm wearing'...

Over the past few weeks I have been asked to document/photograph some of her outfits for the piece, which has been a wonderful opportunity and experience to hangout with this marvelous stylish lady...I heart Mrs B.

See the full feature on Vogue.com

S is for Summer.

2011-07-11T15:29:00.000-07:00

Summer Fruit no 2

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2011-07-07T08:25:00.000-07:00

- Bring me sunshine on a cloudy day -

Dreamer no29

2011-07-05T12:56:00.000-07:00

Sam's new tattoo

2011-07-03T12:27:00.000-07:00

A fresh new one - Berlin

Diseñando Para Guanabacoa / Jonathan Gales

2011-06-26T03:20:00.000-07:00

Film by the wonderfully talented Jonathan Gales, Diseñando Para Guanabacoa is a short film about a British student studying in Havana, Cuba. Exploring cultural differences between Cuba and Britain, Diseñando Para Guanabacoa expresses musings of emotion and culture alongside banal routine activity.

Diseñando Para Guanabacoa was made by sequencing still photographs recorded on a DSLR at 6 frames per second similar to the process of stop motion.

...I like this alot.

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2011-06-24T13:17:00.000-07:00

Finsbury Fox .

London2011

S is for Summer.

2011-06-21T15:42:00.000-07:00

this post welcomes the first image from a little documentary project I've been shooting the past few weeks...just got some films back so thought I'd post a pic*
It's a short project in celebration of the summer season -I plan to document the hazy summer days of two thousand+eleven by exploring and observing the close proximity of group behaviour in various social arrangements found in public places...
I like this crop, just framing the grass and maintaining the wide letterbox crop makes an interesting depth of field.
Hope to get some interesting shots/more to come.

I've temporarily named it 'Summer Fruit' . for now.
see how it goes.

Dreamer no28

2011-06-19T15:41:00.000-07:00

doodle a day

2011-06-18T16:18:00.000-07:00

Lim Heng Swee

doodling a smile on people’s face.

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2011-06-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

the first days of summer

with a slight cool breeze.

2011

Laura Hocking & The Long Goodbye

2011-06-10T02:06:00.000-07:00

A few images from a recent shoot with this lovely bunch aka Laura Hocking & The Long Goodbye.

I've been a fan of Laura's music for a while now so it was awesome to have the chance to also do some photography with her and the band.

It was a wonderful day filled with many things from doughnuts, ale, some singing and roast chicken...

Thanks guys for such a brilliant day and James for your mega arm strength.

they've a few gigs coming up, catch them if you can...

Laura Hocking & The Long Goodbye

LauraHocking
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for folks sake

Poised

2011-06-09T13:59:00.000-07:00

Brownsfashion decided to celebrate the creative talents of it's web team today and publish a shoot recently created with friend Lewis Chong.

I posted a few behind the scenes pictures from this shoot (meant for Binary magazine) a few weeks ago, although we showed 'Browns' our images and they asked us if we wanted to run it as a feature shoot on their website...

we said yes and so I started the edit process...the shoot's quite heavily retouched -many hours spent lassoing* although I'm happy with the result so it was worth it. Looking forward to creating more.

click the picture to see the full shoot.

2011-06-07T15:06:00.000-07:00

my first adventure with Ryanair.

2011-06-05T23:19:00.000-07:00

What a day!..If you were there, it was all about 'Bushstock Festival' in Shepherds Bush this weekend, these pictures are some of my personal highlights from the day at St Stephens Church - Daughter, The Staves and Fink.

Cloud Control, Lucy Rose, Peggy Sue were also my fav's and played awesome sets...

thank you sunshine and lovely people for making a wonderful day even better !

communionmusic

2011-06-05T05:16:00.000-07:00

A photo from when Bonobo played at Koko, London this year, I took my 35mm for a ride that night and thought I'd take a few shots of the show if I could get close enough...although I soon realised when I was poised and ready to take my first shot I only had 3 frames left! and un characteristically forgot to pack more film* nevertheless I tried to make the most of them. This is one of those 3 frames, of the wonderful Andrea Trianya who featured in the show.

-I've 'posted' it as a reminder to myself to consider my images more /my composition and overall shot. Shooting Digitally on a regular basis sometimes this gets lost and find you end up taking unnecessary shots of a subject, this picture is one of the reasons why I love film.

I've left it un edited as I love the colours going on in it, I remember the lighting being quite dark although the soft halo around her from one of the lights captures the atmosphere of that moment during the show well..

Andreya Triana
Bonobo

2011-06-02T15:44:00.000-07:00

Riverboat Party / on the river / by the wall.

