Ocean Colour Scene - Southampton Guildhall

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

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

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