Here’s a series of panoramic photos from Mathew Street Festival 2010. I climbed back up to the top of the Town Hall and grabbed the same shot as I did last year… this time with blue sky! And then whilst riding my bike over the flyover that wraps around the Walker Art Gallery I noticed a pretty cool view of the tunnel stage and out west along Dale Street (third shot down). These shots are composed from multiple images stitched together…

Bigger, better and definitely sunnier! Another Mathew Street Festival is done and dusted – and what an amazing weekend it was! Perfect early autumnal weather greeted the thousands of Liverpudlians who hit the streets, for what is now the biggest street party in Europe!
I’ll be posting photos from the festival in the coming days, so stay tuned! In the meantime, here’s a few for starters…

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The fantastic Mathew Street Festival, Liverpool is here again this bank holiday weekend.. pray for sunshine! It’s been a crazy year since the last one – and didn’t get round to posting a blog entry from last year. So here goes…….

Liverpool City Centre is literally transformed into one big concert/party area for 2 days. Stretched across 6 stages there’s something for everyone! There’s a Beatles theme running through the Castle Street stage and plenty of other artists all performing as their more famous (and sometimes dead) counterparts such as: Freddie Mercury, Blondie, Frank Sinatra, Amy Winehouse, Kings of Leon and the Smiths. Here’s some photographs of the performers from last year. Continually playing catch-up on the ol’ blog i’ll post some of my favourite crowd/people shots before the weekend too…

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A break in the weather gave me a window of half an hour to run round and grab some photos of the Pageant of Power, Cholmondeley. Lucky there was some sun otherwise there would only be close-up shots of V12 engines! A fantastic setting down in the Cheshire country-side, the pageant of power is essentially a festival for those who prefer the smell of gasoline to music. Although some might argue, the sound of a supercharged V12 engine is music to ones ears!

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Great night had by all at the Isla Gladstone Conservatory’s first birthday and a great night for photography! Storm clouds were brewing in the distance as the sun was trying to set, provising some lovely ethereal-type light filtering through… here’s a few photos from the event…

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So i’ll be heading down to grab a few photos of the festivities. It sounds like the Isla Gladstone Conservatory has had a very colourful history… being burned down, left to neglect, and now has been restored and standing proud in the re-furbished Stanley Park. It’s been a pleasure to be part of its first year with lots of great events going on in the summer.
tonight is sure to be another one! Like most other glasshouses it’s a fantastic venue for photography with lovely light filtering through from different angles. Here’s a few photographs from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce 160th birthday from a couple of weeks back…

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Ph Creative – these guys are not your typical creative agency. It seems they like to kick the bog-standard old school design malarcky well into touch. So the brief was to capture their fresh creative take on things in the form of a few relaxed photographs. Without further adieu…

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Rolled over to Manchester to grab some photos for BBC Olive magazine. This time the brief was to try and catch the “busy TV celebrity chef” Simon Rimmer and his restaurant Greens in south Manchester. Great little restaurant with a fab team of chefs rustling up some great vegetarian nosh! Simon Rimmer was a really chilled likeable guy with no hint of the anticipated “i’m on TV so i’m too busy etc etc to talk etc etc.” So had a good yarn, took a few photos and then got to eat the food afterwards. Sometimes I really do just love this job!

Lovin’ the fact that there was a bottle of Crowded House NZ sav there too!

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After raining all day, the sun came out and I headed down to Liverpool ONE to grab some photos of the new beach volleyball set-up. And what a fantastic set-up it is! Beside the new outdoor plunge pool and next to the tropical cocktail bar is where it can be found. Perfect for the balmy summer evenings, grab a team of workmates and head on down for a quick game of beach volleyball followed by an ice cold cocktail!

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Dubbed to win the X-Factor in 2008, Laura White was voted off in the finals causing a national outcry and an investigation into the transparency of the phone voting system which proved that numerous votes were not getting through. Two years on and Laura hasn’t looked back – she’s recently been touring with Peter Andre and has an album being released end of the year. Maybe not being another “Simon Cowell Clone” is a good thing after all!

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Some say Liverpool doesn’t have a beach… well that’s all changed down at Liverpool One. All we need now is a summer!
Went down to grab some photos of the launch night tonight and for about half an hour, the sun came out! Amazing transformation with palm trees, cocktail bars and the largest portable roller coaster in the world. Fun for the whole family! Definitely worth a look if the evenings turn out to be balmy, warm and dry at some stage… finger’s crossed!

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As much as I didn’t want to, it was pretty hard not to think of Coco Sumner’s slightly more famous (at this stage anyway) dad Gordon aka ‘Sting’ when I was having my first listen to Eliot Sumner aka ‘Coco.’
So if I was to make the typical reviewer comparison – I would say Coco’s definitely got more of the early Police feel, a cool li’l funky vibe goin on, and a pretty sweet reportoire of songs that were belted out in the sunny Liverpool afternoon. Was suitably impressed.

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Marco Pierre White is spending a lot more time in the Northwest these days with the White Swan restaurant in Aughton and another in Chester. The brief was to grab a few PR/promo photos of him yesterday. And as a few people have already remarked – it was nice to see him smiling too!

