Dan Reid Photography

Snow Patrol - Bournemouth BIC

2012-02-09T12:51:00.001Z

This was my first live gig of the 2012, so felt a little bit rusty. I was commissioned by Ilikemusic to photograph the show at the Bournemouth BIC, which is always great venue to shoot in. I have always liked Snow Patrol's music, so it was a gig that I was looking forward to covering.

I have to say though it definitely was not the easiest gig to ease me back into shooting live. The lighting was all over the place during the the first 2 songs and it was hard to photograph lead singer Gary Lightbody whist he was singing as he held the mic so close to his mouth all the time (getting horrible shadows), but enough of the moaning (it is the first gig of the year so I am allowed)!! In the end pretty happy how it all turned out and I think I managed to get some good images. The band were great live and the crowd were loving it. All in all a good night and can't wait to shoot some more gigs in the next few weeks, so look out for more posts.

Nina Kraviz - DJ Mag Cover Shoot

2012-02-01T11:16:00.000Z

I am very lucky to have a great relationship with all the guys at DJ Mag and I am always excited about shooting a cover for the publication. This actually my 28th cover shoot for the mag. For me its one of the biggest jobs you can get as there is nothing like seeing your image on the front of a magazine in the rack of a newsagents.

The cover star for this issue is Russian DJ/Producer Nina Kraviz. I must say she was one of the nicest and best artists that I have worked with for a while and as you can see by the pics she looked fantastic. We did the shoot just after Christmas in her hotel room and around the Hoxton Hotel. She was on a quick stop over before jetting off for her New Year gigs. The shoot and article was to coincide with her new album that is released this month.

Really happy how it came out, you can see the cover (above) and the article. There were so many unused shots I have put a selection below with my favs :)

Liam Gallagher Pretty Green Article - The i Newspaper

2012-01-13T09:30:00.001Z

One of my Liam Gallagher images which is from the Pretty Green Spring Summer shoot was was published in the i Newspaper on Wednesday 11th January. There will be loads of other shots from that shoot released soon, so keep checking back from updates.

Rihanna - O2 Arena

2012-01-10T14:12:00.000Z

This was actually the first time ever I had shot a live gig at the O2 Arena. Commissioned by IlikeMusic I was looking forward to shooting global superstar Rihanna. This was her penultimate show of the UK tour (she had already performed 8 shows at the O2 earlier in the month). I knew that we would be shooting from the mixing sound desk in the middle of the venue (which is massive). Luckily there were only another 2 photographers on this night as we were given the smallest area to shoot in as most of the section was taken up with equipment for the recording of the live DVD that was also taking place on the night.

The gig itself was great, she is an amazing performer and the crowd were loving it. Nearly all photographers would say they hate shooting from the mixing desk, would have loved to be in the pit as they images would have been so much better. Pretty happy what I got. Looking forward to getting the Canon 1DX and seeing how good it would perform on a gig like this (of course you need a good lens being this far away too).

Beady Eye - Brixton Academy

2012-01-06T12:00:00.000Z

In 2011 I was lucky to get the opportunity to photograph Beady Eye live on many occasions, the Brixton Academy gig was to be the last UK date of their year long tour. I knew this would be a great gig to be at and was well chuffed when I was asked to shoot it for the band and Pretty Green.

To make it even more special I was allowed to shoot the sound check and the whole gig from the stage (did the pit first 3 songs). I did this for the band at Reading Festival, but enjoyed it alot more this time around. Brixton Academy is a great venue, with loads of history and it looked mental seeing it from the bands perspective.

Really happy how the shots came out, wish I had access like this to all the gigs that I cover :)

The Sound Check

The Gig

Pioneer Ibiza Calendar 2012

2011-12-08T22:38:00.000Z

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you would have seen that I was backwards and forwards to Ibiza all summer. I was again involved in photographing all the images for the Pioneer DJ Calender. The calender is a large A3 size and is 24 high gloss pages which features famous DJs, clubbers, dancers and shows the impact Pioneer has on the island. It's distributed worldwide and are given to people that buy the Pioneer equipment and through the music industry. It will also will be distributed for free around Ibiza.

This season has to be the best one that I have ever shot, the whole island was buzzing and so busy. For me Ushuaia was amazing, a venue that rocked every time I went there, visually amazing and different to anything that is on the island at the moment. IMS was also special as it was the beginning of the season and it was good to catch up with everybody

I think my favourite shot of the year was the image of Ushuaia (1st pic below), it was shot from the hotel next door. The venue was going off and you can see for miles around up there.

