Words and Pictures.

Snapped ‘Bada Bing’ at Portsmouth Tattoo Convention last month. Finally working on an exhibition, coming this autumn. Watch this space.

Typhoo ended up running the Ben Fogle shoot on a couple of hundred busses in London, Manchester and Liverpool. Driving through Maida Vale yesterday I caught one on camera. Pretty funny.

I shot Presenter, Adventurer and all-round nice guy Ben Fogle a couple of weeks ago for Typhoo. I think we had about 30 minutes at 8am between an interview with Sky News and a flight to Australia. By the time we had the packshots and a portrait in the bag it was all over. I had the producer whispering a countdown in my ear as we shot. Working against the clock like that certainly focuses the concentration.

I was up at Brighton Tattoo Convention last weekend, shamelessly bagging knuckles. This was my favorite by a long shot. Saw a few old friends from last year - Sandwich, True Cat and Die Alone. Check the set on Flickr.

After spending the last year creating a mass of video content alongside my stills I figured that it was time to give the work a home. This has been done by the ever wonderful @tjhole. I’m really pleased with how it came out. Head over to the Well Hung Pictures website to check it out.

Just came across this album cover from Mademoiselle Caro & Franck Garcia’s ‘Left’ album that came out a while back using one of my stills. Created by the very talented IWANT design.

I must have been doing something right because I’ve now been asked three times to shoot DJ and musician Nerm. Founder of Shiva Sound System and a regular on Radio 1, 1Xtra, BBC 2 and BBC 6 Music, he is an exceptionally lovely and rather talented man. Keep an eye out for the film ‘Everywhere and Nowhere’ from the director of Kidulthood that Nerm was recently Music Consultant on.

Last weekend I was in Montreal, shooting Flowers and Sea Creatures who have an album coming out this autumn on Ben Watt’s superb Buzzin’ Fly label. We spent a couple of days together shooting in their studio and out and about on the streets of the Plateau district and I came away with some really strong work. Can’t wait for their album to drop in September. Great band, great city. 

I was on assignment at Glastonbury a couple of weeks ago and am just starting to get through to some of the personal work I shot while there. I met these two girls as I was just walking between stages. They had these great outfits and a wonderful vibe. It sums up what a festival like Glastonbury is about.

Dr Christian Jessen stepped in front of the lens for a portrait last week while I was shooting stills on a commercial he featured in. Lovely chap and owner of possibly the biggest smile I have ever seen. The location was a sprawling 1920’s art deco house that apparently used to belong to the exceptionally stylish and rather wonderful Bryan Ferry.