Berlin 2011

Dreamer no27

2011-05-30T10:40:00.000-07:00

Press Shots

2011-05-29T09:32:00.000-07:00

Had a wonderful time with band 'Goodluck Jonathan' recently...
I was asked to photograph these guys by their record label with a brief to get some "simple/natural press shots" of the band,
We did a hand full of 'set ups' throughout the day although in the end I chose to keep it simple using natural light and a touch of flash we fully explored the local park areas and brought some ice cream's on the way....

'Goodluck Jonathan'

Laurence Dacade

2011-05-26T12:44:00.000-07:00

French shoe designer extraordinaire Laurence Dacade was in town this week to give the fashion press a sneak peek at her Autumn/Winter 2011 collection and I was lucky enough to have a few minutes with her to have a little chat and take her portrait.... A lovely lady and only 5 minutes and 1 light to get the shots for the feature...*wipebrow.

See rest of the feature on Brownsfashion.com

1 Day 6 Cities - test

2011-05-24T08:34:00.000-07:00

1day6cities is a global time-lapse photography project taking place on the 11.11.11 in London, Dubai, Shanghai, Auckland, San Francisco and Sao Paulo. At exactly 00.00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC/GMT) photographers in each if these cities will capture their first image in an event that will see photographs being taken every minute, on the minute for the following 24 hours. The project has been set up by Daniel Alexander

'The Silver Man' /timelapse above is a test I recently shot for the project leading up to 11.11.11.

I chose the Southbank as the location for my test, it was lots of fun shooting it and the light was beautiful at times, I captured 255 frames in total over the 2 hour period. I like the bit where he goes and has a fag by the tree, checks his phone and then comes back...Looking forward to shooting more later in the year...

Hopefully my test will be selected for the official launch night of the project happening at Mill Co Project on June 2nd.

Check out the site for much more information about the project and how to get involved 1day6cities.

*Thank you James for being patient and wonderful...

2011-05-23T13:12:00.000-07:00

'Clerkenwell Design Week' looks good.

It's a three day festival in London’s creative heart.

Big design names and thought leaders host an exciting programme of workshops, presentations, exhibitions and debates.

The festival will be filled with music, installations, parties...and it's Free !

2011-05-17T16:21:00.000-07:00

'the great escape festival.'

Dreamer no26

2011-05-14T10:19:00.001-07:00

Chanel Trailer: The Tale of a Fairy

2011-05-11T00:52:00.000-07:00

Today Karl Lagerfeld premieres his new Chanel film - starring Anna Mouglalis, Amanda Harlech, Kristen McMenamy, Freja Beha - to celebrate the French super brand's Cruise collection!

-'The Tale of a Fairy' is imagined, written and directed by Lagerfeld and will be screened at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc at the Cap d’Antibes, France and this is a unique trailer from the short film.

"It is a movie about an ill-advised use of money which begins with violence and ends with feeling", Lagerfeld

ooh la la /what I would do to be a Chanel fairy...

Chanel

Acne Studios

2011-05-10T11:25:00.000-07:00

Behind the scenes and a little peek at a recent shoot I had the pleasure of Photographing.

The shoot is for Brownsfashion.com and was based around the designer label 'ACNE' , one of my favourite brands* and also features clothing from Alexander Wang, Illesteva and JW Anderson.
-We decided on this occassion to shoot on location with the hope of gaining the correct feel for the brand, which in the end worked well yet a times a challenge with the ever impending and changeable weather upon us on the day, although, It was a great shoot and had lots of fun shooting with my new fancy flash...

The full feature will run on their New Website, launching this week! (all being well)

Brownsfashion.com

sneak peek

2011-05-09T15:19:00.000-07:00

A few shots from a late shoot for 'Binary Magazine'...

To introduce: Binary is a new online fashion and arts magazine created by Lewis Chong, a friend and Editor, he created 'BinaryOne' a while ago, which included interviews from Katie Grand, Elizabeth Saltzman and Isaac Lock which proved to be a success and soo the second issue is currently being produced at the moment... Lewis asked if I would like to work with him and contribute, of course I said 'Yesss' - the shot above is from a shoot co-produced by him + I and will appear in the second issue being released online over the next few months.

exciting stuff,looking forward to editing the shoot together...!

Click to have a flick through issue one: BINARY

2011-05-08T14:22:00.000-07:00

A few images from a recent press shoot with the lovely guys from 'Tall Ships'

The shoot happened to fall under the same date as 'the wedding' and so after watching it all together with each a pint of 'Willy&kate' ale in a local pub we got down to business and started taking some photos on the beach.. It was quite a simple shoot with no frills , although I had in mind a soft colour palette I wanted the photos to maintain throughout. An enjoyable and very pleasant day spent with Ric, Matt and Jamie.!

Tall Ships are soon to be going on tour with Three Trapped Tigers and will be doing a few festivals throughout the summer,

definitely worth a watch, catch them if you can.