My second favourite shot of the season is the dancer at Pacha (2nd pic below), I was waiting for the the Swedish House Mafia to go on and across the club saw the dancers performing. The lighting was really seedy and the image came out really well.

Below are a few of my favourite images of 2012 (there are loads more) and below that is the the calender in full. Hope you like it :)

I would like to thanks Mark, Simon, Amy, Rik, Jason and Dan Tait at Pioneer, Phil and Amy at Planet, Ibiza crew Mel Sutton and Piers Dupoy who was my wing man on the Island! All the DJs (and management) who were great letting me photograph them and everybody else in Ibiza and the UK that have helped put this together.

THE PIONEER 2012 CALENDAR

Sway - Still Speedin' Single Cover Artwork

2011-12-08T21:00:00.001Z

A few months ago I photographed hip hop artist Sway in London. We had a great session shooting images for press and future artwork. One of the shots has been used his new single Still Speedin' which is released this week and is tearing up the UK chart. Hope it does really well as he is a really nice guy and a was great to photograph.

Duran Duran - Bournemouth BIC

2011-12-08T11:38:00.001Z

I am a little young (just mind you) to remember Duran Duran when they were massive back in the mid 80's, but as they have done so many iconic records its hard not to know most of their songs. I was commissioned by ilikemusic to shoot the gig for their review section. The band were excellent live and really enjoyed shooting at the BIC, which I have not been at lately. Good night all round :)

Had to put this one in as i am getting a dirty look from Simon and I did not even do anything!!!!!

DJ Mag - ADE Article

2011-12-07T08:37:00.000Z

In October I was commissioned by DJ Mag to cover the Amsterdam Dance Event and DJ Mag's Top 100 Awards show, which was also being held in the city. Packed into 3 full days we manged to cover the conference, 6 clubs and the Top 100 event. Here is the the article that is in this months DJ Mag. I had a great time and would definitely go back to ADE next year and it was great to catch up with everybody, I did need a week to get over it when I got back though (getting old)

Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange - Alexandra Palace

2011-11-16T12:39:00.000Z

Last years Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project event was amazing so I was happy to get the call to cover this years party at the stunning Alexandra Palace. Jamaica was the theme for the event and artists on the night included Ms Dynamite, Rob Da Bank, Basement Jaxx, Toddla T and the Jamaican band The Jolly Boys. The event and production at the event was amazing. I had loads fun and it was great to work with the Splendid crew again, they are a really sound PR company to work with.

A few weeks prior to the event I shot the promotional shots of Ms Dynamite and Rob Da Bank that were to be used to send out to press to push the event. We only had 40 mins (story of my life at the moment with short shooting times) to do the shoot and we got a massive old skool sound system in the studio for the backdrop. Wish we had more time but happy with the outcome.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - HMV Forum London

2011-11-03T11:14:00.000Z

Got the call to shoot Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gig on the Friday afternoon by the guys at Ilikemusic. Noel is currently on his sell out mini tour round the country promoting his new album. I shot the second night in London (he was doing 3 gigs at 3 different venues in the city) at the HMV Forum. As I only got the job late nobody told me that there was no pit and we were shooting on a raised platform on the right hand side of the stage. I would have hired a longer lens if I had know, but pretty happy what I got. The only thing is that i wish i could have got better angles not very inspiring sometimes when you only have one angle to shoot at.

Anyway good gig, not the best shots I have ever done but they look OK :)

Pixie Lott Album Launch - Billingsgate Market London

2011-11-02T16:45:00.000Z

OK so the title sounds a little more exciting than the actual job, but I really enjoyed the evening. I was commissioned by Universal Music to photograph the Old Billingsgate Market that was having a massive video projection of Pixie Lott played over the front of the building to celebrate the release of her new album on the 7th November.

I got there early to find a good spot and work out the lighting and camera settings as I only had a limited time that the film would be played on the building. I was also paranoid about being asked to move on as security are very hot with people taking photos with pro cameras and long lens etc in that area of London. This was definitely a tripod job and the weather was perfect nice and clear and no rain!! So I managed to get a few angles of the film and when the boat that Pixie was on turned up (she was doing a live set for competition winners and music industry people) I was happy what i got.

Good night all round!

Noah And The Whale - Southampton Guildhalll

2011-11-02T14:10:00.000Z

This was my first gig at Southampton Guildhall for a few months and did not know what to expect from Noah And The Whale, but they were great. They were on their sell out tour, which features all the tracks from their album Last Night On Earth which was released earlier this year. Production for the gig was pretty good and happy with the images I got. The shoot was commissioned by Ilikemusic

The Who Quadrophenia Exhibition - Pretty Green Carnaby Street

2011-11-02T10:02:00.000Z

Having only seen the movie Quadrophenia once and never listened to The Who album I did not know what to expect when i as commissioned by Pretty Green to shoot the exhibition that celebrates 40 years of the release of the album. Have to say I now want to watch the film and and download the music.

