Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires, Leeds festival 09.

Billy Talent

These are a few shots from Billy Talent on the lock up stage at Leeds Festival this year.

More Florence

Florence and the Machine

At the end of August i got to photograph Leeds Festival again. These are a few shots i liked from Florence and the Machine on the Radio 1 NME stage. More to follow.

Mallorca 09 Film

I finally got round to getting a few odd rolls of film processed. Here's a few from our Mallorca skate trip in April.


Shelly D 1983




Webster's swankle




Scott, back smith. Sick!

Pigeons In Paris

These are a few shots i took whilst in Paris recently. I sat under the Eiffel Tower eating a ropey sandwich, which i decided was better left for the pigeons. They agreed.

Fort Cochin, India

I've just been cleaning up some shots from my travels in India. I spent a few days in Fort Cochin, Kerala which turned out to be very different to what I was expecting. In general the area was quite expensive (for Indian standards), and very touristy. I ended up spending most of my time there hunting out cheap local eateries, drinking beer decanted from a teapot, and spent each evening at the harbour photographing the fishermen around the Chinese fishing nets which line the water front.

Mallorca sequences

I've just been going through some more shots from Mallorca and put these sequences together. Shelly Dealz arse slide is a banger!


Michael Mcmaster, big flip.



Shelly D 1983!

Milton Keynes

For 6 months in the last year i've been living and working in Milton Keynes shooting room sets. Milton Keynes is one of the strangest places i've ever been. One bonus is that its ace for skating, so a few friends came to visit while the Matix team were in town for a days skating.


Tilla, Fs Smith.


The crew.

Mallorca 09

At the start of April i went back to Mallorca for another skate trip. The crew was me, Paul Webster, Michael Mcmaster, Sheldon Andrews and Scott Roberts. Tricks were landed, beer was drank, ankles were ruined and laughs were had by all. Here's a few shots;



Michael Mcmaster, big flip, Sa Pobla.




Shelly Dealz, Heelflip.



Michael Mcmaster, Varial Heelflip.


Shelly Dealz, Bs Boardslide.


Michael Mcmaster, front tailslide.


More pics to follow once i get my films developed!

Exhibition

This month sees the opening of a photography exhibition at North bar in Leeds, based around the theme of local music. A few of my shots will be up there, along with 4 other local music photographers, including my good friends George Coppock, and Tom Martin. If you get chance then go check it out. The opening night is this Sunday 24th May. For more information go to http://www.millcreatives.org/news.html Bonus points for anyone who spots the obvious mistake!

Kambala

After a stint of freelance studio photography, working in the industrial estates of Milton Keynes, I decided to take a break over xmas and new year, spending 2 months backpacking round south India with my Mamiya 645 and a load of film. One of the highlights of my trip was spent watching kambala (buffalo racing) in a little village called Miyar in Karnataka.
Here's a few shots from the day








Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvFj3FxT22c to get more of an idea of how it works. Crazy.