A hot weekend in Eastern Washington, 2014
13 photos
Eastern Daily Press
3 photos
News coverage of my 1939: England in Color project.
www.england-in-color-1939.com
The Farm, June 2014
61 photos
Portland, May 2014
12 photos
August 1939
45 photos
Japan, February 2014
140 photos
Grain grinder for sale
3 photos
Petersen Farm, Christmas 2013
136 photos
The Farm, Dec 2013
5 photos
Little Bear
22 photos
Japan Goes By So Fast
52 photos
November 2013
Japan, seen from windows, moving quickly
95 photos
Knitwear shoot with Lenna, Oct 2013
11 photos
Camping Aug 2013
49 photos
The Two Towers
5 photos
Odds and Ends, Jan 2013
20 photos
Old Plane Pictures
17 photos
I run a blog: oldplanepictures.blogspot.com/ and this set is basically a clipboard for that blog, containing retouched and original versions of scans I've made from pictures of old planes that I...
Road-trip with the iPhone 3GS, October 2012
16 photos
iPhone Panoramas
5 photos
Korea, March 2012
17 photos
Seattle abstractions Nov 2011
1 photo
An experiment in abstracting views using colour and movement.
Around Seattle, summer '11
13 photos
Some British Portraits
9 photos
Pictures of friends and family (and one stranger) from a recent trip home.
Blue
21 photos
Exhibition Ideas
19 photos
Seattle and Portland, Feb 2011
22 photos
A few pics from Helen's visit to Seattle in Feb 2011, and a brief excursion to Portland, Oregon. Digital and polaroid.
Some American Places
95 photos
Flying Legends 2010
28 photos
Duxford, Cambridgeshire. July 11th 2010
Interesting/My Foot
14 photos
It isn't Finished Yet!
6 photos
Excercise equipment (I think), awaiting unwrapping, London, 2010.
Lightning T5, Cranfield, Dec 09
11 photos
Cranes, October 09
6 photos
Foggy night after the pub. What else was I going to do?
Berlin, September 2009
10 photos
Flying Legends, Duxford, July 2009
13 photos
Chad VanGaalen, London, 2009
4 photos
ATP versus the fans, May 09
7 photos
The Northwestern, London, March 09
7 photos
Anna Sinfield, London, March 09
17 photos
The Week That Was, London, March 09
11 photos
At Home with the Allabartons, March 09
10 photos
Blue (and other colours)
49 photos
Part of an ongoing project. Why? Because I like blue.
America, November 08
71 photos
New York, Election Fever, and a weeklong chillout on the North-West Pacific Coast.
Malta, October 2008
28 photos
Holiday! Holiday!
A Walk Home.
6 photos
Yorkshire, July 08
15 photos
Flying Legends Airshow, Duxford, 2008
10 photos
Roy Ayres, Jazz Cafe, May 08
4 photos
Love Music, Hate Racism. London, April 2008
6 photos
I took a load of live shots, but f**k that, these are more interesting.
Low Light (not gigs)
61 photos
Sam Sparro, Camden Crawl, London April 2008
8 photos
Make Model, Camden Crawl, London, April 2008
2 photos
Los Campesinos!, Camden Crawl, London April 08
7 photos
Methodman and Redman, London, April 08
12 photos
Seoul, Korea, 2008
14 photos
High Barn, Yorkshire, 2008
6 photos
Terry Callier, London, March 08
6 photos
Gwyneth Herbert, London, March 2008
5 photos
Duffy, London, 2008
6 photos
"This is my new song Rockferry. Has anyone ever been to Rockferry? Have you? What's it like"
That's a failure of basic research Duffy. I've been to Rockferry, and it's brills.
Gallows, London 2008
6 photos
Abstracts and Interestingness
221 photos
Things out of the ordinary, or ordinary things out of context. Or just pictures that I find particularly interesting. Whatever.
School of Language, London, 2008
10 photos
'Intimate' instore gig from Sunderland's finest (or one of them) at Pure Groove, an excellent record shop run by lovely people, in Archway, London. David Brewis (aka School of Language) is one third...