The night kicked off with scooter rally down the famous Carnaby Street walk after which guests were allowed into the store to explore the never seen before exhibition.

The Pretty Green Carnaby Street store showcases Pete Townshend's archives of notes, desk diaries, photos and original lyrics from the making of Quadrophenia alongside album artwork and outages. Also a replica Vespa PX has been to look like legendary GS from the album shoot.

The exhibition is now open to the public (free entry) at the Pretty Green Carnaby Street store and will be available for viewing until 31st January 2012.

Beady Eye - Reading Festival

2011-10-24T11:21:00.002+01:00

Finally got approval to put these up on the blog, It was my first time to Reading Festival and i had a good time, really really muddy though. I was commissioned by Pretty Green to shoot the band and had on stage access and could shoot the whole gig, which was great. It was the fifth time I had shot Beady Eye this year and they again did not disappoint. I am looking forward to their tour and the end of the year.

All images contained in this post are property of Pretty Green. The images may not be copies, displayed or used in anyway before first obtaining written consent.

Chase And Status - O2 Bournemouth

2011-10-12T12:05:00.000+01:00

The beginning part of the year I had shot portarits of Chase And Status for Q magazine and Ilikemusic so it was great to finally see them live and shoot their gig at Bournemouth's O2 Academy. So impressed with the show and the energy of the performance was intense. Proper mosh pit too, with the young crowd loving it.

Production wise for pics not amazing from my point of few but pretty happy with what I got. Definitely one of the highlights of the year gig wise for me.

The warm up act was Labrinth, who i can see definately being one to watch for 2012 as he has has some good releases already this year and the crowd were really digging him.

Metronomy - Talking Heads - Southampton

2011-09-22T12:07:00.000+01:00

As this gig was literately 5 mins walk from my house I definitely did not want to miss out on this gig. Talking Heads is a great small venue so I was really surprised to see Metronomy were playing there. It was a great gig but I have to say from my point of view the lighting was shocking, most of the 3 songs I could shoot were pitch black. Got what I could as no flash was allowed. Not the best gig I have shot to be honest, but had a good night.

Sway - Metro Newspaper

2011-09-12T12:43:00.000+01:00

Just a quick post to check out todays Metro Newspaper which features my shot of Sway that we did a few weeks ago. Looks great!!

DJ Mag Cover Shoot - Pete Tong

2011-09-02T16:03:00.001+01:00

Within the electronic music industry I have been lucky to work with and photograph many of the biggest names in the world. One artist that I have never worked with is the legend Pete Tong. So when DJ Mag commissioned me to shoot the September issue of the mag with Pete as the cover star, I was made up. The shoot was to mark Pete's 20 years at Radio 1. The cover shot that was chosen we used a projector to project loads of twenty icons over Pete, quite simple but everybody was really happy with the outcome. I will put more images from the shoot next week on my site. Pete was great to work with, nice guy and a great pro. Thanks to everybody at Premier Park Studios too, I love that place!!

New edition of DJ Mag is out now.

DEVolution - Maida Vale

2011-09-02T15:40:00.001+01:00

I have always wanted to shoot in the BBC's famous Maida Vale Studios in London, so it was great to get commissioned by Warners to capture new band DEVolution recording a 4 track live session for 1Xtra. Pete Devereux and Tom Devos make up the band and on their first single "Good Love" they are joined on vocal by Amy Pearson. They were amazing, check out the Soundcloud link below to hear the session. Also I have put up the You Tube video too (I make a guest appearance quickly in). I'm happy with the images I got from the session and the band love them, so all good.

DEVolution - Live at Maida Vale for 1xtra & MistaJam by DEVolution

Gareth Emery - The Sound Of Garuda

2011-09-02T13:21:00.000+01:00

After taking Gareth Emery's press shots way back in December 2010, I knew he held back a few images for his new album. Really happy with the shot they chose. The Sound Of Garuda Vol 2 is out on September 5th. You can get it here.

Smirnoff Sensation - O2 Arena

2011-09-02T13:12:00.000+01:00

Had been really looking forward to this gig for some time as I heard that the Sensation events were visually stunning and it did not disappoint. This was also the first time I had actually shot in the O2 Arena. I was commissioned by Smirnoff (who were the sponsors) to photograph the company's presence at the event and people enjoying themselves. Got some great images of the production and everybody had a great night. Check out all the pics on Sminoff's Facebook group. Below are a few of my favs.

