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Little Mono, Spitfire, Biophony

Little Mono were the first band to reach out to me for some photos back in 2014 and I really enjoyed their tunes, so when I saw they’d released an album, Sailing Songs, which eventually turned out to be one of my most played albums of 2016, I jumped at the chance to come and […]

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DeadBlondeStars, Titan’s Troubadours, Greta Nova, Deaf Crows

I took these photos so long ago, it’s kinda of a relief to get through them! I clicked over 400 photos at this gig, which has made getting through them a bit of an epic battle, especially combined with the back pain I’ve caused myself post the tramlines processing marathon. Still, done now! Some of […]

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Festivals Live Bands

Tramlines 2014 – Sunday!

Finally. Got through them all! It took Sunday a little slower, even though slower still meant 20 bands, but over 8 venues. Due to quite a few of these shots being taken in West Street Live, which had the same blue leds burning away at the stage, I’ve been a little more experimental with some […]

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Tramlines 2014 – Friday!

My first attempt to photograph a festival was a very different kettle of fish to just turning up at a gig with my camera. No, instead it was turning up at 10 different gigs with my camera! I spent the whole evening rotating around the Tramlines fringe, which was about 10 different venues, sticking my […]

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Eight Deadly Words, Exit Strategy One, Fight The Bear

Live at West Street Live on Sunday the 9th of October, 2011. – Eight Deadly Words – Exit Strategy One – Fight The Bear – (plus someone I missed) The lighting here isn’t great, although improved from the last I was here. This resulted in an awful lot of overly dark and/or blurry motion shots. […]

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Mourning for Autumn

My first ever attempt at live gig photography, Mourning For Autumn.    West Street Live isn’t a great venue for taking shots.   It’s pretty dark in there, with really only one light over the centre of the stage which you can see illuminating the front man in these shots.    I was also using the stock lens […]