22Jan 2014

Music Photography: The Doors Alive

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Doors Alive At The Box, Crewe. Live music photography Cheshire

Music Photography: The Doors Alive
Venue: The Box, Crewe. DeBees, Winsford
Photographer: Tina Newbury (The Box), Simon J. Newbury (DeBees)

Music Photography: The Doors Alive

The Doors Alive recently made their debut at The Box in Crewe. Tina went along to photograph the tribute band. It represented the second time that Simon J. Newbury Photography has photographed the band. Back in 2007 we photographed them at DeBees in Winsford. As memory serves this was their first gig with their singer (an absolute dead ringer for Jim Morrison). The Box gig was well attended and below is one of Simon’s photos from back in 2007 followed by some of Tina’s photos from The Box, Crewe!

15Dec 2013

Music Photography: Placebo – Manchester Apollo

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Placebo Live at Manchester Apollo. Live music photography Cheshire

Artist: Placebo
Venue: O2 Apollo Manchester
Date: 14.12.13
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Music Photography: Placebo Live at Manchester Apollo

I’m a big fan of Placebo and was pleased to get a chance to photograph them at the O2 Manchester Apollo. I’ve been a fan since the early days and saw them many times in London as well as in Cardiff, Bristol and Reading. The first song I heard from Placebo was Teenage Angst. I was delighted the played a slow version of it in the encore!

25Nov 2013

Music Photography: Moving Moscow Promo

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Music Photography Clients: Moving Moscow
Promo Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Live Photographer: Tina Newbury

Music Photography: Moving Moscow Promo

Every year since 2009 Simon J. Newbury Photography has organised (with lots of help from volunteers) Boxjam. Boxjam is a charity music/ variety event held at The Box in Crewe. This year was Boxjam V, spread across two stages with nearly 30 music acts.

We had the pleasure of having a very special band perform for the very first time. We opted to create a buzz about the band and Boxjam by keeping the identity of the band members a secret. After a meeting with the band we arranged a sinister looking photo-shoot of the band appearing to be hostages, complete with burlap sacks covering the band members faces.

21Nov 2013

Music Photography: KT Tunstall – Birmingham

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Artist: KT Tunstall
Venue: Birmingham Symphony Hall
Date: 13th November, 2013
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Music Photography: KT Tunstall | Birmingham

I travelled to Birmingham last week to photograph KT Tunstall performing live at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. KT is touring her latest album Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon. It was my first visit to the venue and it’s a great place!

04Nov 2013

Music Photography: Boomtown Rats – Manchester Academy

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Artist: The Boomtown Rats
Venue: Manchester Academy
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Date: 01.11.13

I had the pleasure of photographing The Boomtown Rats live at Manchester Academy on Friday during their UK tour. The lights were great and the Rats put on a great performance.

Here are some photos from the show:

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The Boomtown Rats Live at Manchester Academy

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The Boomtown Rats Live at Manchester Academy

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02Oct 2013

Music Photography: Aldo

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Client: Aldo Ennakhli
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

We were recently commissioned to make a set of images for local musician Aldo. He is currently working an album release and wanted a professional set of images to use for promotional purposes and for artwork on his releases. We opted for a studio shoot and went for a black and white feel to fit with the mood of his music. Aldo had checked out our music photography and we had a consultation ahead of the shoot to make sure we captured the essence of Aldo and his music!

Aldo said:

I just wanted to write a review about my photo-shoot with simon. He was very professional from start to finish we got to work with out any awkwardness and produced some great shots. It was my 1st pro shoot and Simon encouraged me to loosen up and make the most of it, I had great fun! He communicated with me attentively via email and catered to my needs and produced I was looking for, I love the website also! I love that you’re able to ‘favourite’ images from the shoot so you can remember also how simple and easy the process of getting my final images was. The techniques Simon used via Photoshop to sharpen and enhance the shots is outstanding and fit for anyone in the industry.. in just 1 week after the shoot I was constantly given feedback as to where he was at with things and when I would receive the final products. I’m now left with images I can use for various different things, music artwork, portfolio, acting agents etc. He really covered all the bases and I’m as impressed as I am grateful. I would just like to thank Simon and his team for the understanding and patience to capture a timeless shoot that I can use for a long time to come!