Not many "Celebs" at this event, only one that I knew was Imogen Thomas :-)

Artful - Single Cover

2011-09-02T12:28:00.000+01:00

Was really pleased to get the call from one of my friends in Southampton to see if I wanted to shoot the press pics for a new project they are working on. Atful is Mark Hill, who was one half of the group The Artful Dodger, who had major chart success a decade ago. Mark has been mentally busy the last few years producing other peoples work and now has decided to set up his own label Workhouse Records and start making music himself once again.

For the first release "Could Just Be The Bass Line" Mark has brought in Irish singer Kal Lavelle to sing the vocals. Kal has recently been supporting Ed Sheeran on his tour and has a fantastic voice. We did the shoot at Woolhouse Studios in Barnet, which was great as it had many different areas to set up in. Below is the cover and some of the images from the shoot will be on my site in the next few weeks.

The single is out now and you can download it here

Beady Eye - iTunes Festival - The Roundhouse

2011-08-03T21:56:00.001+01:00

This was the first time that I had shot at the Roundhouse in Camden . This was one of the events for the Itunes Festival. I was shooting for Pretty Green once again. The place was a top venue and Beady Eye rocked it. The more and more I have seen and shot them this year the better they get. Lighting production was not as good as other shows, so it was a tricky shoot. The great Steve Cradock supported once again and got some good shot of him too.

All images contained in this post are property of Pretty Green. The images may not be copies, displayed or used in anyway before first obtaining written consent.

Well Done Richard Parks!!

2011-07-26T15:08:00.000+01:00

If you saw last year that I did the press shots for Richard Park's 737 Challenge. Well after 6 months, 11 days, 7 hours and 53sec he achieve a world first, by pioneering a 7 month race to climb the highest mountain on each of the worlds continents. Not to mention venturing to both the South and Geographical North Poles. I am very proud to be a VERY small part of the project and I look forward to catching up with Richard in the next few months after the hectic schedule he has with the press and media.

You can still donate to his amazing challenge but going to the website

Pioneer Advertisements - Carl Cox & Wally Lopez

2011-07-26T11:53:00.000+01:00

During this years Space Opening I shot both Carl Cox and Wally Lopez performing outside in the Flight Arena. Pioneer used a couple of the images from the event for advertisements that will be used as billboards in Ibiza and also in press and magazines in the UK and Europe. Really happy how they have turned out as they have used shots that bring out the artists personality.

Gareth Emery - Ibiza Billboard

2011-06-30T10:54:00.000+01:00

During one of my trips to Ibiza I saw one of my shots from the Gareth Emery shoot we did in December used for advertising his night at Space. Will try and get a photo of it, but here is what it looks like. Always good to see your work printed that big.

Paul Weller - Hyde Park

2011-06-27T16:16:00.000+01:00

I was comissioned to photograph Paul Weller at Hyde Park by Pretty Green as he has just designed a range of clothes for the label and was wearing some of the items at the gig. The weather was prefect and Paul as ever was amazing.

The White Lies - Hyde Park

2011-06-27T15:50:00.000+01:00

I managed to catch the White Lies at Hyde Park as they were part of the bill for the Kings Of Leon gig. Good live band and had the crowd going.

Dirty South - Strictly Album Cover

2011-06-27T14:28:00.000+01:00

In the last few months I have had the privilege of having 4 of my shots on album covers. Here is another one top add to that. Aussie superstar DJ/producer Dirty South used one of my images (with some extra design work on it) from our press shoot a few months ago on his new album with Strictly Rhythm. It's out now!!

Ibiza Opening Week - Pioneer Shoot

2011-06-10T12:18:00.000+01:00

This is probably my favorite job of the year, the start of the Ibiza season! Its a long week but so much fun and you get to catch up with friends and clients that you only see perhaps once or twice a year due to them being all over the world. I was shooting for Pioneer as we are starting on the new 2012 Ibiza calender. It takes lot of planning to get the right artists for the project. They have to of course use the Pioneer equipment and also have to have a presence in the global dance music community (the calender is distributed worldwide).

So this is my blog from the week. I have held back lots of images as we want the calender to have fresh feel (not loads of pics that you have seen before) I am going to put captions in the pictures rather than write a review. Hope you like the pics and hope it gives you a flavour of what its like over there, MADNESS!!