Tall Ships

Pop!

2011-05-06T13:47:00.000-07:00

brilliant.

Dreamer no25

2011-05-04T17:14:00.000-07:00

2011-05-03T13:09:00.000-07:00

'The Royal Wedding' - Street Party.

(one of many)

Brighton2011

2011-04-27T14:32:00.000-07:00

A few photos from the 'Daughter' aka Elena Tonra EP launch last week in London.

I had the pleasure of watching her perform a bunch of songs from her New EP 'His young heart' a few nights ago...which were very good.

Elena's mesmeric voice was backed up by an awesome production creating some wonderful sounds, at times you could have heard a pin drop, chillingly beautiful.

'Switzerland' was probably my favourite from the evening performed at the end of the show with the band and an accordion...

Daughter is performing around the UK at the moment catch her if you can, definitely worth a watch!

His Young Heart EP

Vivian Maier 1926-2009

2011-04-21T02:17:00.000-07:00

The fascinating story of the nanny who always carried her camera and secretly produced thousands of incredible street photographs....
Vivian Maier was born in New York in 1926, apparently she was a private, determined and opinionated person who lived in Chicago,
Her beyond amazing photography collection was recently discovered at an auction in Chicago which includes over 100,000 medium format negatives, thousands of prints and countless undeveloped rolls of film that contain all of what she discovered through her personal adventures and travels throughout her life. An heartening story and inspiring collection of photographs.
Some of her photos will be on display at the 'London Street Photography Festival' in July this year.
howexciting...

Vivian Maier - her discovered work.

Dreamer no24

2011-04-18T13:02:00.000-07:00

2011-04-17T08:54:00.000-07:00

I've somehow managed to see this instrument swapping trio perform twice this week, both times it has to be said were beyond awesome...!*
So I thought it was worth a mention, these guys in my mind are a massive breath of fresh air and have given live music refreshing new legs.
Probably the best shows I've seen in a while.
Tall ships are performing in Camden(Barfly) on the 25th of this month and touring the entire country this summer.
definitely worth a watch.

TALL SHIPS
PINKMIST
BLOODANDBISCUITS
BSM

2011-04-14T02:20:00.000-07:00

Meteora.

(The Holy Monastery of Rousanou.)

Greece2010

Dreamer no23

2011-04-13T14:32:00.000-07:00

2011-04-11T13:58:00.000-07:00

Lydia.

Trikala/Greece

2011-04-09T05:06:00.000-07:00

'Under the big blue sky.'

Brighton 2010

Dreamer no22

2011-04-06T16:12:00.000-07:00

This post welcomes the twenty-second 'Dreamer' and addition to a project I've been creating over the past year.or so. Entitled 'Dreamers.'
Dreamers is a collection of images showcasing commuters asleep on the London underground, to achieve these photographs my subjects are completely unaware I have taken their portrait; this involves patience, opportunity and understanding from those around me.
I have been shooting this project for about a year now and have found myself in many wondrous and unexpected scenarios along the way, the project doesn't necessarily have an end or expected completion date, it's continuous,for now, although I have recently invested in whole bunch of new film so expect morrre Dreamers to be posted on here in the coming weeks and months!
-and all will be revealed on my website in the projects section soon...

in the meantime enjoy the sunshine :)

2011-04-03T12:33:00.000-07:00

A few photos from a Laura Hocking and The Long Goodbye EP launch this week.

I've been a fan of Laura for a few years since I heard 'lolas bs got ultrazoom' and 'Swim thru' amongst others...so it was super special to see her perform an intimate gig surrounded by fairy lights and comfy sofas. Laura was charming, quirky, her vocals were beautiful and she/they even managed to squeeze in a raffle in the middle of the set...how wonderful.

*Strongmen and Acrobats was one my of my favs from the night, the harmonies and instrumentation from the long goodbyes were also a delight!

Laura is currently touring alittle bit around the UK, catch her if you can...

Laurahocking

Lulu and the lampshades

2011-04-01T05:05:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of watching these guys perform a few nights ago in London at a Laura Hocking EP Launch with some friends, I wasn't aware at the time they were playing at the show until I saw a combination of different instruments being set up on stage, which was a little nice surprise of the night,soo I got my camera out and took a few picturrres...

With beautiful voices and sounds to match these girls+a guy are probably ones to keep an eye out for...!

Currently touring about the UK,London and other places. havealisten.

lulu and the lampshades

fun.

2011-03-31T15:39:00.000-07:00

'Thoughts' - London, present day.

2011

Shoes and Socks Off

2011-03-28T14:45:00.000-07:00

The past few weeks have been a pleasant blur of photo-shoots of all different kinds, shapes for a mixture of reasons,

One of which was this one 'Shoes and Socks Off' aka Tobias Hayes aka Tobyyy.

