Stereophonics

Let's get some Stereophonics action on the go...

My film 'TFP - Time For Prints' is now also on Youtube...check it out! In this picture I am pondering...

Cheers!

Time For Prints

As well as taking the odd photograph I have been known to make films, generally of the short variety. A few months ago I teamed up with a friend of mine to create Backlight Films - we have just released our first short as Backlight Films entitled 'Time For Prints' and it can now be seen on vimeo by clicking on 'Time For Prints'.

I hope you like it!

Adam

Katy B

My photos of Katy B on The 405!

In Photos: Katy B - Shepherds Bush Empire 24/10/11 by The 405 | The 405

Katy B

Some of my photographs of Katy B performing at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - Archive

You can see more on my website!

That's all folks!

In Photos: Gruff Rhys - Shepherds Bush Empire, London 12/10/11 by The 405 | The 405

In Photos: Gruff Rhys - Shepherds Bush Empire, London 12/10/11 by The 405 | The 405

Live At The Castle

Bizarrely having recently gone global with my new website www.adamrbrownphoto.com, nice plug there, only last week email correspondence took place with Global Media which resulted in me shooting Live At The Castle, a mini festival in the grounds of Leeds Castle near Maidstone in Kent.

Despite harrowing conditions and some questionable event planning I think it went well and i'm pleased with the results! I also got to photograph The Wanted which, as far as I know, makes at least 60% of the population jealous of me. Apparently.

Just days before I found myself at Somerset House shooting Oasis spin-off Beady Eye. When I was still dreaming of being able to photograph bands of any level I thought to myself that all I wanted was to one day photograph Oasis. Obviously that's not gonna happen any time soon, if at all, but when I was standing there with Liam Gallagher just feet away from me and a camera in my hand I couldn't help but wonder how this had all happened. Here's hoping it continues for many years to come!

Also i've made a new background collage thing for my Twitter page which I am perilously close to 1000 followers. So if you want to get more updates than my terrible ones on here, head over to twitter and follow me @adamrbrownphoto

New site!

I have been working on a new website recently which, I hope, is a bit easier to navigate and will allow people looking at the site to see more of it more easily (I think that's just being easier to navigate but whatever).

It is pretty much done, got a few tweaks and it's obviously an ongoing process as I'm sure I will find problems when it comes to uploading new stuff and not just old archived stuff.

Anyway, I would be most pleased if you'd take a look and perhaps even let me know what you think (I am well aware that I'm probably talking to myself but I can dream).

It's over here - www.adamrbrownphoto.com (that's right, i've gone global!)

Thanks.

Eliza Doolittle

Last night I got the chance to photograph the delightful Eliza Doolittle. While i'm happy with the shots I was in no mood to be there as i'd spent the day working dosed up on cold & flu tablets and drinking hot blackcurrant. Needless to say I wasn't best pleased to find at least 10 other photographers plus 2 guys preparing to film the gig.

This may sound silly but I was preparing myself to shoot, whilst feeling ill, for the first time. I assumed that my concentration level would be the same as it had been all day, pretty much non-existent but nonetheless I convinced myself that i'd rather do my best to shoot for 3 songs rather than miss out altogether.

Having got home I decided there was no rush to editing my pictures so sat down to relax and hope i'd feel better. A few hours later I realised I wasn't going to get to sleep any time soon and thought I may as well upload the shots and perhaps have a little look to see if i'd got anything good. Next thing I know it's 3am and i've edited everything i'd selected.

I have no idea what i'll shoot next but as I said on Wednesday I hope it's something soon!

As always follow the links (on the side) to facebook, flickr or my website to check out the results of my saturday night with Eliza.

Interpol & The Pigeon Detectives

I've not posted anything for a little over 2 months now and no one is more angry about that than me.

It's not that I haven't done anything worth talking about but with my website, facebook and twitter to update plus the sending out of images to anyone using them by the time that's all done I usually either don't have the time or just don't want to update something else.