Thanks to the Pioneer crew IMS, Ushuaia, Space and everybody else who helped me get the passes and shots I needed for the week.

Pete Tong with Paul Kalkbrenner

A Serious Looking Richie Hawtin

A Happy Richie Hawtin

Team Swedish House Mafia

This was my fav session as Carl Cox & Lyn Cosgrove interviewed Pepe from Space, his stories were amazing and very funny, as you can see my Carl's reaction in this pic!

Pioneer's Rik Parkingson showing DJ Michael Woods the CDJ 2000 and DMJ-900 set up

Sarah Main interviewing fellow Aussies Nervo

This is taken at Ibiza's new restaurant Lio (formally El Divino) at the IMS Legends Dinner, which was celebrating 20 years of Pete Tong on Radio 1

Hosted by Emma B, Pete was shown a 20 min video by people who had been apart of his success in the last 20 years and more. Including loads of DJ, producers and Pete's family. The view was amazing too.

Pete had a good night and a lot of laughs

At he end Pete was joined on stage by Carl Cox, Sasha and James Barton and Darren Hughes who all told stories about
Pete. Then a presentation was made

Thursday night it was up to the Dalt Vila, first up the Nervo girls

Hands Up!

The crowd was going mental, epic laser set up too

David Guetta took over and got the crowd going mental

Friday night it was up to Dalt Vila again for the IMS Closing Party

Japanese Pop Stars, good to see the guys again

Get that hand up Decky!

Pete Tong took over

Hecules And The Love Affair

Loved when the sun was going down

Dubfire now rocking it

Great production

Really happy with this shot

2 Many DJs closed the party

New hotel Ushuaia opened on the Saturday. We go there at 4pm and it was rocking to the Cadenza sounds

The venue holds had around 3000 people all dancing by the pool and an amazing DJ booth and area. Had abit of a Miami feel but better.

Going off big time when the night set in.

Michel Cleis using the Pioneer CDJ-2000. A packed booth also (that would have done my head in)

Epic shot, got this by standing on a platform behind the booth. It was fun getting up on the platform with a pair of Havaianas on. Thanks to Piers from DJ Sounds for the boost up.

Sunday was Space Opening, Was a great event this year, the crowd were so up for it

Wally Lopez, a photographers dream. Never disappoints when shooting him, always up for a laugh!

A bit of Fisheye going on here

The sign was very heavy :)

Crowd was going off, this was around 6pm

Starting to get messy for some people

Mel interviewing Pepe for DJ Sounds

With Wally Lopez

I can see you too

Great production with the dancer and performers this year

Night setting in, this means time for Steve Lawler

Steve's last track, epic crowd shot too

Coxy Takes Over

You Da Man!!!

Last Track

Was a busy week!!

The Japanese Pop Stars - DJ Mag Article

2011-06-09T22:04:00.000+01:00

I was flicking through DJ Mag's 20th Year Anniversary issue and came across an article with The Japanese Pop Stars. The magazine used images from their press shoot I did with them for EMI Records at the beginning of the year. They are a great bunch of lads too!

Demi and Omid 16B - Sounds Like Alola Album Covers

2011-06-09T21:37:00.002+01:00

Strange that a second time in a week I have found out that my images are being used on album covers. This time it features shots that I took back in 2009 for a DJ Mag cover shoot with Omid 16B and Demi. The album is being released due to the Alola label celebrating being 17 years old. They have remastered the entire catalog and Demi and Omid have mixed the first 2 volumes. The images look cool too, nice effect :)

Steve Mac - Roots Album Cover

2011-06-09T21:20:00.000+01:00

Just before Christmas I shot the whole of the Saved Records crew in Maidstone. I think there were around 15 people were there for the shoot. We did not have long with each person but during that session I shot Mr Steve Mac. Steve is a good friend of mine and have know him for over 10 years so I was really happy to see that that one of the images from that shoot was used for his new album Roots, which is out now on Saved Records. Like what they did to the image too.

Pretty Green - Covent Garden Store Opening

2011-06-01T14:57:00.000+01:00

Pretty Green commissioned me to photograph the opening of their new store, which is situated in the heart of Covent Garden in London. The store looks amazing, I also went down a few days before the party to shoot the store when it was empty. The crowds started to wait outside four hours before the event and went mental when Liam came out for a photocall with the press. The FA Cup was also a guest of honor as Liam's team Manchester City had won the cup 4 days before. I managed to get an exclusive shot of Liam with it, which I was chuffed about.

Around the shop there are also some frames that have my images (some are Steve Allen's) from some of the recent Beady Eye gigs, which I was really happy about. Then I found out that 2 of my live images were also being used on an postcard set that was given out to people on the night (see image below)

One of my pics on the wall, more are around the store.