Laura Marling, London, 2008
5 photos
Laura's 18th birthday gig, at the Soho Revue Bar. She's more interesting than her facial expression might suggest.
The North, 2007
19 photos
Berlin, 2008.
16 photos
King Creosote, London, 2008
6 photos
Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Union Chapel, London Dec...
6 photos
Last ever gig. 10th Anniversary of Simon Jeffes' death.
London Town
119 photos
Funny place, London.
Barney's First Ever Cameraphone
20 photos
I finally got one - thanks Ange ;)
Jimi Hendrix 40th Anniversary gig, London, Oct 07
13 photos
Billy Cox! Mitch Mitchell! I can't believe how much fun it was to point a camera at two of my all-time musical heros!
denis locorierre, London, October 2007
8 photos
Courtney Pine, London, October 07
5 photos
School of Language, London, October 2007
7 photos
Poland, September 2007
74 photos
From a much-needed 2 week furlough in Poland, in September 2007. Krakow, Poznan, then Wroclaw. But in reverse order. You know, to keep you on your toes.
Richard Hawley, London, September 07
12 photos
Basquiat Strings, London, September 07
3 photos
The Polyphonic Spree, London Astoria, September...
10 photos
Japan, August 2007
12 photos
A whistlestop tour of some of the best hotels, busses and train stations in the country. And raw cuttlefish.
The Fall, London, July 2007
15 photos
UNKLE. London, July 07
9 photos
The whole gig was lit with strobe lights. Exposure and composition sheer guesswork.
A Scale Model of London
9 photos
It's sooo cute!
Bouncy Castle Birthday. London, June 07
15 photos
Yes we were drunk, yes we were foolish, yes, we're all old enough to know better, but for the love of God, we had a bouncy castle! What would you have done?
A Weekend of Fun and Rain and Fun
11 photos
The Scene and I.
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Duxford, May 07
19 photos
Deerhoof, Koko, London May 07
15 photos
Lilies, April 2007
10 photos
I was aiming for a sort of Robert Mapplethorpe look here - my editor said they looked like little yellow willies, so I suppose on some level I succeeded.....
Out and about - Spring 2007
25 photos
A few abstracts for your viewing pleasure. Some of which feature the Blue Fin Building - my new place of work.
Ash, Kings College, London March 07
13 photos
Charlotte Hatherly, London, March 07
6 photos
Scott Matthews, London, March 07
4 photos
Field Music, London 2007
11 photos
DJ Shadow, Brixton Academy Dec 06
3 photos
Do you think I interpreted 'Shadow' a little too literally?
With stage-lighting this low I had no choice - I fashioned a quick DIY camera support from a lens hood and a hanky, and used the...
Amy Winehouse, Koko, Nov 06
9 photos
Odds and Ends, Winter 2006
29 photos
Out and about, London, Nov 06
9 photos
Cat Power, Camden Roundhouse, London. Nov 06
10 photos
The Subways, Newcastle, September 06
10 photos
I forgot I'd taken these!
Spaceman3 & Lupen Crook, London Royal Festival...
8 photos
Sparklehorse, London Royal Festival Hall, Oct 06
5 photos
Home for the Weekend, Newcastle & Yorkshire.
19 photos
Tilly & the Wall, London, September 2006
10 photos
Freshly Ground, London, September 2006
13 photos
John Egdell, Newcastle, Sept 06
5 photos
Officially my last (so far) photo shoot in Newcastle, just before I left for London.
All a little bit rushed, but great fun, as ever.
Field Music 'Tones of Town' shoot, Sept 06....
9 photos
Ahhh. Our last photo shoot in Louie's, in Sunderland. What fun, what fun.
And they do excellent teacakes.
Howling Bells, August 2006, Newcastle
10 photos
My holiday on Orkney!
11 photos
Emmylou Harris, Sage Gateshead, July 06
4 photos
Paulo Nutini, Newcastle, July06
10 photos
The Metro Riots, Newcastle, July 2006
7 photos
James Hunter, Sage Gateshead, July 2006
9 photos
Joan as Police Woman & Adem, Sage Gateshead, July...
