01Aug 2013

Music Photography: Kendal Calling 2013

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Event: Kendal Calling 2013
Photographers: Tina Newbury, Simon J. Newbury

The busy summer of music continues and we spent the weekend photographing at Kendal Calling in Cumbria. The festival boasts a wealth of great bands, many of which we had previously photographed in Crewe. The three Main Stage headliners were Basement Jaxx, The Charlatans and Primal Scream. Also performing over the three days were Ash (former Crewe Live headliners), I Am Kloot, Seasick Steve, The D.O.T., The Lightning Seeds, British Sea Power, Beans On Toast, Public Enemy, Johnny Marr, Mystery Jets and The 1975. We had a great time visiting all the different stages and photographing a great number of smaller bands on the other stages as well as the bigger names appearing on the Main Stage and the ‘Calling Out’ Stage.

These are a small selection of images from Kendal Calling 2013:

Cheshire music photography live festival Kendal Calling

Ash

British Sea Power

Public Enemy

Cheshire music documentary photography live festival Kendal Calling

Kendal Calling 2013

Public Enemy

Kendal Calling 2013

Lightning Seeds

Kendal Calling 2013

Basement Jaxx

I Am Kloot

The Charlatans

Primal Scream

Johnny Marr

Seasick Steve

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10Jul 2013

Music Photography: Hybrid.9 Promo Shoot

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Cheshire live and promo music photography

Music Photography: Hybrid.9
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Music Photography: Hybrid.9 Promo Shoot

Cheshire band Hybrid.9 took advantage of our special offer on band photography to celebrate this years Crewe Live. After our consultation we decided on a location shoot and using the Urban Portrait series as inspiration we chose a location in Crewe that offered us a variety of backdrops in close proximity.

The photos certainly fit in well with the Urban Portrait project and Hybrid.9 are pleased with the results:

The band arrived one light-fading evening at a location suggested by Simon & Tina to give a fantastic local backdrop to the band photos. Working inside & out the pair worked with us to achieve some great band shots which are really happy with. It was our first photo shoot so not entirely sure how it was going to go, but we were in good hands. The pair had ideas which fitted well with our expectations and produced some strong imposing shots, even though most of the time we were having a laugh. Really pleased with the photos, and had some very positive comments about them.
Thanks to Simon J Newbury Photography.
Hybrid.9: James, James, Kyle, Keith

Hybrid.9

You can see more of our band promo photography on our website!

09Jul 2013

Music Photography: The Charlatans – Delamere Forest

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Artists: The Charlatans, The View, The Velveteen Saints, John Ainsworth
Venue: Delamere Forest, Cheshire
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

This was our first visit to Delamere Forest for live music photography. It’s certainly a great venue for live music and the weather was perfect. The Charlatans were playing a home gig and sounded amazing. They were supported by The View, Glasgow’s The Velveteen Saints and John Ainsworth.

We last photographed The Charlatans in Crewe. It was our first time with the View, who are using one of our live photos from Delamere on their official Facebook page! Here is a selection of live images from Delamere!

John Ainsworth

The Velveteen Saints

The View

The Charlatans

You can check out some more of our live music photography on our site!

09Jul 2013

Music Photography: New Order & Johnny Marr – Live From Jodrell

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Artists: New Order, Johnny Marr, Public Service Broadcasting
Venue: Jodrell Bank Observatory: Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 005
Photographer: Tina Newbury

Sunday was a busy day of live music photography for Simon J. Newbury Photography. There were two big music gigs taking place in Cheshire and we were at them both. Simon headed over to Delamere Forest for The Charlatans and The View. Tina headed over to Jodrell Bank for the second show of the weekend. On the bill at Transmission 005 was New Order, Johnny Marr and Public Service Broadcasting.

Some of Tina’s photos:

Public Service Broadcasting

Johnny Marr

New Order

Live From Jodrell Transmission 005

You can check out some more of our live music photography on our site!

09Jul 2013

Music Photography: Australian Pink Floyd & Hawkwind – Live From Jodrell Bank

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Artists: Australian Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, The Time & The Space Machine, The Lucid Dream, Forecast
Venue: Jodrell Bank Observatory: Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 004
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Quite possibly one of the best backdrops to a music festival, Jodrell Bank in Cheshire makes a wonderful setting and all the more nice in the summer sun! Simon J. Newbury Photography has photographed every ‘Transmission’ to date and this year the events were kicked off with the Australian Pink Floyd and Hawkwind.

We have photographed both bands previously and I know that both bands put on a wonderful visual show. Hawkwind have a series of fantasy characters and the light show put on by Floyd is amazing. It was also great to see Forecast on the bill. We have photographed them many times locally at The Box and even gave them their first ever gig at Boxjam a few years ago!

These are a few photos from Transmission 004:

Australian Pink Floyd @ Live From Jodrell Bank 004

Australian Pink Floyd Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 004

Live From Jodrell 004

Hawkwind Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 004

Dr Tim O’Brien

The Time & The Space Machine Live From Jodrell 004

The Lucid Dream Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 004

Forecast Live from Jodrell Bank transmission 004

You can check out some more of our live music photography on our site!