2 of my images that were used on a ltd edition postcard set

All images contained in this post are property of Pretty Green. The images may not be copied, displayed or used in anyway before first obtaining written consent.

Katy B - Portsmouth Pyramids

2011-06-01T14:14:00.000+01:00

At the beginning of 2011 Katy B was tipped to be one of the new breakthrough artists. Since getting that accolade she has has lots of chart success and a high ranking debut album. She was a great live performer, did not stand still for a moment and she had great interaction with the crowd. Perhaps the music was not my bag but can see here staying around in the scene for quite some time. I was commissioned to shoot the gig by ilikemusic.

Pioneer DMJ- 900 Advertisement

2011-06-01T12:25:00.001+01:00

I have been working with Pioneer now for the last 4 years. They are a great company to work for and I have become friends with many of the people there. I have just returned from Ibiza as we are starting to work on the 2012 calender. Here is the advert that has been in every electronic music magazine around, its all about the new DMJ 900 mixer which is an amazing piece of kit. My shot of James Zabiela was used as he works closely with Pioneer, also the crowd shot in the advert is taken from one of my Ibiza pics last year. Check out the vid that shows what the mixer can do.

Pete Doherty - Southampton University

2011-05-23T15:28:00.000+01:00

I have never really been a fan of Pete Doherty as a person or a musician, so was not really looking forward to this gig. I was actually surprised and enjoyed the event. It was just him with a guitar on stage and his voice sounded good. The crowd were going mental and singing to everything he was doing. Was not a big production, but manged to get a few good shots. This was one of his last gigs before he got sent to jail for 6 months

Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Billboard

2011-05-23T13:26:00.000+01:00

I was driving round Southampton and noticed a billboard that uses my images from the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange event. I shot the event back in November and was chuffed to see the image being used. I have been told that they are all over the country. Here are the billboard and advertising poster designs that are put up to promote the event coming to the city/town.

Beady Eye - Southampton Guildhall

2011-05-06T11:36:00.000+01:00

It's not that often that I get to shoot one of my favorite bands at Southampton Guildhall and as some of you know it's my home town. Also as you might have seen in older posts that this was the third time this month I had shot a Beady Eye gig. As usual Liam's voice was on top form and the rest of the band looked far more relaxed than I saw them at the Troxy at the beginning of their tour. The crowd were definitely up for it and surprisingly did not get that wet from thrown beer glasses (well hopefully it was beer)

All images contained in this post are property of Pretty Green. The images may not be copies, displayed or used in anyway before first obtaining written consent.

Steve Cradock - Southampton Guildhall

2011-05-04T14:43:00.001+01:00

I have recently just got my first guitar and can't wait to make the time to start learning. So knowing that Steve Cradock was supporting Beady Eye on their recent UK tour I was looking forward to seeing him play. I managed to photograph Steve in February when he was in Ocean Colour Scene and was blown away by his guitar skills and it was the same again on this occasion. The only disappointment was as with most support acts the lighting was shocking! Managed to get a few good shots from it though.

DJ Mag Cover Shoot - Above And Beyond

2011-05-04T11:09:00.000+01:00

Being commissioned to photograph a magazine cover is always such an amazing job. So it was great to get the nod from DJ Mag to photograph Trance global superstars Above and Beyond for their May 2011 edition. I think this would be my 25th cover shoot with them.

We wanted to get a nice clean image for the cover and the guys were great to work with, really nice guys and had good laugh, this makes my job allot easier. The magazine has changed its size down to A4 and as ever there is a CD to be mounted on the cover too so you have to be be aware when you are shooting how much space you actually have (logo and text also)

Really happy how it looks and I have included the cover image that we went for and the other option with out any of the text on. There is also a behind the scenes video that will be out in the next few weeks. The May edition of DJ Mag is out now!!!

Beady Eye - Royal Albert Hall

2011-04-13T11:02:00.001+01:00

I was really excited at getting the opportunity of shooting at the Royal Albert Hall, as I had not been there before. Beady Eye were head ling the Friday night for The Teenage Cancer Trust, who had a week long event at the venue. With acts like Roger Daltery, Biffy Clyr o, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J and Editors all headlining a certain day to raise money for the charity.

The gig was amazing and the band sounded better than the week before at The Troxy. I managed to get some great shots from the balcony too, where you can see how much of a fantastic venue it really is. Miles Kane supported the band once again and Roger Daltery came out and introduced the band. I had a great night and looking forward to the tour this month.

