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…
“Where did you learn to shoot like that?”
Rob, I have watched your video from singer-songwriter Kitty Macfarlane for her new single ‘Man Friendship’. This is a beautifully shot video. I have been working on the Somerset Levels for several years and made…
Filming ‘Man, Friendship’ with Kitty Macfarlane
When you’re building up for an album release there’s typically a lot going on; final tweaking of recordings, mastering, artwork, distribution, PR, sorting out tour dates etc. Then your label drops a release date and…
The impact of a header photo…
I think my recent review of Cambridge Folk Festival 2018 for the Folk Radio site might be the most ‘read’ thing that I’ve ever written. I suspect that it’s in part due to this lead…
Chris Fox: Filming ‘Tinseltown’
It was back in November when Chris Fox initially got in touch about making a video to support his single release. One of the nice things about working within the music scene (or at least…
Threaded: Filming ‘Sooner Tomorrow’
I’d met Threaded when we filmed a Big Comfy Session with them back in 2016. I remembered them being lovely people as well as being seriously talented muso’s, so I was made up to get…
Tracey Browne, The Foxglove Trio, Ward & Parker at The Big Comfy Bookshop
It was hot, muggy old evening at the Big Comfy Bookshop on Friday. Those prepared to push through the tropical conditions were treated to an another amazing evening of music at one of the best…
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage: Filming ‘I Met A Man’
Shooting the ‘I Met A Man’ video One of the things I was definitely looking forward to for this year was the chance to work on another project with my buddies Hannah Sanders & Ben…