07Jun 2013

Music Promo Photography: Beth England

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Music Promo Photography: Beth England

To celebrate being the official photographers to Crewe Live for the 4th year running we ran a special offer throughout May. The promotion was very popular and we booked a lot of bands and musical artists. The most recent shoot was with Knutsford singer/ songwriter Beth England.

Simon J. Newbury Photography is available for a whole range of music photography. As well as live music photography at gig venues across Cheshire and the North West (and most frequently at The Box in Crewe where we are the official photographers) we offer music documentary photography, festival photography, promo photography and album artwork photography. We can photograph either in a studio environment or out on location.

Beth opted for a location shoot and we decided that a rural shoot would suit her image and style of music. For some reason Lock 57 in Hassall Green came to mind and the location was perfect. We chose our time very well as the field alongside the canal lock had just been mowed with the tractors and agricultural vehicles working away in the distance which made for the most romantic of rural Cheshire backdrops. Not only that, we were fortunate to have a beautiful red barge pass through the lock which made for the perfect colour co-ordination with Beth’s red hair!

Although the number 57 has nothing to do with Beth’s music, she is considering writing a song to go along with the number of the lock! Beth was an absolute pleasure to work with as well as being a fantastic musician! Please check out her Facebook page via the link below!

Beth said:

Thank-you so much for doing them for me, I’m so happy with how they’ve turned out! Amazingly happy!

Beth England Music Promo Photography, Cheshire

Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Client: Beth England

06May 2013

Band Photography Special Offer

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The month of May means Crewe Live. We have been the official photographers to Crewe Live for four years now and we are very much looking forward to photographing this years music event.

To celebrate we are running a special offer on our band promo photography. The offer runs throughout the month of May and gets a full band shoot, either studio or location, for just £65!

We have photographed many bands both local unsigned bands and nationwide touring bands including: Elbow, Sham 69, Funeral for a Friend, Flaming Lips, Dodgy, The Bluetones, Human Condition, Son of Shinobi, Junker, Skeletal Damage and Kill The Doctor…

As well as being published regularly locally and online our work has featured in many nationwide magazines including a full page poster in Kerrang! We can help get your band some attention!

Here is some info on our music photography special offer:

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Band Promo Photography special offer details

The bands on our poster are Pulled Apart By Horses photographed during last year’s Crewe Live and Son Of Shinobi.

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09Apr 2013

The Eyres Promo/ Live Photography

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Local band The Eyres have recently undergone a lineup change as well as a change in name. We have provided photography for the band in it’s Sink Or Swim guise. They have also headlined the charity event we organise every year at The Box in Crewe, called Boxjam. Since that performance there has been the changeover of members and the new branding of the band as ‘The Eyres’.

New members means new promo photos so ahead of an article in the local Chronicle and another headline slot at The Box we produced a set of images for the newly named band. We got a nice range of group shots as well as some individual portraits of the band members.

The Eyres have just released a new EP. Their logo was designed by Tina who as well as being a photographer at Simon J. Newbury Photography also does all the graphic design for our bespoke wedding books and does various logo and artwork designs.

These are a few of the promo group photos:

Crewe band The Eyres promo/ promotional photography. Music photography South Cheshire

The Eyres performing Live at The Box, Crewe:

The Eyres Live At The Box, Crewe

The Eyres new logo, courtesy of Tina:

The Eyres Logo designed by Tina Newbury

Check out some of our band promo photography here.

04Apr 2013

Portrait Photography: George Borowski

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Portrait Photography: George Borowski
Location: Northwich, Cheshire
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Portrait Photography: George Borowski

You may recall that last month we had the pleasure of doing some Urban Portrait photography with George Borowski. As well as the portrait photograph for my Urban Portrait series I did a selection of other portraits for George to use for promotional purposes!

13Mar 2013

George Borowski Portrait

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You may have seen or heard our new show ‘The Backstage Pass‘. Its a regular cloudcast presented by Simon and produced by Tina. We are both passionate about local live music and we are the official photographers to local music venue The Box as well as at Crewe Live. The show is designed to showcase local music as well as unsigned bands.

A big part of the show are the sessions. We record our acoustic sessions over at The Rising Sun and exclusive electric sessions are recorded at Project 9 Studio, in Northwich. The sessions are a wonderful addition to the show! We had the pleasure of recording the legend that is George Borowski. George is an amazing musician who has worked with the likes of Radiohead, REM, Tina Turner and Pixies. We decided that we would allow George to simply ‘take to the stage’ in front of a small invited audience and we would record the result as a special show. Special is not the word! Those that were there will remember the ‘gig’ for years to come! The show will be available very soon.

After the show we did a portrait shoot with George. The local landscape was perfect for the Urban Portrait series and so George is the latest person to feature in the series!