NB - All Images are owned by Pretty Green

Beady Eye - London Troxy

2011-04-08T12:35:00.000+01:00

The last few years I have been working closley with Liam Gallagher's clothing label Pretty Green on various project and events. So it was great to shoot some live photos for the label of Liam's new band Beady Eye. This was their first ever London gig at the Troxy and it was amazing. His vocal were spot on and the way the gig flowed was excellent. Pretty happy with images, the pit was rammed. There was a lot of buzz for this gig. I will be putting up next week - Beady Eye's gig for The Teenage Cancer Trust at Royal Albert Hall, so look out for my updates.

NB - All Photos are owned by Pretty Green

Katy Perry - Bournemouth

2011-04-01T08:43:00.001+01:00

It was great to get to shoot the Katy Perry gig at The Bournemouth BIC, being one of the biggest artists in the world at the moment. I knew before hand that there was no pit and we would have to shoot from the back, so it was a bit restrictive shot wise. It was a big disappointment as I knew the production for the gig would be amazing. It is actually the first time that i have every shot from the back of a venue. I actually do like some of the shots with the crowd in as it gives it some atmosphere. It was also an eye opener on how many people were using camera phones!

I am pretty happy with the images from the night. The first one is my fav as i managed to capture Katy hearting the crowd and the lighting is wicked. She was a great performer and vocal were good too. Lets hope next time we can shoot from the pit :)

Chase And Status

2011-03-29T16:16:00.000+01:00

Within 2 weeks of each other I was comissioned by Q Magazine and ilikemusic to photograph electronic production duo Chase and Status. Will and Saul were really sound guys and are on fire at the moment with their productions. Their album No More Idols reached number 2 in the charts and they are currently on a massive live tour all over Europe.

The first part of the shoot for Q Mag would be at their studio which is based in the Waterloo area. The second part of the shoot would be over in Cologne, where Saul would be doing a DJ set. Joinied on stage by MC Rage (who was amazing) the guys rocked the party, which was in an old warehouse. I must say that i have not felt that hot in a venue since the early 90's, proper sweat box. It was hard to photograph sometimes as the lens on the camera was always steaming up.

It was great to meet and photograph the guys and hope to see them on their live tour later in the year.

Miles Kane - London Troxy

2011-03-16T19:33:00.000Z

I knew straight away that I would definitely want to photograph Miles, who has been the support for Beady Eye through out their sellout UK and Europe dates this month. Looking forward to hearing his album after the set he did, really impressed. The lighting for the support act is as normal rubbish, but manged to get some good black and white images. The Troxy as a venue was great and the Beady Eye pics from the gig will be up every soon.

KT Tunstall - O2 Bournemouth

2011-03-07T11:33:00.000Z

Always had a bit of a soft spot for KT Tunstall's music, so was happy to get the commisson from Ilikemusic to shoot her gig at the O2 (which was rammed). The lighting for the gig was not the best, but as you can see from some of the pics she had so much energy on stage and was great to photograph. Check out her Tiger Suit album that was released last year, its a good listen!

Clare Maguire

2011-03-01T09:38:00.001Z

I was really happy to be commissioned by Ilikemusic to photograph Clare Maguire as she is an artist I have heard so much about during the last few months.

Signed to Universal records in 2008, Clare has spent the last two years under the radar, writing non-stop, working with producers including pop-maestro Fraser T Smith and gearing up for the 2011 release of her debut album; Light After Dark.

She has been listed in numerous 'Ones To Watch' Polls for 2011 and is getting set to sweep the airwaves with her dark, operatic-tinged, distinctive vocals. The forward thinking young-popstress can also be found on The Streets' final album Computers and Blues, having penned the final track. Chase and Status invited her on stage following her appearance on their new record No More Idols, while her live show has recently been honed following support slots for Hurts and Plan B.

I did not have long to photograph her, but she was lovely. Managed to get some cool images and some fly on the wall pics whist she was being interviewed. My favourite image from the shoot (not included below) will be uploaded on my site in the next few weeks.

Read the full interview here.

Ocean Colour Scene - Southampton Guildhall

2011-02-21T12:01:00.003Z

First post of 2011, sorry its been a while but we have just had our second child so everything has been very hectic. Just now starting to settle down and finally getting back into the swing of things.

What a great way to start the year with one of my fave bands Ocean Colour Scene. The tour was to mark the 15th anniversary of their most famous album Mosley Shoals. The band sang the whole album in its entirety, then went off for 10 mins and did another hour of their other hits. Really enjoyed the gig and was great to see Steve Cradock up close doing his thing on the guitar!