I met Toby properly a few weeks ago at a gig and asked him if I could take his portrait. He said 'maybe'...a few emails of banter later we met for coffee, disappeared to nowhere in particular and began taking photos.

Here are a few from my time spent with him, he was also kind enough to invite me to rehearsals the following day to shoot 'the shoes and socks off band' (who apparently have never been photographed together before) so I guess perhaps the last two photos are a kind of "exclusive"

- ta dar.

my thanks to Toby for refreshing conversation and being a lovely subject to photograph.

shoesandsocksoff

2011-03-27T10:17:00.000-07:00

Cecilie is 29 and lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.
this is her own blog about art, design, advertising and everything else that tickles her interest.
-Oliver Barrett's Beatles illustrations for the 'Charting the Beatles project' are quite special amongst other bits...
It's pretty cool have a click and a flick.

bumbumbum

2011-03-26T11:33:00.000-07:00

Graphic arts fair in London's Somerset House looks good!

Artists and collectives there include It's Nice That, Jaguar Shoes, Kate Moross and James Graham.

...Basically loads of collectives/creatives are all taking their work to Somerset house and will be putting it on show there this weekend.

If you're in the area, the fair will be open from 10am - 7pm until this Sunday 27 March.

sneak peek

2011-03-24T16:51:00.000-07:00

A few photos from a recent photo shoot for Brownsfashion.com

I have been fortunate to photograph a few editorial shoots for Browns recently, this one was great to be involved with, it was and is for the launch of the New Browns website happening soon, the vibe was 'Lanvin' and it involved men and woman.

A fun yet ambitious shoot and my first experience of photographing with a deaf model which was a fantastic experience, 'Carola' was truly a dream to work with, thankyou!
I look forward to editing and seeing the feature run on the Browns website soooon.

watch this space.

Dreamer no21

2011-03-21T14:01:00.000-07:00

Tangled Hair

2011-03-17T18:11:00.000-07:00

A photo from a 'press shoot' I had with these lovely boys.
I originally wanted to photograph the band in the day using natural light and had many ideas to do so although, the band weren't available so I had to shoot at night when they were...*slight panic at that thought although, the shoot went ahead and we managed to find this amazing source of light in a passing warehouse space that was being used so I set each of the boys up by it and captured an individual portrait of each of them.
It was a fun shoot and great to work with these guys, *thanks for not letting me fall in the canal.

Tangled Hair are touring at the moment and have an EP coming out soon.

Tangled Hair

Shoes and Socks off please

2011-03-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

A few pictures from a shoes and socks off gig I saw recently aka the lovely Tobias Hayes

I've never seem him play before so it was a bit of a treat for meee, as I was standing so close I couldn't help but take a few snaps of him...!

Toby has recently returned from a mini massive European tour and is currently recording some new tunes.

Have a little listen.

shoesandsocksoff

2011-03-13T10:15:00.000-07:00

FIASCO is a monthly print and digital fashion magazine featuring new and existing talent, fashion, reviews, interviews, art and illustration.

This weekend I had the joy of Assisting photographer Andrew Harvey on a shoot for the next print issue coming out in June SS/11.

-Andrew wanted to catch the sharp morning blue light so we/the team all started at the crack of dawn on location in west london, the sun was out in all its glory and so we decided to use natural light throughout the shoot, it was a challenge yet fun maintaining the lighting with the various reflectors and bound boards we had on the go! although, it was an awesome day with lush weather and some beautiful photography created...

Looking forward to seeing the full feature and photos in the mag soon-ish.
*more sunshine please.

FIASCO HOMME

2011-03-11T05:36:00.000-08:00

Olly.

Shropshire2009

2011-03-08T02:02:00.000-08:00

Click on the photo above to see the latest video installment from the wonderful bunch 'Tubelord'
Promised epic-ness and enough fireworks to start a party this video is excitinggg, something I have been awaiting for sometime!
nice work guys.
See them play tonight for free at The old Blue Last, London.

Tubelord
Headoverheels

2011-03-07T01:28:00.000-08:00

I was lucky enough to have caught 'Daughter' play a few nights ago in London on her current tour
-recently introduced to me through recommendation of a friend.
Here are one or two photos I managed to snap during her solo performance, a wonderful intimate experience, Beautiful music that left me wanting more...
thankyou friend.

Daughter

To Lee, With Love, Nick

2011-03-06T07:56:00.000-08:00

Photographer Nick Knight has released a short film and video in commemoration of late designer Alexander McQueen.
featuring a soundtrack by Bjork.
Exquisite, beautiful and intense it’s worth a watch, and definitely a listen.