One of the shoots on last weeks Leeds Guide brief was to photograph Miss Harrogate in various party frocks from the shops of Leeds. Life is hard. This one was probably my fave and has my vote for the issue cover. Miss Harrogate is actually Vivienne Edge a pro model based in Leeds. I didn’t know this until she turned up and it turns out she’d joined us for one of our 3B•Media flash days back in July – check the post here. So it was great to already know that she was a pro and knew how to work...
I’ve find setting up filters in life help keep the best things coming your way. It’s not devious or overtly strategic, but some particular pals are particularly geeky and keep me informed of new technological advances, some musos point me towards exciting new releases and some photographers drop me a line to let me know when they’re excited about things or have found something that might be of interest. I’d like to think I’m part of this cog for others too, pointing them in the direction of interesting things. I’d like this blog to have such an angle too. I...
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A picture may not always speak 1000 words, but this next one certainly sets the scene… I was asked down to London to photograph the wedding of my dear pal Mark Nunn & his good lady, Clare. I met Markwah & his sis in Bangladesh, of all places, and we’ve got on ever since. He’s a man of many talents, a wordsmith & muso and has the eye, but often not the time, for photography, so I was honoured to get involved on their big day on October 30th this year. I popped down to London a while back to...
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Just a quick post(er!) I was in a bar/restaurant in Headingley, Leeds the other day called Arcadia. It’s a bit of a Belgian-style beer house with a plethora of interestingly shaped bottles full of malty/fruity/nutty/cheeky 10% alcohol headaches. Here it be: The walls were covered with amazing Art Deco and Art Nouveau posters. I got chatting with the owner and he told me all about his love for this era. He said he had to open a new room upstairs, because he didn’t have enough room for all his posters! He told me he had a secret dealer who supplied...
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Back in October the legendary Irish muso Mark Geary brought his pals Dan Wilde, Seamus McGloughlin & Ian Bailey to Verve for a special gig in association with my Sunday Service acoustic band night. We’ve had Mark & Dan down before and they both simply amazing. It may have been the hottest gig ever, because as it was heating up I cranked up the bar AC only to find later I’d inadvertently set it to heat. Not everyone was a fan of that move, but fortunately they was (if you’ll allow me to Alesha-ize my flex) distracted by the ace tunes....
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Myself, Phil Barber and Rob Booker have been working hard behind the scenes on our new company called 3B Media, which you may have read about on some previous blog posts. We’re really excited as our first photography training day has been finalised and we’re now taking bookings! We’ve called our workshop series: Inspiring Photography, because that’s exactly what we’re trying to do; teaching how to create inspiring images as well as inspiring photographers to get out there and create fresh work with limited gear. Our first course is titled ‘Urban Portraits‘ and is all about capturing fun, fresh images in...
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Well that was a crazy busy weekend! As well as the three pre-weds and an excellent Akbars curry with pals (try the Murgh Makhani if you’re passing!) I managed to check out two stand-up comedy titans, Eddie Izzard & Jimmy Carr. Saturday was Eddie’s turn and with about 12 friends we made an exodus to Manchester for his lastest live offering, the ‘Stripped‘ tour. Before joining Edmund we swarmed on an ace Manchester Pizzeria called Dough. Check it if you’re about, for it was damn tasty (Asian Chicken pizza anyone, marinated in chilli and limes and served with cashew nuts,...
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Last Sunday, I shoehorned in three fun pre-wedding meetings with upcoming wedding clients. As well as catching up with these cool couples, it was really rather pleasant to take Sonic out for a spin to Harrogate, York and back Leeds via Hazlewood castle. I do enjoy driving driving and love my mid-life-crisis sports car. Equal parts introvert & extrovert, I really enjoy the solitude of a burn across Yorkshire’s rolling countryside with the tunes cranked up. So – bright ‘n early, our first port of call was Vicki & Simon in Harrogate. They’re friends of friends and are in fact...
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Bonjourno chicos! I shot another Leeds Guide last week and got up to all sorts of fun stuff. One feature was shot in House of Fraser, where a Bobby Brown makeup artist made LG sales mentalist Lucy’s eyes all smoky. Looks cool eh? And yeah yeah, I know I spelt smoky wrong on the pic. D’oh. As I keep repeating, food reviews are my fave part of the whole LG experience, and this issue had loads of em. First stop, Call’s Landing on the Riverside. A fine looking warehouse building that would make an amazing studio flat. In the Halloweeny...
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