Pretty Green - Manchester Store Opening & James Buckley

2010-12-21T15:53:00.003Z

I was commissioned by Pretty Green to travel up to photograph Liam Gallagher officially open their Manchester King's street store, with also Mani from Primal Scream and formally The Stone Roses performing an exclusive DJ set. Had to shoot interior shots and then some of Liam whist in the store, which i must say looks amazing.

Liam also gave an interview to the Manchester Evening News in which he said about the opening; “It always feels a bit weird coming back to your home town. There are always nerves about how you’ll be received but it’s looking good so far. If people are into it they’re into it, and if they’re not they’re not. It’s keeping me off the streets, you know what I mean? I just hope it continues to go on and keeps getting better.”

Then on the Saturday I had went up to the Carnaby Store to photograph James Buckley (commonly known as 'Jay' from The Inbetweeners) playing an exclusive DJ set. James played some great tunes and took some time away from the decks to pose for photos with fans. He was a really sound guy.

Pixie Lott

2010-12-16T22:24:00.002Z

I was really happy to get the commissioned by Ilikemusic to do portrait and live shoot with one of the biggest female artists of 2010 Pixie Lott. We did the portraits at the Dorchester Hotel in London and the live gig was a few days later at the Bournemouth O2 Academy.

She was an absolute pleasure to photograph and at the live gig I managed to get some great images too (great lighting production) I will also put up a few more pics from the portrait shoot in early 2011 as this is when my main website will be updated. Click the interview here to see some more additional fly on the wall interview pics

Pioneer Ibiza Calender 2011

2010-12-10T12:04:00.000Z

During the summer of 2010 I was again involved in photographing all the images for the Pioneer DJ Calender. This year we decided to cover the whole of Ibiza. Around 150,000 copies get printed worldwide and are given to people that buy the Pioneer equipment. It will also will be distributed for free around Ibiza.

The project was to show the impact Pioneer has on the island. I love being apart of this and the buzz getting back the finished article is amazing. The calender is a large A3 size and is 24 high gloss pages which features famous DJs, clubbers, dancers and the general vibe of the island.

Here is the calender in full and I have also included a few more pics from closing week which was amazing to shoot. Hope you like it.

I would like to thanks Mark, Simon, Resh and Dan Tait at Pioneer, Phil, Andi, Chris at Planet. Piers Dupoy for being my wing man on the Island! All the DJs who were great letting me photograph them and everybody else in Ibiza and the UK that have helped put this together.

Pioneer HDJ-500 Headphone Shoot - Blue Marlin Ibiza

2010-12-03T09:52:00.000Z

Check out the action from behind the scenes at the Blue Marlin in Ibiza for the photo shoot of the HDJ-500 headphones. I get interviewed which I hate (I don't like being the other side of the camera) Mark Grotefeld and Simon Hart from the Pioneer Europe team are also interviewed. They tell us how the shoot went, who these fabulous new "cans" are for and why they chose the Blue Marlin for the shoot. It was great to photograph woman for a change!!!

Available in three colours; Black, Red and white and with its rotating arm structure, the HDJ-500 is also completely adaptable to your personal DJing style. The HDJ-500 is sound engineered to strongly reproduce the low and mid level frequencies needed foraccurately monitoring dance music when DJing. It reproduces a rich low-range and increases the sound pressure by utilising our newly developed 40 mm diameter driver unit and by narrowing the ear pad opening, giving you crystal clear sound, whatever your needs.Top sound quality and style are no longer reserved solely for professional levelDJs, but are now available to anyone who wants to get the most out of their dance music.

I have also included some behind the scenes pics from the shoot and the final advert. Massive thanks for all their hard work to everybody at Pioneer and The Shop for making the shoot happen.

Pretty Green Club Night -The Garage Islington

2010-12-02T10:48:00.002Z

Pretty Green had their first club night at The Garage in Islington, London on Friday night. A great night was had by all with brilliant DJ sets from Andy Bell, Paul Gallagher, Eddie Piller and Jamie Skillz, and rousing live sets from Exit Calm and The Broken Vinyl Club.

Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton both attended the event, other celebrities in attendance included Tom Meighan, Martin Freeman, Liam Howlett, Holly Willoughby, "Inbetweeners" star James Buckley, Tamzin Outhwaite, Andy Bell, Gem Archer and Natalie Appleton.

I was commissioned by Pretty Green to go round and capture the atmosphere from the event. It was a great night!

Jamie Skillz

Exit Calm

Andy Bell

Broken Vinyl Club