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Jonathan Pratt and Charles Hanson were in Liverpool last week as part of the new BBC series of Antiques Road Trip. They’re cruising round the UK in an old Alpha Romeo picking up various bargain antiques along the way. There was no love lost between the two and before they came to blows I managed to grab a couple of promo photographs that are going to be used to promote the new series.

“The programme pairs Britain’s best loved antiques experts and sends them on a nail-biting road trip across the UK, competing with each other to make the most money buying and selling antiques. The battle of wits, expert knowledge and egos has proven to be a compelling combination, with the series attracting audiences of up to 2.6 million.“

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Yep, quite chuffed getting this photo in the Times. 18 months ago when I started my photography business in Liverpool – I was excited about getting a photo in the Liverpool Echo or The Liverpool Daily Mail.

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Brief – capture photographs of resident Margaret of One Park West. Had a lovely cup of tea and met the most amazing person ever. This was last year and tonight I ran into her again. Margaret has many an amazing story to tell. One in particular was her voyage to New Zealand in 1960 to become a seamstress. It just so happened that my Mum was travelling to the UK at that same time… to become a seamstress. A very enjoyable hour sipping tea, chatting away… and grabbing a few snaps somewhere in the middle. This (below) was the very last shot I took. And this, as I was informed of tonight, was also in the Times newspaper a couple of months ago!
Have to say I love photography and everything it brings – and i’m never surprised where one’s photos end up.. although sometimes it would be nice to know in advance, as I would have been happy to spend a pound to see my first photograph in the Times! (that I know of anyway)
Anyway – here’s Margaret. From a technical standpoint, yes the background is completely blown out etc etc.. but in fairness… the background was a carpark. The shoot was all about Margaret and I really don’t liking using flash, not a big fan at all… so I kinda like the fact that the background is blown out and the focus is more on Margaret (and not the carpark)

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Taking photos for the team at Ubiquity PR – I headed down for the opening night of Lenny’s Bar and Smoke Grill, Liverpool.
Free cocktails and food all night was certainly a crowd pleaser… Tis a nice little smokey bar for sure and definitely one worth checkin… and no bar opening in Liverpool would be complete without some celebrities from Hollyoaks! (they’re the pretty looking people halfway down – and, oh yeah this is the first blog posted since July of last year! a’hem… 2010 more time for blogging hopefully!)

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A rather wet day greeted everybody who came to the re-opening of the £14m Stanley Park, Anfield. But if you’re patient in Liverpool – the sun will come out eventually! Was good to meet the new Lord Mayor Mike Storey who seems like a great guy. Here’s a couple of photos from the day…

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A classic moody Liverpudlian sky greeted the thousands of people coming to the HUB Festival last weekend. This eventually fined up with an amazing sunny afternoon had by all.

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Described as being the “jewel in the duke’s crown” the final phase of Liverpool One is being implemented. These are the One Park West 17 storey apartments overlooking the Mersey River. I was there for the grand opening by the Duke of Westminster a few months back. Now the apartments are on the market and are being snapped up by savvy Liverpudlians and investors further afield. I was there on Thursday to take a few promotional shots for their new marketing collateral. So, hot off the press, here’s a sneak preview inside…

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One of the things i’m lovin about photography here in the North West is it’s taking me to a few new places I might not otherwise see. Hull for example. Barclays have recently opened a new branch here, located centrally in the town square. Here’s a few photos of the people that both make up the town and visited the new branch that day. I was working this job courtesy of Steve Stills photography who is based in London.

Mike Brewer of “Wheeler Dealers” fame was in town for a one day photo shoot to promote new accident breakdown company, Call Zebra. The shoot was nice and varied – starting in a mechanic’s workshop we got some shots with some smashed up cars. We then went into the studio and got a few “marketing-type” shots. We finished off with a trip to a car yard for a few more photos. A great day’s shoot, and Mike was the consummate pro and a pleasure to work with.

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Housed inside the dramatic Corn Exchange building – I went across to Leeds to photograph the new Piazza by Anthony restaurant for the BBC Olive magazine’s July edition.

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Three renovated buildings are being finished as part of the overall Liverpool One project. The Russell Building, Stanley Building and the Compton House. Think PR are holding a special opening party tomorrow night which i’ll be popping along to take a few photographs.
Here’s some photographs from the various buildings…

Welcome to the Lightworks – photography studio Liverpool. We’re based out of Static, behind the bombed out church off Berry Street.

There’s a lot happening at Static Gallery, Liverpool at the moment. For one it’s St. Paddy’s day and the smells wafting from the kitchen are getting the ol’ salivary glands ticking over… the Static Cafe/Bar is also getting the final touches and will be open to the world as soon as!

So I thought it fitting – that I put the old panoramic head on the tripod, stand out in the middle of Static and snap off a selection of 360 degree photographs, then throw them into the computer, stitch them together and create a virtual tour… whew!

Enjoy the tour and pop in for a visit sometime!

Just a quick afternoon PR job in Waterstones – Liverpool One to grab a few photographs of the new cafe Espressamente… a bit of a mouthful I must admit, but the espresso is to die for!

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