15 photos
Randy Newman, Gateshead, July 2006
3 photos
Kubichek! & Dartz!, Newcastle, July 06
11 photos
Plan B, Newcastle, July 06
7 photos
iForward Russia!, Newcastle, July 06
8 photos
The Lost Prophets, Newcastle, July 2006
6 photos
Pretty Girls Make Graves, Newcastle, July 06
5 photos
England vs Portugal, Newcastle, (or Germany) July...
4 photos
Oxfam Glamour Models, Newcastle, June 06
4 photos
Shambolic, but good fun. Just never never *never* lend this band any of your instruments or amps.
Ginger, Newcastle, June 06
6 photos
The Adequate Seven, Newcastle, June 06
4 photos
Or 'The Barely Adequate Four [photos]'.
Not my best.
The Amateur Dramatics, Newcastle, June 06
7 photos
Zero7, Newcastle, June 06
6 photos
This woman is loopy.
Gomez, Newcastle, May 06
10 photos
Alejandro Escovado, Newcastle, May06
6 photos
Echo and the Bunnymen, Newcastle, May 06
5 photos
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly. Newcastle, May 06
7 photos
Mr Hudson, Newcastle, May 06
10 photos
Graham Coxon, Orange Evolution,...
8 photos
Richie Havens, (Hoorah!) Orange Evolution,...
8 photos
Hard Fi (yawn...) Orange Evolution,...
5 photos
Orson, Orange Evolution, Newcastle/Gateshead May...
9 photos
Jim Noir, Orange Evolution, Newcastle/Gateshead...
6 photos
Holly Golightly, Orange Evolution,...
6 photos
Richard Hawley, Orange Evolution...
5 photos
The Go! Team, Orange Evolution,...
4 photos
The Handsome Family, Orange Evolution,...
5 photos
Boy Kill Boy, Orange Evolution,...
9 photos
Freestylers, Orange Evolution,...
8 photos
Sway, Orange Evolution, Newcastle/Gateshead May 06
5 photos
The On-Offs, Orange Evolution, May 06
5 photos
Lorraine, Orange Evolution, May 06
5 photos
Josh Rouse, Live Theatre Newcastle, May 06
4 photos
The Matinee Orchestra, Gateshead, May 06
6 photos
Dartz! Newcastle, May 06
6 photos
The Futureheads & Field Music, Carling Academy...
10 photos
The Futureheads (with Field Music) The Sage,...
11 photos
Milburn, Newcastle, May 06
4 photos
Spank Rock, Newcastle, May 06
4 photos
Taking Back Sunday, Newcastle, May 06
3 photos
Hot Chip, Newcastle, May 06
6 photos
Guillemots & Joan as Police Woman, Newcastle, May...
4 photos
Leslie West, Newcastle, May 06
7 photos
The Beautiful South, Newcastle, May 06
11 photos
My Latest Novel, Newcastle, May 06
9 photos
Best of Music Photography 2004-8
280 photos
This is a condensed collection of my live music photography, 2004-8 (ish)
If you're looking for images of a particular band it might be easier to check out this...
Live Music Photographs
1593 photos
These photographs span the period August 2004 (the shots of Hope of the States in Edinburgh are the earliest ones) to the present.
If you're looking for images of a particular band it might be...
Press & Publicity Band Photos
75 photos
Odds and ends for bands, press and favourite people. Good times, great days, good times, great days..... (repeat to fade)....
Portraits
324 photos
This gallery is constantly being added to, as I track down CDs and DVDs, and scan old negatives. Friends, family, famous and infamous people, musicians and other oddments. Not necessarily in that...
Theatre Photos
59 photos
These photos are mainly from shows in Durham, in the Assembly Rooms theatre and the Gala, and span the period October 2003 to 2006.
Black and White gig shots. Arty...
167 photos
James Looker (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameslooker/) suggested I make a separate set for these BWs, so I did. Suggestion, Reaction, Synthesis.
Thus are empires built.
Photojournalism
21 photos
Odds and sods, going back to 2004.
Well.... it's a portfolio, isn't it?