These are some of the portrait photos from the session:

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Aldo Music Portrait Photography

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25Sep 2013

Music Photography: James Porter

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Client: James Porter
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

We met James a few years ago through Boxjam, the charity event we organise every year at The Box in Crewe. When we ran over 2 days James’ then band travelled over from Anglesey to play both stages over 2 days. We have remained in touch ever since and James got in touch to get some new publicity photos for publicising his new material as a solo musician.

James was very interested in the Urban Portrait style of photography so we did some photography in that style as well as some great black and white photos. It was great to work with such an enthusiastic musician who had travelled some way to work with us. We listened to James’ newest recordings in advance of the shoot to help get some inspiration.

We had a really good Sunday afternoon of music photography in Crewe and here are some of the results:

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James Porter

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03Sep 2013

Music Photography: The Hallé Orchestra Live from Jodrell

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Event: The Hallé Orchestra Live from Jodrell Bank, Cheshire
Photographers: Simon J. Newbury, Tina Newbury

The fourth and final Transmission from Jodrell Bank in Cheshire this year was the wonderful Hallé Orchestra. A very different event from the previous transmissions and a different atmosphere. It was a night of proms, picnics and exceptional fireworks!

The Hallé said of the event:

A concert inspired by the stars will feature Jupiter and Mars from Holst’s The Planets, classics by Strauss, Mozart and John Williams, as well as a selection of out-of-this-world film music such as Star Wars, Independence Day, E.T., Apollo 13, Close Encounters and more.

The event was a fantastic way to wind up the festival season after a great summer of music photography for us here at Simon J. Newbury Photography. As well as all four Live From Jodrell events we photographed Kendal Calling, The Charlatans at Delamere Forest, The Happy Mondays at Junction 16, Betley, Sandbach Fake Festival as well as Crewe Live and the Nantwich Jazz and Blues Festival!

Here are some of our photos from Live From Jodrell, Transmission 007:

Live From Jodrell Bank

The Hallé Orchestra Live From Jodrell Bank

02Sep 2013

Music Photography: Sigur Rós Live from Jodrell Bank

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Event: Sigur Rós, Daughter, Poliça Live From Jodrell Bank, Transmission 006
Photographers: Simon J. Newbury, Tina Newbury

Simon J. Newbury Photography has now covered every Transmission from Live From Jodrell. This event was particularly special as Sigur Rós are one of Simon’s favourite bands! Another great event in the shadow of the giant Lovell Telescope with the perfectly suited music of the amazing Icelandic band. Sigur Rós played a near two hour set with yet another wonderful light show beamed onto the giant dish!

Daughter and Poliça made fantastic support to make for a wonderful music event in Cheshire which seems to be going from strength to strength!

Here are a small selection of our photography from Live From Jodrell Transmission 006:

Sigur Rós Live From Jodrell Bank

Daughter Live from Jodrell Bank

Poliça Live From Jodrell Bank

The Live From Jodrell Bank series sees some of the most innovative artists performing in this unique and dramatic setting, marrying science and music and bringing the audience superlative sounds from earth and beyond.

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02Aug 2013

Music Photography: Phil Maddocks & Nick Bayes Promo

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Client: Phil Maddocks & Nick Bayes
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

We’ve known local musician Phil Maddocks for ages and he probably holds the record for the most live appearances on our previous local music radio show. We have also done lots of music photography of Phil at many performances! Phil is currently working on an album with Nick Bayes and needed some publicity photographs for his online presence and new website.

Phil & Nick supported The Christians at The Box in Crewe and before their set we made use of the local area for this set of promo photos! You can check out Phil’s wonderful music on his website: Scruffy Harmonica

These are a selection of the promo photos: