I’ve been working with The Bookshop Band for over a year now, shooting both photos and video – I’ve videoed almost every event they’ve played in Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights as well as the recording sessions they did at Ben’s house and Prior … Read More →
Category Archives: Music
Stringbeans Quartet – band photoshoot
I was asked to do a photoshoot for the Stringbeans Quartet, a string quartet which plays the sort of music that string quartets don’t normally get to play. The quartet includes three musicians I have already either photographed or videoed: Beth Porter (cello), Emma Hooper … Read More →
The Bookshop Band – live in … the bookshop!
After my recent video of Beth Porter and the Availables, I was asked to video a gig by another band she is in – The Bookshop Band, so called because it was created to play at evening events in Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, … Read More →
All Things Considered – band photo shoot
On Saturday I did a photo shoot for acoustic/alternative band “All Things Considered” (www.allthingsconsidered.org.uk), at South Hill Park in Bracknell. It’s a lovely location with landscaped grounds, only slightly marred by building work which has fences criss-crossing everywhere! We managed to find a few good … Read More →
Bethany Porter and the Availables – Live!
I’ve videoed Beth Porter before, playing cello and recorder in The Gagliano Trio and Bath Spa Recital Quartet, but this time she was playing cello, ukelele, recorder and singing with her band “the Availables” at the Royal Oak in Bath. She also accompanied The Cedar … Read More →
Oded Kafri and Young Paul live at the Wilmington Arms
Back in the summer I came across Oded Kafri busking in Bath and took the opportunity to video him – it’s not often you see a drummer busking! He liked what I had done and a few weeks ago asked me to go to London … Read More →
Catmandu at Chapel Arts – gig photos
I was asked to photograph indie-pop band Catmandu at the Chapel Arts Centre in Bath on Saturday. With varied, colourful lighting the band looked great as well as sounding great.
Beth Porter and the Availables
I’ve worked with Beth a number of times, in several guises! She plays cello, recorder, ukulele, violin, … and she can do the most astonishing dolphin imitation! She also write songs for her group, “Beth Porter and the Availables”, and that’s what we were recording for … Read More →