Landscapes
105 photos
Some of my landscapes. Which now have a folder, all of their own!
Carling Academy Newcastle
13 photos
These are some photos that I took for Carling Music Group of the new Academy in Newcastle, during its conversion from the old Gala Bingo. Official opening was the 14th October 05, with The...
Futureheads!
111 photos
The North-East's finest, The Futureheads, pictured here at the NME Awards Tour, Sunderland FC, the Orange Evolution Festival, the opening night of the Carling Academy in Newcastle, the Leadmill in...
Kubichek!
51 photos
Kubichek! Everyone's new favorite band. And quite right too.
Hope of the States
43 photos
The Mighty Hope of the States. Pictured here between August 04 and April 06
Motorettes
19 photos
Photo Shoot for Kitchenware records. Sea, sun, sand and ice lollies. And the stairs of Zeus. For the second shoot we headed to an amusement arcade, but, afraid of the wrong kind of attention, ended...
Editors
25 photos
Editors, Northumbria University, Metroradio Arena and the Newcastle Carling Academy. Brilliant.
We Are Scientists
21 photos
We Are Scientists, supporting Editors, Northumbria University September 30th 05, at an instore gig in Newcastle, and on the NME Awards Tour, Jan 06
Killers
7 photos
Art Brut
6 photos
Art Brut, instore at RPM Records, Newcastle. 1st Oct 05. Great fun had by all. Eddie's amp packed up about half-way through the set, so he bellowed the remaining songs at the crowd. Outsider art if...
Just for Fun
54 photos
Friends, Family, Pubs etc. Great days, Good times, and so on.
Manic Street Preachers
3 photos
The Ordinary Boys
4 photos
Sons and Daughters
2 photos
Futureheads, Field Music & Kubichek! - Opening...
31 photos
A good night was had by all. I even got to go onstage for "piece of crap". No sniggering at the back....
Goldfrapp & Shortwave Set, Newcastle Academy Oct...
25 photos
Goldfrapp at the Academy, Oct 15th 05. All sorts of bother getting these online, but let's allow the photos to do the talking eh?
Kings of Leon
10 photos
The Bravery
2 photos
Maximo Park
16 photos
Supergrass, Carling Academy 17th Oct 05
10 photos
Field Music
43 photos
Such good memories of these gigs and shoots.
Alabama 3 and Devlin Love, Newcastle Academy Oct...
8 photos
Nine Black Alps and Giant Drag, Newcastle Academy...
5 photos
This Ain't Vegas + Tom Vek, Newcastle Oct 21st 05
14 photos
A Woman of No Importance
28 photos
The Kills, Newcastle Oct 05
7 photos
Rooster, Newcastle Academy, Oct 05
16 photos
Rooster, Supported by The Upper Room. 23rd October
Mew, Newcastle Oct 05
8 photos
Happy Mondays & Stereo MCs, Newcastle Academy Oct...
17 photos
Like 1993 never happened. Can I get a witness? Yes, I can. Even if that wasn't actually a HM's lyric.
Athlete, Newcastle Oct 05
12 photos
KT Tunstall, Newcastle Oct 05
7 photos
Starsailor & David Ford, Newcastle, Oct 05
13 photos
Bluetones & The Conway Story, Newcastle Oct 05
10 photos
Sound Explosion & Tokyo Dragons, Newcastle Oct 05
11 photos
The Crimea, Newcastle Oct 05
10 photos
One of the best gigs I have ever been to, and one of the best bands. Mesmerising.
'The Forgotten North', 05
10 photos
Komakino
6 photos
Martha Wainwright, Newcastle Oct 05
6 photos
Faust, Carling Academy Newcastle, Nov 05
5 photos
Bus Journey, November 13th
10 photos
Club NME, Newcastle Nov 05
5 photos
Metro Riots, 5 o'clock heroes and 2 girls called Laura. Great night.
