Filming with Kim Lowings
When working with artists to plan shoots, I’ll quite often say ‘The location isn’t super-important…it just adds a bit of context to the video or photos.’ While I still think that’s true, it has to…
Chris Cleverley Trio, Lilo’s Wall and Elisha Esquivel at The Big Comfy Bookshop
‘January’s a dead month’ ‘No-one goes out in January’ ‘Put an event on in January and you’ll struggle’… Well, it seems like the Big Comfy Bookshop audience didn’t get that memo. Four days into the…
How I Get Shit Done…(or not)
As is usual for this time of year, I’ve noticed a fair bit of discussion rattling around on the subjects of goals, planning and productivity. As this is a subject close to my heart, I…
Working with Ranagri
I first met Ranagri in 2014 when we filmed a Big Comfy Session with them. Thinking back now, I’m somewhat embarrassed to say that in the weeks leading up to that session, I was less…
Filming with The Chris Cleverley Trio
In contrast to some of the short notice jobs that landed in the in-box during the last year, this shoot was a slow burner. I’d been talking to Chris on and off for a while…
About a watch
I’ve never really been a person who attaches sentiment to objects. Aside from photographs, I don’t really feel a need to hold on to things from my past as a way of ‘remembering’. This is…
Filming ‘Botany Bay’ with Kelly Oliver
Like a lot of shoots, this one was initially all about the location search. After hearing a demo version of the title-track from Kelly Oliver’s new album, I had a fairly fixed idea in my…
Photographing Blue Rose Code
To be truthful, by around the middle of this year I’d felt I’d lost some motivation for photography. Virtually all my work this year has been videos (which I love doing), with maybe just a…
Filming ‘False Light’ with The Willows
This video had been brewing for a while. I’d been talking to Ben Savage about a potential video project for The Willows and in April he sent me over a rough mix of the ‘False…
10 things that changed the way I see the world
Here are the things I’ve read, seen or heard that, on reflection, have had the biggest influence on the way I think about life. I have no rea idea whether anyone who stumbles upon this…