Interstellar
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been out and about in the clubs again recently with this set from Sunrise at the West Indian Centre. Not a massive amount to say really, other than that I am quite proud of the set I got from here.
Tag: Leeds
Fighting Spotlights
Reading Time: 2 minutesSomething that comes up in discussion more and more amongst music photographers recently is the curse of the LED spot. These may have their benefits for cost, power and the environment, but they are bloody annoying for photographers. Unlike a normal incandescent light with a …
Disappointing Eclipse Pictures
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the wake of Britain’s nearly total solar eclipse The Guardian published a set of disappointing pictures from their roof which was shrouded in thick white smog and cloud. While not a total washout, certainly the eclipse in Leeds was not what we had all …
A Meanwood Night
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome moody pictures. Just a few little shots from a quick wak round the top of my street after dak It’s always good to remember the images on your doorstep that you have not taken yet.
Spooky Shoot
Reading Time: 2 minutesI spent the evening on Hallowe’en in a certain old Mill building in Holbeck where Photocamp Leeds had set up a spooky Hallowe’en shoot. I used this to experiment with a few different techniques – wide angle shots, using a Lensbaby for portraits, and off …
Light Night
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn event I always try and get to is the annual Night Light in Leeds, where various art installations and projections take over the city. I was all set to be really organised this year and plot a sensible path through the events, especially as …
Ela Orleans at Wharf Chambers
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was invited down to this lovely intimate gig at Wharf Chambers to shoot a set of images capturing the night. Something a little more chilled than many of the events I shoot for this project – I almost didn’t include it on this site, …
Summer Fêtes
Reading Time: 2 minutes…I have been shooting at the Elliot’s Footprint summer fete in Meanwood; a fundraiser for the charity, which supports parents after the loss of a child.
Though I had a lovely time, I have to say this was one of the most difficult shoots in have done for a long time…
Photocamp
Reading Time: 3 minutes…and some amazing parafunctional spaces which we used for model shoots, workshops and just making pictures of what we found.
I will post some more of the specific work I produced this weekend later…
Temple Works
Reading Time: 2 minutes…designed by Joseph Bonomi the Younger and built by John Marshall between 1836 and 1840, it boasts a two acre main space, and apparently is pretty unique (at least for the time) in that it is held up under both compression and tension.
On the tour, in the main room we we hard-hatted and required to walk to a ‘safe area’ without stopping, just in case anything fell…
Cold Winter Campus all lit up
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s getting towards the end of the year, and with my birthday and Christmas looming, the day job is done until January. I always like the feel of the Uiversity Campus in winter, the Christmas Tree, the Lights – I thought I’d just bring my …
Photocamp 2013
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s been a busy weekend here. I must confess I was a little apprehensive about all this. Not really by choice, but simply because I haven’t really found many people as obsessed as I am with taking pictures , much of my photography has been …