Ocean Colour Scene unplugged. Newcastle Nov 05
5 photos
Winterville, Newcastle, Nov 05
2 photos
Bloodhound Gang, Newcastle, Nov 05
5 photos
Alkaline Trio, Newcastle Nov 05
4 photos
Josh Pearson & Dirty 3, Newcastle Nov 05
9 photos
The Long Blondes & Kubichek!, Newcastle Nov 05
5 photos
Ian Brown, Newcastle, 2005-6
16 photos
...and then we had that problem with the floor. Sigh. Also in this set are the photos from the rescheduled gig, in February 2006.
Club NME, Newcastle, Nov 21st 05
7 photos
Teenage Fanclub, Newcastle, Nov 05
7 photos
Squarepusher, Newcastle Nov 05
3 photos
Natalie Imbruglia, Newcastle Nov 05
7 photos
The Complete Stone Roses, Newcastle Nov 05
4 photos
Franz Ferdinand, Newcastle, Nov 05
8 photos
Editors & The Rakes, Newcastle Nov 05
9 photos
Great night, great bands, rubbish lights. Hence the number of grainy B/W efforts in this gallery!
The Coral & The Little Flames, Newcastle Nov 05
9 photos
Chemical Brothers, Newcastle, November 05
4 photos
Maximo Park & Clor, Field Music, Newcastle Dec 05
16 photos
Cradle of Filth, Newcastle, Dec 05
8 photos
The Filth, here in Newcastle, UK. by the way, please please please do not comment on these images if you have nothing of interest to say about them. This is not a C of F message-board. Ta.
The Human League, Newcastle, Dec 05
9 photos
Delirious, Newcastle, December 05
5 photos
Motorettes Live, Newcastle Dec 05
7 photos
'Penetration', Newcastle December 05
7 photos
Pioneering Punk-rockers reformed and re-formed here in Heaton Park, Newcastle.
Odd Shaped Head, Newcastle DEC 05
3 photos
Kerrang XXV Tour, Newcastle, Jan 05
22 photos
Bullet for my Valentine, Aiden, Hawthorn Heights and Still Remains, at the Carling Academy Newcastle, Jan 2006
My Ruin, Newcastle, Jan 06
7 photos
Electric Eel Shock, Newcastle, Jan 06
8 photos
Belle & Sebastian
6 photos
At the Carling Academy Newcastle, Jan 06
We Are Scientists, instore @ RPM Records,...
3 photos
NME Awards Tour, Arctic Monkeys etc., Jan 06
21 photos
The Mystery Jets, We are Scientists, The Arctic Monkeys and Maximo Park. A long, long night....
The Mystery Jets
5 photos
Arctic Monkeys
10 photos
Bauhaus, Newcastle Jan 06
4 photos
Coheed & Cambria vs Thrice, Newcastle, Jan 06
10 photos
Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo Emo .
Emo.
Regina Spektor & Only Son, Newcastle Feb 06
9 photos
The beautiful Ms Spektor. Dammit, I haven't been so soppy since Kate Jackson. I had to keep reminding myself that I was there to take photographs...
Sigh.
Kooks, Newcastle, Feb 06
12 photos
Someone lobbed a pint over me tonight, which is always fun. If my camera wasn't liquid-proofed I'd have been bothered. As it is, I just smell oddly of bread.
All American Rejects, Newcastle, Feb 06
6 photos
Towers of London, Newcastle Feb 06
6 photos
The Shout Out Louds, Newcastle, Feb 06
8 photos
Simple Minds, Newcastle, Feb 06
7 photos
Louie, Newcastle, Feb 06
3 photos
Your Codename is: Milo, Newcastle, Feb 06
3 photos
The Rakes, Newcastle, Feb 06
4 photos
The Catweasels, Newcastle, Feb 06
4 photos
We Start Fires, Newcastle, Feb 06
4 photos
Futureheads & Friends, secret gig, Feb 06
15 photos
Semi-secret gig in the Royalty pub, for friends and family. An excellent time was had by all. I knackered my tendons from squatting under the mic stands all evening, but that's showbiz...
Nine Black Alps, Newcastle, Feb 06
3 photos
Ian Brown, Newcastle, Feb 06
8 photos
Hidden in Plain View, Newcastle, Feb 06
6 photos
Scotland with Kendal Chalk, Feb 06
9 photos
Dustin's Bah-Mitzvah, Newcastle, Feb 2006
7 photos
The Paddingtons, Newcastle, Feb 2006
7 photos
5 O'Clock Heroes, Newcastle, Feb 2006
7 photos
Lovely blokes, sharing a vomit-spattered stage here with Dustin's Bah-Mitzvah and The Paddingtons.
check them out:
www.myspace.com/fiveoclockheroes
excellent stuff!
Goldie Looking Chain, Newcastle, Feb 2006
6 photos
Safe as ferk like, 'Serious.
Babyshambles, Newcastle, Feb 2006
7 photos
A bit of a weird one this. Sadly, but not for the first time, things only really came alive after we poor snappers had to down tools and leave, but an experience, none the less.
Orson, Newcastle, Feb 2006
10 photos
Excellent band, - I hope they do really well. If I wasn't so full of cold I'd have stayed for the whole set. As it was, I felt like a bear had shat in the holes behind my eyes.
Bleurgh.
65 Days of Static, Newcastle, Feb 06
3 photos
Clawfinger, Newcastle, Feb 06
5 photos
The Like & Giant Drag, Newcastle, February 2006
12 photos
2 lovely bands, and a lovely crowd.
Lovely then. Yep.
Breaks, Newcastle, February 2006
6 photos
Blue....
The Young Knives, Instore @ RPM, Newcastle, March...
7 photos
Intimate, this one, but *special*.
I slept in too late to see 'The Crimea' in Durham, but popped down to RPM for the next best thing. And very good it was too.
Editors, Newcastle, February 2006
13 photos
Another great gig, and another great piss-up afterwards. Splendid.
Touring with The Futureheads, Sheffield, March 06
45 photos
My rock 'n roll day out, in Sheffield with The
Futureheads. Brilliant gig as always, and I got to ride in a tour bus, which was almost more fun than this weak heart could handle.
Greenspace, Newcastle, March 06
3 photos
The Young Knives Sheffield, March 06
6 photos
The Young Knives
13 photos
Gemma Hayes, Newcastle, March 06
6 photos
A beautiful Irish lady, who plays nice music in a lovely accent. Smashing.
Trivium, Newcastle, March 06
7 photos
Wishbone Ash, Newcastle, March 2006
8 photos
A Woman of No Importance, Newcastle, March 06
9 photos
Stiff Little Fingers & Blood and Whiskey,...
8 photos
Catweasels
7 photos
Skin, Newcastle, March 2006
14 photos
Meet Eric Roberts
16 photos
An underrehearsed, slightly inebriated, but remarkably good North-East Supergroup.
Feel the rock.
Feel it.
Dartz! & Beaks, Sunderland, March 2006.
15 photos
Corinne Bailey Rae, Newcastle, March 2006
8 photos
Imogen Heap, Newcastle, April 2006
8 photos
Less than Jake, Newcastle, March 2006
6 photos
Certified & Discharge, Newcastle, April 2006
8 photos
Bell X1, Newcastle, April 2006
3 photos
The Concretes, Newcastle, April 2006
10 photos
Placebo and White Rose Movement, Newcastle, April...
16 photos
We Start Fires, out & About. Newcastle April 06
8 photos
Hope of the States, Newcastle, April 2006
9 photos
Best band ever, By a country mile.
What's a country mile?
Panic! At the Disco, Newcastle, April 2006
3 photos
Gary Newman, Newcastle, April 2006
8 photos
I have huge admiration for this man, especially after we were granted free use of the photo pit for the entire gig, and permission to use flash.
Finally, a singer who understands music...
The Charlatans, Newcastle, April 2006
8 photos
I don't really like this band, but as always, apparently, it's the ones I don't like that I get the best photos of.
Curious.
The Ordinary Boys, Newcastle, my birthday, April...
7 photos
Hell is for Heros, Newcastle, May 06
5 photos
Dartz! & Meet Eric Roberts, Sunderland, May 06
15 photos
Madness.
The Zutons & Larrikin Love, Newcastle, May 06
10 photos
Tiny Dancers, Newcastle, May 06
15 photos