You'll be pleased to know i'm attempting to work (in collaboration) on a new site which will incorporate this/a blog.

I shot The Pigeon Detectives last night, which went a lot better than I expected considering how much the lead singer runs and jumps around.

A couple of weeks ago I also shot Interpol, which I still can't quite believe. It was a bit awkward as despite the small pit the middle of it was sectioned off, I assume it had something to do with the microphones as it was being recorded for XFM. Luckily there weren't too many photographers but it was still pretty crammed. Not that i'm particularly bothered as i'm really pleased with my shots.

Here's hoping it's not too long before I get to shoot something else!

NME Awards Show

Wednesday night I shot the first of the o2 Shepherd's Bush Empire's NME awards shows. Los Campesinos! headlined with GROUPLOVE and Summer Camp supporting.

What's better than a Puppy?

I went home for Christmas and my uncle has got there lovely new dogs.

As always there are more on Facebook so make sure you check them out.

Cash

Last weekend I made my way to Islington to shoot the ridiculously good Cash - THE best Johnny Cash tribute band in the world!

You should definitely check them out if you're ever in the same town...I personally can't wait to see them (and shoot them) again!

KT & Slow Club

Despite hoping to get back into this whole photography lark big time I have, for whatever reason, just not managed it. I don't think there has been a time, since I first picked up a camera, where I have shot so little. (Technically that's not true as I can shoot hundreds of frames of some bands, but you know what I mean).

There used to be a time when I could go anywhere with my camera and come back with a nice selection of pictures which i'd look at, be pleased with, show my family and some friends and put them on flickr. But now, it's all changed. It's not that I couldn't take the pictures, i'm not lacking inspiration particularly. I just seem to be finding it easy to ignore. I never thought i'd say "that'd make a good picture" but have no intention of shooting it.

I don't want to sound, well, I don't know really but what i'm thinking is that with the more serious I have taken photography and the more i've tried to push it into becoming my career, the more i've become worried about what I post.

I can shoot a band at 9pm and have a good selection edited before bed but rather than post them straight away I seem to dwell on them and the thing that bothers me is that I don't really know why i'm doing it.

Anyway...

I took some pictures the other day, it'd be nice if some people looked at them. I only saw 3 songs of KT Tunstall but I was not offended by what I heard (that may not sound like a compliment but it really is, doubt it'll make it onto a poster for her album though). Slow Club were...I don't even know. Amazing? Possibly. I would definitely see them again, I would probably consider paying as well (yep, really) and you don't get much of a higher accolade than that, not from me anyway!

Anyway (Part ii)...

KT -

Slow Club -

Cheers

In the words of Bjork...

It's oh so quiet...

Well I have been at least, but I intend to change that (again!).

Right well first of all I got shortlisted (yay!) for the NME photo awards thing (linked) that I posted about a while ago, it was my Paloma Faith shot and it was doing rather well but has since dropped off a tad so i'd be ever so greatful if you could check it out.

Last week I shot Blood Red Shoes at Camden's Electric Ballroom for The Girls Are, it was my first time shooting for them but hopefully not the last!

You can see the shots on their website, on mine or on Facebook.

I'm hoping to update the whole website/blog thing and maybe make it into one easy to access hub of photographic enlightenment (or something) or if that's too hard I might just jazz it up a bit.

Also watch this space for shots from Lemonade Live and my shoot with 50ft Woman! They will, fingers crossed, be up very soon!

Until then why don't you tweet me up, buttercup? - www.twitter.com/adamrbrownphoto

Mr & Mrs Berry and a trip to Wales.

Bit of a 2 in 1 post here after a couple of weeks of nothing. I was back in Kent to shoot a wedding, my first this year, and i'm quite pleased with how it went.

As always there are quite a few more on my website and Facebook so feel free to check them out.

A couple of weeks later I went to visit some family in North Wales in an attempt to get away from the craziness of London. My trip included a day in Liverpool as i'd never been before so I thought it was only right to explore the historic city.

On Sunday I did a promo shoot for 50ft Woman and then in the evening was the photographer at Lemonade Live - Britain's Premier Music Showcase, the results of both will be up soon so keep an eye out and feel free to let me know what you think.

Thanks.

Adam

NME Photo Competition

NME have a photography competition going on at the moment. I've entered and would be delighted if you could vote for them, it only takes a couple of minutes. Just follow the links and choose the amount of stars relevant out of 10! I'd really quite like it if you gave them all a 10 even if you think one of them is only a 9, or less, basically what i'm saying is that whatever you think it's worth out of 10 round up, to the nearest 10! Thanks!

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/180743/amateur-photography-competition/item/184968 - BoysLikeGirls

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/180743/amateur-photography-competition/item/184967 - Paloma Faith

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/180743/amateur-photography-competition/item/184966 - Mumford & Sons

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/180743/amateur-photography-competition/item/184965 - Europe

http://www.nme.com/ratemy/180743/amateur-photography-competition/item/184964 - OK Go

I'm pretty sure that once you've voted for the first you automatically go on to the second but they're all there just in case!

Wireless Festival 2010

So.

Last weekend I shot Hard Rock Calling. I really enjoyed it. All of it. The music, the atmosphere, even the weather.

Maybe I was just pushing my luck hoping for a similar experience at Wireless.

It seems I was!

The music wasn't particularly to my taste most of the time, the atmosphere didn't seem right the further into the weekend it got and whoevers idea it is to have over 50,000 people in there should take a long hard look at themselves.

Ok so I guess I just feel like this because I shot predominantly on the 3rd stage (which was quite near the main entrance) whilst being based in the press area (somewhere behind the main stage). On Friday it was a good 5 minute walk. That's fine, it's not that long I know but when you have editing piling up every second counts. Plus it's hot and i'm carry cameras with lenses and battery packs. But anyway, I digress.

Sunday.

That 5 minute walk I was lucky to do in 10 minutes...again not a long time, but when you finish shooting a band and have half an hour until the next one starts that's 10 minutes to upload everything you've shot and start sorting (10 mins back to press area then the trip back to the stage ;p).

I'm gonna leave it there and just say it was a long weekend which was a good experience for me!

Now you can look at my photos, please, if you've got this far, which only I have, and i've stopped writing about 4 times, wow look at the amount of, err, commas i've used in this little bit, it's quite a lot.

It's like The Shining. Sort of.

Digression over.

Facebook - Website - Flickr - I can write whatever I want and link it to anything, like Twitter, and as long as I hyperlink it, it'll work :)

Thanks.

Hard Rock Calling 2010

I headed down to Hyde Park at the weekend to shoot Hard Rock Calling for Live Nation. It was an absolute privilege and such good experience.

I'm not going to bore you with details but I will say there are a few more on Flickr and loads more on Facebook. You can also look at mine plus loads from some brilliant photographers on the Hard Rock Calling 2010 website.

I will just say that I fully enjoyed it and can't tell you how much i'm looking forward to Wireless festival this weekend!

Lissie

Last night I was lucky enough to shoot Lissie. Now I don't know much about music but I wouldn't be surprised to see big things happen for her. Unfortunately for her (as a support act) there were only a few people in the audience.

Check out the rest of the shots on Facebook, Flickr or my website and don't forget to follow me on Twitter. Cheers.

Teenage Fanclub & Veronica Falls

I'm really starting to slack with this but I think that's because I have given myself so many things to update (don't worry, i'll remind you of them all at the end of this post).

So anyway Tuesday night I went to shoot Teenage Fanclub and as I was there early I thought I may as well shoot their support band Veronica Falls! It's the first time i've done a support band as well, I usually only just make it for the main band, but i'm hoping this habit will continue as you never know where things will lead.

That's about all I have to say for now but before I go i'll link you up with all my other exciting pages (as promised) which are spread delightfully over various parts of this internet thing.

Twitter - Facebook - Website - Flickr

Enjoy!

Adam :)